Competencies And Learning Outcomes In Architecture Programs

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the specific competencies and learning outcomes of the Architecture program at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. This process was carried out through a mixed methodological framework with a sequential exploratory design type, through which the regulations and documentation at international, national and institutional levels related to the specific competencies of the discipline of architecture were studied, prioritizing from the international framework the competencies with the highest level of relationship with the academic program, promoting their harmonization with the national and institutional regulations. A consultation instrument was implemented for teachers, graduates and students to assess their level of relationship concerning the curriculum and the pedagogical characteristics of the program, and finally, the specific competencies and learning outcomes were established according to the curricular guidelines of the institution. It was concluded that, at the Latin American level, the specific competencies of the architecture programs are focused on the relevance of the problems of the immediate environment, and that the teachers, students and graduates of the program found a greater relationship with those focused on the exercise of the architectural and/or urban project, as well as with the imaginative, creative, innovative and technological capacities.