Bacharelado em Ciências Biológicas no Brasil e na Inglaterra: um estudo comparativo entre estruturas curriculares.

Abstract

Internationalization is a process that requires attention and it is continuous. It requires planning always leading to the maximum use of its positive dimensions. Then, analyzing the curricula of undergraduate courses at two institutions from different continents and comparing their main characteristics would be a first step in this process. Therefore, the aim of this research is to make an exploratory study comparing the curricula of a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences in Brazil with one in England. Initially, a investigation of the curricula of the courses and the Pedagogical Project for the Bachelor of the two universities was carried out, which were analyzed based on standard characteristics. Possible changes and suggestions that can be made to approximate these curricula were also recommended. Both universities use similar documentary support and equivalent institutions for the constitution of what would be the representation of the Pedagogical Project and the Curriculum in each one. The conceptual aspects are also similar in both the content and the profile of the professional. The organizational aspects presented similarities in terms of formatting however they are different in terms of the equivalence of credits, the number of core and optional modules and in the direction of the credits in each area. Despite not mentioning the incentive to internationalization, the documentary and institutional supports demonstrate that the modules offered by both courses enable an approximation between the Brazilian and the British curriculum.