The first cohort of marine-coastal engineers also shared with students from the vocational school of the Friends of the Sea School in the stilt settlements; a dialogue of experiences that served to promote the course of this Program among high school graduates.
With a visit to the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, the Marine-Coastal Engineering students of the University of Magdalena, a program that entered the academic offer from 2024, began their field work in their training as future marine professionals.
The field trip, as part of a strategy to combine theoretical and practical learning, took place within the framework of the subject Introduction to Marine-Coastal Engineering, and allowed us to learn up close what is done in the largest and most productive coastal lagoon in the world. Colombian Caribbean, interacting with the amphibian communities of the stilt towns of Buenavista and Nueva Venecia.
The second expedition after visiting the Port of Santa Marta, allowed the students to explore beyond culture and history; coastal conflicts and problems that require special development schemes for the management of fishing activity and the development of disaster prevention and response programs applicable to that ecoregion.
“It is an enriching experience, we get to know different ways of life and the daily life of a place as wonderful as the stilt towns. We invite the Sea Friendly Schools to encourage them to come to the University through our experience as students,” said Diana Cuello Payares, a student in the first semester of the Marine-Coastal Engineering Program.
The first cohort of marine-coastal engineers also shared with students from the vocational school of the Friends of the Sea School in the stilt settlements; a dialogue of experiences that served to promote the course of this Program among high school graduates.
“It is a place of high ecosystem value, a reservoir of flora and fauna and here the students have had the opportunity to learn about the fishing activity in the stilt settlements. It has been very positive because the students interacted with schools and we want them to verify theory with practice in mangrove ecosystems,” highlighted Dr. Celene Milanés Batista, full professor of the Marine-Coastal Engineering Program.
This program created under the administration of Dr. Pablo Vera Salazar, Rector of the University, has a gender component, since 47% of the people who make up the first cohort are women. In addition, it is a unique undergraduate degree in Colombia and Latin America open to various disciplines, including marine biology, oceanography, environmental engineering, civil engineering, fisheries engineering, anthropology, law, and hospitality and tourism.
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