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Comparison of the social focus of
commercial engineering degree
programs in the UOH, UCH and USACH:
Institutions of higher education need to
focus on the social environment around
them. As time goes by, social contexts
become more difficult to cope with and
thus to meet the needs of the population
as well as to recognize them, which is why
universities should focus on subjects that
provide a basis for future professionals.
Introduction
Based on what we know the commercial
engineering of other institutions do not have
so much social focus, their approach is more
economical. (MOVE1 STEP2) Paredes and
López (2007) found a way to analyze the
commercial engineering career meshes, in
order to define the career mesh at UCH
(MOVE 1 STEP3) but, in addition to being at
different times, the approach is more general
and not social. (MOVE 2 STEP 1A) For this
reason we decided to investigate to confirm
the information we have through a
comparative study of the curricula of only
three universities. (MOVE 3 STEP1A).
Review of literature
We began this project with a review of past
studies of the “curricular reform of
commercial engineering in the UCH”, where
10 universities were compared in order to
determine the curriculum for the commercial
engineering career.
Teacher Ayleen Guzman
Changes are needed
According to Olavarría, in the curricular
reform of commercial engineering in the UCH,
june 2015. The recent reform applied by UCH
explains to us, there is a relationship between
having less economic subjects and more
humanist subjects manage to shorten the
degree program and make the elective space
more flexible for allow students integrated
access to diverse knowledge and disciplinary
approaches, this is one of the significatives
needs of the change, because humanist
subjects allow students to realize there is
more than only numbers on theirs careers.
Is it necessary to know what we
understand by social Focus?
There are not many studies about the social
approach, but we have defined this as the
social role that universities must fulfill, that is
why we use the definition of public role that
"the strategic development plan" (2021,
Universidad de Ohiggins) of the UOH offers:
"improve social mobility make people more
supportive and give them greater
opportunities to develop a life they value by
motivating the search for knowledge and
development that contribute to the
understanding and solution of the main
problems of the region and the country"
The UOH has a significative social Focus,
teaching and training their students on by part
of the nearby parts of the region,
demonstrating the importance of relationships
with surrounding communities.

Method
In Chile, business degrees
have a bigger economic
focus, but they are trying to
change this at their own
rhythm. That is why we made
this study, it was based on a
comparison of the thematic
of their program degrees.
Participants
We made a comparison,
this was conducted of
colleges degrees, of three
important universities of
Chile, they are Universidad
de O'higgins(UOH),
Universidad de Chile (UCH)
and Universidad de Santiago
de Chile (USACH).
● Introduction
Data collection and
analysis
The comparison took place
from late August 2022, the
participants were observed ●
and the data was collected
form the degree programs of
Table 1.
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each university, in case of about the nearby
UOH program degree of communities, how they live,
2019, Usach program degree what's are theirs needs and
form 2022, and finally UCH issues.
2020 program degree ● Political economy: on this
subject students learn about
Results: how and why people live on
communities how theirs
Description of social subjects
organized them and how
using the comparison. We
they trade with others
developed the social
communities.
subjects based on the
● Social practice: on this
descriptions of the subjects
subject students help nearby
of each college. We found a
institutions (Red Cross,
few common subjects and
DIDECOs, children
placed them to be compared.
gardens,...) Learn how they
work and try to help them.
The comparison show us
● Territorial social project:
there are six social subjects,
on this subject students help
this are:
nearby organized
communities.
of social
● Insertion and territorial
science: on this subject
development workshop: on
students learn about how
people traded, from the early
this subject students help
other students of different
stages of humanity, through
careers with their
barter, to the use of coins.
entrepreneurship or business
Regional social science: on
ideas.
this subject students learn
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more social focus by making comercial
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subjects to their degree carreras/ingenieria-
Our comparison confirms our
programs. The social subject comercial/
hypothesis that most
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universities do not have
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enough social focus.
economy”, but UOH has the desarrollo/
The commercial engineering
highest number of social 6. 6.https://
of University of O'higgins has
subjects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/
a more social focus in
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Universities, having 6
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has a bigger quantity of
social subjects. Referencies
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One interesting finding was
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the difference between the
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universities where the
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commercial engineering
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