Degree in Sociology

  • Students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in a specific field of study, on the basis of general secondary education and at a level that includes mainly knowledge drawn from advanced textbooks, but also some cutting-edge knowledge in their field of study.
  • Students must be able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have acquired the competences required for the preparation and defence of arguments and for problem solving in their field of study.
  • Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in their field of study) to make judgements that take relevant social, scientific or ethical issues into consideration.
  • Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both expert and lay audiences.
  • Students must have developed the learning skills needed to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Write reports and diagnoses on social problems.
  • Design and implement plans and programmes aimed at addressing social problems and evaluating their results.
  • Work in a team with a multidisciplinary perspective.
  • Clearly communicate theories, problems and proposals of a sociological nature, both orally and in writing, using new information and communication technologies.
  • Apply the principles of the professional code of ethics of sociology and develop a commitment to social problems.
  • Respect and promote the principles of fundamental rights, gender equality, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, democratic values and sustainability.
  • Manage documentary sources and statistics referring to social reality.
  • Learn independently and develop initiative in the field of sociology.
  • Analyse contemporary society, its structure and dynamics based on sociological concepts and theories.
  • Understand and analyse the evolution of sociological theory and its main currents and schools.
  • Analyse the relationships between population, resources and environment and the social conditions of sustainability.
  • Develop gender perspective and integrate it into the study of social reality.
  • Conduct comparative studies of the Spanish and Valencian social structure.
  • Analyse empirical data on social structure, change and problems.
  • Describe and explain social inequalities based on social theories and indicators and detect emerging processes.
  • Apply the quantitative and qualitative techniques of sociological data collection.
  • Know and apply statistical techniques for the analysis of social reality.
  • Conduct qualitative sociological analyses.
  • Know and use secondary data sources useful for sociology.
  • Relate and integrate information on social phenomena from primary and/or secondary sources.
  • Use software and computer applications useful for sociology.
  • Analyse social phenomena adopting a multidisciplinary perspective (sociological, psychosocial, economic, political, historical and anthropological).
  • Understand the political-economic organisation and the historical evolution of contemporary societies at the global and local level, and their relationship with social dynamics and processes.
  • Know the tools needed to create, implement and evaluate public policy programmes and social intervention projects.
  • Know the institutions of the welfare society that contribute to safeguarding social rights.
  • Understand the cultural diversity of societies.
  • Know the impact and the social and ecological costs of development projects.
  • Know the tools to intervene in situations of social crisis and conflicts.
  • Participate in the management of institutions and companies.
  • Identify and measure social vulnerability factors.
  • Gather and interpret relevant data on social reality from an anthropological perspective.
  • Propose, design and develop a sociological research project.