Social relevance of the Psychology program offered by the Antonio José de Sucre University Corporation, a vision from the graduates

Abstract

The University Corporation Antonio Jose de Sucre has been proposed to obtain the accreditation of its acade-mic programs; initiating the process with the Psycho-logy program therefore became necessary to evaluate the social relevance of this, based on the perception of its graduates; Given that one of the conditions is asses-sed by the National Accreditation Council (CNA). For removal of the information a survey in which questions were asked about work activity and satisfaction with training from the graduates it was applied. A non-ex-perimental design was used with a type of descriptive evaluation research and field transeccional court. We conclude, as perceived by graduates the Psychology program is relevant because it responds to the needs of the department, provides satisfied professionals with training, which also found working in the formal sec-tor, with salaries ranging between two or more mini-mum wage.