Academic activities such as teaching, scientific research and extension education in Catholic University of Chile are carried out by departments. Here is a brief introduction to each department and its characteristics.
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1. Agronomy Department * * * offers four undergraduate majors (namely, agricultural economics, botany, fruit tree and grape cultivation, and livestock breeding), all with 360 credits, and directly trains engineers of various majors. The master's major is agricultural economics, agriculture and animal husbandry science (including fruit tree cultivation, soil and irrigation) and livestock breeding, and it is required to complete 5 10 credits as required. The research fields of the department include soil and water management, wine making, agricultural economics, livestock feed and reproduction, crop and fruit tree cultivation, etc.
2. The Department of Architecture and Fine Arts consists of architecture school, design school, drama school, art school, urban research institute and music research institute. Students majoring in architecture, design and drama must complete 4 17-463 credits, and graduates can be awarded the titles of architect, designer, drama actor and so on. The majors of master students are architecture, urban development, living environment, music, painting, sculpture, woodcut and so on. Credits range from 500 to 525. Each academic department has its own scientific research projects, including architectural theory and history, urban development and design, housing construction and management, and national artistic wealth protection.
3. The Department of Biological Sciences directly trains graduate students in biological sciences (339 credits) and biochemistry (464 credits). In addition, it also offers doctoral programs in molecular and cell biology, physiology and ecology. The scientific research work of the department is mainly undertaken by the ecological laboratory, molecular and cell biology laboratory and physiological laboratory.
4. Department of Economic Management Science The Economic Research Institute and the Advanced Research Institute of Enterprise Management of this department offer three professional degree majors: economics, enterprise management and project socio-economic evaluation.
5. The Department of Social Sciences has a Social Research Institute, a School of Psychology and a School of Social Work to train sociology master students, sociology degree students, psychologists, psychology master students and social assistants respectively. Undergraduate students need to complete 450 credits, and master students need to complete 550 credits. In Chile and Latin America, various academic institutions focus on social and economic issues, psychology and social work respectively.
6. The Law Department adopts the academic year credit system (508 credits for five years) to directly train LLM graduates and senior court lawyers.
7. The Department of Education aims to train professional teachers, such as philosophy, history, geography, mathematics, physics, natural science and biology, natural science and chemistry, plastic arts, English, French, German, religion and morality. In addition, it also trains postgraduate students in education and professional teachers in basic education, secondary education and adult education. Scientific research also revolves around pedagogy, such as educational art, educational management, educational philosophy, educational psychology, educational sociology, special education curriculum and evaluation.
8. The Department of Philosophy has a school of philosophy and a school of aesthetics. Their teaching work not only trains undergraduates majoring in philosophy and aesthetics, but also trains postgraduates majoring in philosophy. The research work of the Institute of Philosophy is divided into classical philosophy, modern philosophy, contemporary philosophy and Catholic thought. The Institute of Aesthetics mainly studies the theory and practice of aesthetic education in Chile, the aesthetic analysis of film and television art in Chile and Latin America, and the study of social media.
9. Department of Physics This department aims at cultivating master students and doctoral students majoring in physics, and at the same time carries out scientific research. The minimum credit is 442 points.
10. The Department of History, Geography and Politics consists of the Institute of History, the Institute of Geography and the Institute of Politics. The goal of teaching is to cultivate master students in these three majors, with a credit of about 480 points; Scientific research work is also carried out around these three majors.
1 1. The engineering department has engineering schools and civil engineering schools. In addition to training civil engineers and architects, it also offers a master's degree in civil engineering (570 credits). This department is a strong department in the scientific research field of the whole school, and its research topics cover a wide range, such as construction engineering, environmental engineering, traffic engineering, system engineering, power engineering, computer science, material science, construction economy and management, etc.
12. The Department of Literature has a School of Literature and a School of Journalism. The former aims to train master students in language and literature (including English, French, German and Spanish) and translation, while the latter mainly trains master students in journalism and social informatics. Their research projects focus on language and literature (including translation theory and practice) and information system respectively.
13. The Department of Mathematics directly trains master students majoring in mathematics. The three major directions are statistics, mathematics and computer, and the credits are all around 520 points. Scientific research work is undertaken by the Mathematics Research Office and the Probability and Statistics Research Office.
14. there are nursing schools and medical schools under the medical department. The former trains nurses and midwives (495 credits), while the latter directly trains surgeons and medical masters (720 credits). Nursing schools carry out research on clinical nursing, community nursing and teaching nursing; The research work of medical college mainly focuses on the prevention and treatment of diseases, such as respiratory diseases, coronary heart disease, hypertension, heart disease, tumor, epilepsy and so on.
15. The Department of Chemistry trains chemists and master students majoring in chemistry (466 credits required) and pharmacists and master students majoring in pharmacy (483 credits required). In addition to the research work in the field of chemistry, the department also undertakes interdisciplinary research projects.
16. Department of Theology This department not only offers undergraduate theology majors, but also trains master students in religious studies and doctoral students in theology. Theological research includes Chilean Catholic history, folk beliefs and Latin American theology.
In addition to the above-mentioned 16 department, there are five branch schools that carry out teaching and research work in normal universities and pedagogy majors.
The famous disciplines of Catholic University in Chile are: mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, architecture, biology, history, philosophy, economics, theology and so on. Famous postgraduate majors are: agricultural economy, urban development, living environment, economics, sociology, philosophy, education, mathematics, physics, chemistry, theology, political science and so on. At present, doctoral programs include: cell biology, physiological biology, ecological biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, history and theology.