Competencies

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

  • CB1 – Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in an area of study that builds on the foundation of general secondary education and is typically at a level that, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study.
  • CB2 – Students should be able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are typically demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
  • CB3 – Students should 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.
  • CB4. Students will be able to convey information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
  • CB5 – That students have developed the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Sociology

  • CG.1 Ability to analyze, synthesize, critique, combine global/local visions and apply knowledge to practice.
  • CG.2 Communicative ability (ability to understand and express oneself orally and in writing, in Spanish and in a second language, mastering the specialized language as well as the ability to search, use and integrate information).
  • CG.3 Ability to use documentary and information management techniques, statistics, computer science and multimedia necessary for learning and professional practice.
  • CG.4 Ability to organize, make decisions and adapt to new situations.
  • CG.5 Teamwork (interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project/ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary, multicultural and international teams).
  • CG.6 Ethical commitment (critical and self-critical capacity/capacity to show attitudes consistent with ethical codes).
  • CG.7 Creative capacity (for problem solving and adaptation to new situations) and entrepreneurial capacity (capacity to formulate, design and manage projects/capacity to search for and integrate new knowledge and attitudes), in the context of a motivation for quality.
  • CG.8 Ability to relate to cultures, populations and groups different from one's own without ethnocentric prejudices, thus facilitating conflict resolution.
  • CG.9 Ability to recognize the complexity of social phenomena and the interaction of global and local processes in specific situations, identifying causal links and key actors in each situation.
  • CG.10 Ability to grasp the cultural diversity of local contexts and of the various regional areas of the world, defining their particularities, identities and interrelations between the different cultural aspects.

Social and Cultural Anthropology

  • CG1. Develop independent learning skills (analytic skills, synthesis, holistic vision, and applicability).
  • CG2. Acquire general communication skills (ability to understand and express yourself orally and in writing, in Spanish and in a
  • second language, mastery of specialized language and development of strategies for searching, using and integrating information).
  • CG3. Apply documentary, statistical, computer, and multimedia techniques (ability to develop documentary search strategies, as well as statistical skills and the use of new technologies).
  • CG4. Develop personal development and responsibility skills (organization, decision-making, and adaptation to new situations).
  • CG5. Develop teamwork (ability to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project, even in interdisciplinary, multicultural, and international teams).
  • CG6. Apply the principles of ethical codes (critical and self-critical capacity/ability to demonstrate attitudes consistent with ethical codes)
  • CG7. Seek creative and entrepreneurial solutions to new situations or problems (ability to formulate, design, and manage projects/ability to seek and integrate new knowledge and attitudes).
  • CG8. Interact with cultures, populations, and groups different from one's own without ethnocentric prejudices, enabling conflict resolution (ability to relate across diverse boundaries, addressing mediated and peaceful conflict resolution).
  • CG9. Recognize the complexity of social phenomena (ability to analyze social phenomena using criteria, taking into account the interaction of global and local processes in specific situations, identifying causal links and key actors in each situation).
  • CG10. Analyze cultural diversity (ability to apply critical reasoning to different local contexts and those of different regional areas of the world, defining their particularities, identities, and the interrelations between different cultural aspects)

Sociology

  • CE.1 Knowledge and skills to propose and develop applied research in different areas of society.
  • CE.2 Learning of statistical concepts and techniques applied to human society.
  • CE.3 Skills in developing, using and interpreting social indicators and social measurement instruments.
  • CE.4 Skills for the development of human resources in organizations.
  • CE.5 Knowledge and skills in transmitting sociological concepts, problems and perspectives.
  • CE.6 Technical knowledge and skills for the production and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
  • CE.7 Skills in the development of organizations (consulting, designing and managing organizations and institutions).
  • CE.8 Knowledge and mastery of the methodology of social sciences and their basic and advanced techniques (quantitative and qualitative) of social research, with special attention to the aspects of sampling, application software and fieldwork.
  • CE.9 Know how to choose the social research techniques (quantitative and qualitative) relevant at all times.
  • CE.10 Abilities to identify the basic components and measure factors of inequality and social vulnerability, cultural differences and conflict processes.
  • CE.11 Knowledge and skills in searching for secondary information in different sources (official institutions, libraries, Internet, etc.)
  • CE.12 Ability to analyze the main concepts and generalizations about human society and its processes
  • CE.13 Ability to analyze the transformations and evolution of contemporary societies and their social and political movements
  • CE.14 Capacities to contribute to the design of public policies aimed at addressing social problems
  • CE.15 Capacities in establishing, programming and executing social intervention projects
  • CE.16 Capacities in evaluating public policy and social intervention projects, as well as their results
  • CE.17 Skills in the implementation and management of social services
  • CE.18 Skills in management and organization of people and social networks that participate in collective projects
  • CE.19 Skills to manage and mediate in crisis situations and social conflicts
  • CE.20 Skills for the evaluation and implementation of quality and satisfaction studies
  • CE.21 Abilities to adapt objectives to economic, temporal and human resources

Social and Cultural Anthropology

  • CE1. Know the main theories relating to the meanings of the concept of culture.
  • CE2. Know the diverse systems of cultural adaptation to the environment.
  • CE3. Understand the cross-cultural variability of economic systems and the anthropological theories surrounding them.
  • CE4. Understand cultural constructs relating to sex, gender, and sexuality.
  • CE5. Be able to analyze the transformations and evolution of contemporary societies and their social and political movements.
  • CE6. Be able to design public policies aimed at addressing social problems and evaluate implemented projects, such as sociocultural intervention or development cooperation.
  • CE7. Be able to design and develop anthropological research projects.
  • CE8. Be able to identify and measure the basic factors of inequality and social vulnerability, as well as cultural differences and conflict processes.
  • CE9. Be able to assess the effects of applying expert models of social intervention to the target groups.
  • CE10. Be able to diagnose and mediate in situations of intercultural conflict.
  • CE11. Be able to produce informative or museum material related to cultural diversity.
  • CE12. Be able to carry out projects and develop practical interventions in the field of cultural heritage management.
  • CE13. Understand the cultural sector in order to identify possible cultural promotion and management actions.
  • CE14. Know the different theories that explain the history, development, and transformations of human societies.
  • CE15. Understand the methodology of Social Anthropology and its basic and advanced (quantitative and qualitative) social research techniques, with special emphasis on fieldwork techniques (ethnographic descriptions, participant observation, oral interviews, etc.).
  • CE16. Be able to convey the concepts, problems, and perspectives of Social Anthropology to both lay and expert audiences.
  • CE17. Understand the epistemological and methodological debates in Social and Cultural Anthropology.
  • CE18. Be able to apply theoretical and methodological reflexivity to avoid ethnocentrism in analysis models.
  • CE19. Be able to analyze ethnographic specificities and develop conceptual abstraction in comparative processes.