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.
CB2 ¿Be able to show that they have learned how to apply their knowledge professionally to their future jobs or tasks and that they possess the competences needed to develop and defend arguments and solve problems in that area of study.
CB3 ¿ Be able to show that they are capable of collecting and interpreting the relevant data (normally within their area of study) needed for formulating judgments which require critical thought on social, scientific and ethical topics of relevance.
CB4 ¿ Be able to show that they are able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions both to specialized and non-specialized publics.
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.
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.
CE5 ¿ Be familiar with the leading state models of territorial, political, economic and social organization.
CE12 ¿ Be able to formulate and solve basic economic, social, political problems in an international context.
CE16 ¿ Be able to carry out case studies and apply comparative method to analyze institutions, processes and policies in different countries.
LEARNING RESULTS
· Knowledge of the main theories explaining conflict.
· Knowledge about the evolution and determinants of wars between States, civil wars and terrorism.
· Applied knowledge on conflict resolution and peace maintenance.