High proficiency certificated or accredited level in English language. This course when taught in English is basically addressed to Erasmus and exchange students with a basic knowledge of Spanish politics and goverment as well as the contemporary Spanish History.

1. Instrumental knowledge of : - The evolution of the Spanish political scene and its interpretative key . - The map of partisan and nonpartisan actors existing in the Spanish political system - The structure and dynamics of party systems in Spain . 2. Domain of the main sources of information on political parties.

1. Important moments of Spanish political process. 2. The party systems in Spain and its transformations. 3. partisan actors in the Spanish political system. 4. Actors nonpartisan in the Spanish political system.

- Conventional classes (50 % of the schedule ) . - Specific analysis in reduced groups (50 % of the schedule ) . - Tutoring schedule set for that purpose.