BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCES
BASIC COMPETENCES
CB1 - Be able to show that they possess and comprehend facts and contents in an area of study which, based on a previous general secondary school level, have been extended to those included in advanced textbooks and in some aspects proceed from the most advanced studies in this area.
CB5 - Be able to show that they have developed the learning skills required to perform further studies with a high degree of self-dependence.
GENERAL COMPETENCES
CG1 - Understand social, political, legal and economic realities from a comparative perspective.
CG2 - Be able to approximate and analyze the intrinsic values contained in equal opportunities, multi-cultural society, political ideological and cultural pluralism, human rights, and the international community.
CG3 - Know quantitative and qualitative research techniques and possess the ability to choose which is most adequate to apply in the field of Social Sciences.
CG4 - Be able to manage information: identify, organize and analyze relevant information critically and systematically within the context of international relations.
CG5 - Be able to debate and formulate critical reasoning, using precise terminology and specialized resources, when analyzing international and global phenomena, employing both the concepts and knowledge from different disciplines as well as the methods of analysis, paradigms and concepts pertaining to the Social Sciences.
CG6 - Be able to apply scientific method to the economic, social and political questions of a global society; be able to formulate problems in this context, identify a possible explication or solution, and a method to contrast them by sensibly interpreting the data.
CG7 - Know how to express judgments, which include ethical reflections, on essential social, scientific and economic topics within a representative context of society both on a local and international level.
OVERLAPPING COMPETENCES
CT1 - Acquire the capacity to communicate knowledge in oral and written form, both to specialized and to non-specialized publics.
CT2 - Acquire the capacity to establish good interpersonal communication and to work both in interdisciplinary and international teams.
CT3 - Acquire the capacity to organize and plan workloads, taking correct decisions based on the available information, collecting and interpreting relevant data in order to provide assessments in that area of study.
CT4 - Develop the motivation and capacity to perform independent continuous learning for life, with an endowment to adapt to change and new situations.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
CE1 - Be familiar with the principal political and social theories. Be capable of analyzing and comparing contemporary policies.
CE2 - Be familiar with and understand the processes of political, social, economic and cultural change in society and contemporary policy.
CE6 - Understand the socio-political impact of empires, religions and cultures in historical perspective.
CE8 - Understand the structure of markets and the impact of public intervention on markets.
CE9 - Be familiar with and comprehend the relevance of technological change for economic and social development.
CE12 - Be able to formulate and solve basic economic, social, political problems in an international context.
CE13 - Be familiar with the principles of cost-benefit analysis and its application to basic problems.
LEARNING RESULTS
· Applied knowledge to understand the transformation of society and long-term rules of social convention and cohabitation. Understand how sovereignty, rights and freedoms, ideologies, and beliefs change over time, and understand the role of large social movements.