Degree in Philosophy

Competencies

Competencies are the set of knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by students throughout the degree, aimed at preparing them to perform professional activities.

In the Degree in Spanish Language and Literature The development by students of the basic skills included in the Spanish Framework for Qualifications for Higher Education (MECES), RD1393/2007, is guaranteed:

Competencies of Degree in Spanish: Language and Literature aligned with the characteristics of the qualifications located at level 2 of the MECES 

Basic skills
  1. That the students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that starts from the basis of general secondary education, and a level is usually found that, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study.
  2. That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
  3. That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific, or ethical issues.
  4. That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
  5. That the students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

General skills
  • 1(1). Possess sufficient knowledge to understand the most important concepts and theories in the history of philosophy, relating them to others from the same or different periods.
  • 1(2). Possess sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and theories of philosophical thought, knowing how to relate them to each other and to those of the various branches of philosophy.
  • 2(3). Ability to construct and critique formal and informal arguments, recognizing their strengths and weaknesses and any relevant fallacies.
  • 2(4). Know the logic of language, being able to use it accurately and being alert to the deceptions and errors that may arise from its misuse.
  • 2(5). Ability to interpret philosophical texts, placing them within their cultural context and intellectual traditions.
  • 2(6). Ability to analyze the structure of complex and controversial problems, detecting, formulating and proposing alternative approaches to philosophical problems in various fields of society, science and culture, both historical and contemporary.
  • 3(7). Ability to use acquired knowledge to illuminate and assess the problems that contemporary science is repeatedly raising.
  • 3(8). Ability to use acquired knowledge to understand and interpret the present in all its complexity, justifying one's position on the fundamental problems that afflict us.
  • 3(9.) Ability to ethically and politically assess human actions in the various public and private spheres in which they occur, knowing their dimensions and fundamental conditions.
  • 3(10). Ability to understand, value and apply fundamental rights and equal opportunities between women and men, as well as the principles of universal accessibility for persons with disabilities and the values inherent to a culture of peace and democracy.
  • 3(11). Capacity to foster dialogue and communication between diverse peoples and cultures.
  • 3(12). Ability to review new or unfamiliar ideas with an open mind and a willingness to change one's own ideas when they appear to be wrong or harmful.
  • 3(13). Ability to engage with the interests of everyday life, examining problems characteristic of practical reason (topics of political and ethical debate) while remaining sensitive to the diversity of opinions, practices and ways of life.
  • 3(14). Ability to reflect on the aesthetic experience and the nature of the arts, being able to make reasoned judgments on the various manifestations of artistic expression and forms of symbolic representation.
  • 3(15). Ability to value and recognize creative innovation.
  • 3(16). Ability to engage in dialogue with others, with mental flexibility to appreciate different perspectives on the same problem, defending one's own positions, respecting those of others and accepting criticism,
  • 4(17). Ability to transmit information, concepts and philosophical theories to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
  • 4(18). Ability to write articles, commentaries and reports on various problems and activities, as well as to express themselves orally, issuing their own reasoned judgments and proposing alternatives.
  • 4(19). Ability to participate in conferences, cultural activities and scientific meetings with different types of participation and to intervene in debates.
  • 5(20). Ability to handle scientific methodology in its analytical and synthetic aspects, induction and deduction.
  • 5(21). Ability to document through various means, knowing how to find the most important data in original sources and in commentaries from the philosophy of science and other cultural themes, or from experience itself.
  • 5(22). Ability to organize and retrieve information found.
  • 5(23). Ability to work independently and organize work by making methodological decisions.
  • 5(24). Ability to plan work in feasible time sequences.
  • 5(25). Ability to orient oneself in the world of ideas and practice, with autonomy and independence of judgment.
  • 5(26). Ability to work in a team.
  • 5(27). Management of information and communication technologies.