Basic Condition
Psychosomatic healthy social personality
1.- KNOWLEDGEMasters basic science concepts and theories corresponding to secondary education.
Is informed of the national and international reality indicating familiarity with sources of information.
2.- ABILITIES a) Personal Abilities
Identifies, selects and processes information from a variety of consultation sources.
Verbally expresses themselves with correctness and ease.
Recognizes and discriminates symbols visually.
Has an adequate level of reading comprehension.
Has an adequate level of mathematical logical reasoning.
Employs interpersonal relationships to facilitate teamwork.
Express their points of view and respect the opinions of others.
Uses Information and communication technologies in daily life.
3.- ATTITUDES
Appreciates the aesthetic expressions with an intercultural perspective.
Is favorable towards permanent autonomous learning.
Shows social commitment to human development through information technologies.
Expresses opinions and deductions that predict their rejection to ethical situations.
Values the importance of information and communication technologies.
Graduate profile by academic areas
The academic areas of Computer Engineering include: Computer Science, Business Systems, Information Technology, Hardware and Data Communications, Software Projects and Engineering, and Information Systems.
From the point of view of the current university law N°30220, there are general studies and career studies, the latter broken down into specific studies and specialty studies. According to this criteria, the generic and specific competences of the career are presented below.
4.1- Generic Competences
1. Engineering Design
Designs computer systems that satisfy requirements and needs considering realistic security and sustainability constraints.
2. Engineering Problem
Solving
Identifies, formulates and solves computer engineering problems using appropriate techniques, methods and tools.
3. Project Management
Plans and manages computer engineering projects with efficiency and productivity criteria.
4. Science Proficiency
Applies knowledge and skills in science, mathematics and engineering to solve computer engineering problems.
5. Experimentation and Testing
Designs and performs experiments and tests analyzing and interpreting results.
6. Lifelong Learning
Recognizes the need to keep knowledge and skills up to date with advances in the profession and technology.
7. Local and Global Perspective
Understands the impact that computer engineering solutions have on people and the environment in a local and global context.
8. Environmental Assessment
Analyzes and takes into consideration the local and global environmental impact of computer engineering on individuals, people and society.
9. Ethical and Professional
Responsibility
Understands the professional, ethical, legal and social responsibility of the practiced profession.
10. Communication
Communicates effectively in oral, written and graphic form and interacts with different types of audiences.
11. Teamwork
Participates and integrates effectively in multidisciplinary work teams and is able to lead them.
12. Current Issues
Knows and analyzes contemporary issues in global, national and local contexts.
13. Modern engineering practice
Possesses the ability to use modern techniques, skills and tools necessary for engineering practice.
4.2- Specific Competences
The generic competencies applied to the different academic lines and areas that make up the Computer Engineering career result in the specific competencies of the career.
4.3- Fields of Action
The fields of action of the computer engineer are the performance of the roles corresponding to a professional in the productive process corresponding to software development, as well as in any entity where he/she participates in the management of the computer activity. These roles include the tasks of quality assurance teams, configuration management, planning, software engineering (analyst, designer, application architect, implementer, etc.), software support, network administration and computer services, as well as the tasks of computer auditor, trainer in software environments, team leader, computer systems maintainer, strategic planner of information technology in order to contribute to increase the effectiveness and efficiency in the operation of entities, participating in the implementation of proposals for organizational and functional measures that promote this objective.
The occupational field of the Computer Engineer covers production and services in any type of organization.In these entities, he/she works in ICT areas, among which the following can be mentioned:Software development process.
Information Technology Management.
IT security.
Software adoption and implementation.
