DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF COSTA RICA

This paper describes the development and innovation in the curriculum design of the Agricultural Engineering undergraduate program of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica. After its 30 years of existence, this program has reached its maturity. However, due to the changes in the development of agriculture, national and international tendencies, as well as the productive surroundings of the area and the social and academic context of the university, it faces the necessity to modify and innovate its curriculum. The main objective of the process consists of improving the quality in this area, proposing an integral redesign of the program. The antecedents, the methodology, and the most outstanding achievements of the process are described in this paper.