Structuring the individual that contemporary society needs. the macrocurriculum as a complex thinking experience

Abstract

The Universidad Autónoma de Manizales decided to redesign its curricular structure as a product of its activities on strategic planning, This redesign resulted in the creation of a MacrocurricuIum as an alternative leading to the holistic formation of its students. It consists ofthree areas: Sociohumanistic component, foreign language component and the component dealing with the development of managerial mentality. This Macrocurriculum is no doubt a great achievement of the University, especially because u is a clear evidence of how education must be in the XXI century thus, being the macrocurriculum an institutional experience on complex thinking, This macrocurriculum is the main object of this paper.