Specific conditions are not required.

The competencies to be developed throughout the course are as follows: A) To foster analytical and critical thinking skills grounded in sociological inquiry, enabling students to contextualize what they read, hear, and observe from a sociological perspective. B) To develop the ability to address and analyze legal issues through the application of core sociological theories, concepts, and research methodologies. C) To acquire the capacity to examine the functions of social institutions using the most relevant and up-to-date sociological frameworks. D) To equip students with skills in information management and analysis, applying an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary societies. E) To cultivate the ability to synthesize key academic readings and effectively communicate their content and insights both in written and oral form, with clarity, coherence, and sound argumentation.

K1: Know basic humanistic contents, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary training profile. K12: Understand the ethical dimension of law and the need to act responsibly in the defence of fundamental rights and social justice. S1: Plan and organize teamwork by making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. S2: Use the information by interpreting relevant data avoiding plagiarism, and in accordance with the academic and professional conventions of the area of study, being able to evaluate the reliability and quality of such information. S3: Apply the necessary skills to search for information in the different legal sources (legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal). S4: Apply organizational skills and critical management of legal knowledge. S5: Correctly diagnose legal problems and apply the appropriate tools for their solution. S7: Apply knowledge to identify social processes and possible solutions with rigor, precision and scientific objectivity S8: Apply social, economic and environmental sensitivity to conflict resolution. C2: Know and be able to manage interpersonal skills on initiative, responsibility, conflict resolution, negotiation, etc., that are required in the professional field.

1) Brief introduction:     - The subject matter and method of sociology 2) Culture:     - Characteristics and components     - Functions of culture 3) Socialization and the Life Course:     - Concept and processes of socialization     - Agents of socialization 4) Social Control, Crime, and Deviance:     - Social Control: conformity and deviance 5) Family and Gender:     - Historical evolution of the family: new typologies     - The social construction of gender 6) Stratification and social class:     - Systems of stratification     - Social mobility 7) Society, social change, and globalization:     - Social change: key factors     - Global society

The course will be structured around lecture-based sessions, which will conclude with guided debates on key issues related to each topic in the syllabus. In addition, students will be assigned practical exercises designed to develop skills relevant to the sociological analysis of significant social phenomena, processes, and issues. These exercises are also intended to facilitate the integration of the course's content and perspectives with other subjects within the students¿ broader academic program.