The Forestry career at Universidad de Chile presents the following curriculum:

The plan consists of ten semester, being the first nine equivalents to the Bachelor's degree, that is, to subjects and summer practices, the last semester is the period to develop Thesis, Professional Practice, or continue studies through the Magister. As I mentioned in the previous post, there are the subjects at the level of species and ecosystem (SE), the subjects at the level of wood production (SP), the subjects at the social level (SS) and last but not mentioned above, the subjects of skills for competition (SC). The workload varies a lot depending on the area and the subject, being the areas of SE those that remove extra extracurricular hours, these are followed by the SS, due to the low knowledge that we develop, followed by the SP and finally the SC. Currently for more than 300 people studying this career, the faculty only presents its own building for classes, which consists of 3 normal rooms, 3 rooms with computers, 3 small rooms for study and soon to open a small auditorium . Those would correspond to the places where classes are taught, on the other hand, there are 3 departments where the work of each teacher is developed. At a technological level, the faculty does not present large amounts of technological equipment, but if they present a lot of variety, in general you can only see how they are used unless they are terrain. The teaching methods vary a lot, because there are different generations of teachers, and their way of teaching at the level of presentations, documents and time they give to them, makes the difference.

MY CLASS

Hello, my name is Renata Álvarez Candia, I am 23 years old and I study forestry at the Universidad

de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias forestales y conservación de la naturaleza. My personality, or the way 

I show myself in a class, completely varies the course that is being taught. If it's a bouquet that I like 

a lot, I like to write and do everything possible. If it is a class that does not attract much attention, 

but the teacher considers me a good teacher, perhaps there is not a record, but an attempt at attention, 

even if it deconcentrates me sometimes. If a class does not like me or questions the subject of how it 

is taught, I do not pay much attention, but I do not try to be notorious in that. The main contents are 

about the vegetation at the level of botany, succession, dynamics, life cycle. On the other hand, there 

is the branch of production, where you can see the production processes, the products and the market, 

and finally (on a large scale) the social, administrative and legal scope. I like it, because I wanted to 

understand how everything worked, the cycles and the results in the environment.

I don't have a job dreamed of this moment, I think that every area of my career has its good sides and bad sides. Only it is not to my liking... how to work in a laboratory or in an office with a schedule fixed the same day a week... I like to move and see different things. I want to be able to see the nature often and have time to learn more. As I mentioned I would much more prefer being outdoors, but it is natural that at certain times one must work within a place.  Therefore, we can also deduce that desire to travel both for my own or my work is an idea that I love, if my job had these opportunities, I think that it would be close to be my dream job. If we talk about salary, I will be honest in that I like to have my stuff and have some to other luxury, but I am not materialistic and I think I'd rather have a big salary to help my family and to travel or take a walk when I want and not rely on savings. As I mentioned in the previous blog I want to specialize in forest characterization or in the process of Fire in the forests.

POSTGRADUATE

Hello, today I will talk about a possible postgraduate course that I would like to make. The reasons for this course are quite typical, such as increase my curriculum, specialize in an area that I want to, and also for own satisfaction. The subject for which I have seen possibilities to take a course is on the subject of Botany and studies on different types of forests, thinking about their dynamics and succession in time and their main characteristics to be named like this. I think that, if I had to choose a place or the way to study, it would be with a course abroad and thus give them a plus to the previous reasons and also enjoy another place. Among the countries that I have seen, the one that catches my attention is Canada, where there are 8 different types of forests and which differ from the forest types present in Chile, being a clear example of northern hemisphere vegetation. I like the idea of ​​being able to reach a place and being able to identify where I am or what latitude is due to the plants present, to the climate it presents to the fauna present, all these are indicators of the type of place, country or culture where you are...

My Favourite Species is?

Knowing the different trees and plants is an important issue in our career. During my years here, I can say that although I already know many, there is not one that really is my favorite. Even so, the first species that comes to mind when they ask me this is Fitzoya cupressoides.

Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to Chile and Argentina. Common name is Alerce. The genus was named in honour of Robert FitzRoy. Alerce is the largest species in South America. Normally growing to 40–60 m, but occasionally more than 70 m, and up to 5 m in trunk diameter. Its rough pyramidal canopy provides cover for the southern beech, laurel and myrtle.

The reason why this species easily comes to my mind is because, normally it is a species that is easy to recognize, thinking of its "silver" bark or its pyramidal canopy, but for me it has always been difficult to identify it. It's something that still surprises me, I've gone to the two national parks where there is great density of these and despite that, I'm still questioning “Is it or is it not Alerce?” When I'm watching it

SUMMER

Take a bus to Valdivia for exploring the region of Los Lagos in January of 2017. I moved through the city and then down into the different lakes until you return to climb and reach "Panguipulli" where I found the best place in my vacation. Is a site that you have to get to by barge, the travel during 2 or 3 hours and half the time you lose your phone signal. When you arrive you can only see two houses, a restaurant and a box or something like that. On the side there is a huge lake with the name of the place, which I do not yet want to reveal. Inside this place there is a place that I love. It is a small space with a stream that reaches the lake. Sun, clouds, Cold, Heat, all in a just one place. It is a small paradise away from the world, where you have no signal and can enjoy yourself or your company. I met him with my best friend.

This is it

VISIT

I have always decided to travel to Asia, from small I love the culture and its history so diverse and which is maintained over time, and that also goes parallel to the new technology that stands out there. At the moment my priority is to travel to Seoul, capital of South Korea. This country is in just half of China and Japan, so I feel it is the perfect place for move and travel to diference sites. I know its history at the level of existing empires and monarchs, on a large scale of course, and its customs, I know the basics of the language and I am currently studying it personally, I would like to visit Gangnam and Busan ... I like the music of that country, so to see an EXO concert would be a pleasure without a doubt. Also, my attraction to Korea was born from a dance studio called "1million", so I would like to take some class with the choreographers that I like the most. I have seen the possibility of going to visit the country with the scholarship of "Working Holydays" when the race ends or go to study in some institute or university the language, and thus live a time over there.

THIS IS IT