Degree in Sociology + Political Sciences and Public Administration

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Know and use secondary data sources useful for sociology.
  • Relate and integrate information on social phenomena from primary and/or secondary sources.
  • 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.
  • Identify and measure social vulnerability factors.
  • Know and be able to analyse the structure and functioning of political systems and processes, their elements and their historical dimension, with special emphasis on the political systems in Spain and in the European Union.
  • Know and be able to analyse the characteristics and guidelines for action of the main political actors (parties, trade unions, interest groups and new social movements).
  • Know and be able to analyse electoral processes, both from an institutional point of view and from the point of view of the behaviour of collective and individual actors.
  • Know and know how to analyse the patterns and trends in the behaviour of collective political actors and citizens, their democratic values and fundamental rights.
  • Know how to design and analyse political strategies and campaigns and to convey political messages and information and issues of public debate.
  • Have knowledge and ability to understand essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to political science and public administration, and to the spectrum of other reference disciplines.
  • Develop the learning skills needed to complete further studies or training with some degree of autonomy.
  • Know and be able to analyse the design, planning, management and evaluation of public policies.
  • Know and be able to analyse the policies of equality between men and women, of equal opportunities and of non-discrimination, as well as the policies that promote solidarity, environmental protection and the culture of peace.
  • Propose, design and develop a sociological research project.
  • Design and implement plans and programmes aimed at addressing social problems and evaluating their results.
  • Apply the quantitative and qualitative techniques of sociological data collection.
  • Conduct qualitative sociological analyses.
  • Know and apply statistical techniques for the analysis of social reality.
  • Use software and computer applications useful for sociology.
  • Be able to relate and structure information from diverse sources and to integrate relevant ideas and knowledge in the field of political science and public administration.
  • Be able to effectively communicate, both in writing and orally, knowledge, procedures, results and ideas to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Be able to use the theories, procedures and tools of political science and public administration in real-life professional practice (specification, design, implementation, deployment and evaluation of solutions).
  • Know the main theories and approaches of political science and public administration, as well as ideas and forms of political organisation.
  • Know and be able to analyse the structure and functioning of public administrations.
  • Know and be able to analyse administrative and financial planning, management and assessment in public services, and be able to design strategies for organisational improvement and quality assurance.
  • Know and be able to interpret historical political and social frameworks so as to have a better understanding of current reality and future prospects; be able to manage historical documentary sources and to conduct comparative analyses of continuity and discontinuity in situations of change.
  • Know and to know how to use the methods and techniques of quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as the comparative method, to produce, compile, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, as well as the techniques of organisational management in public administration and of public income and expenditure.
  • Know and know how to analyse the economic environment, the economic dimension of the public sector and the techniques of economic management of projects.
  • Gather and interpret relevant data on social reality from an anthropological perspective.
  • Be able to analyse scenarios of action in international politics, whether in relation to international organisations, elements of the State or collective political actors.
  • Be able to prepare reports and expert opinions simultaneously considering different variables of a political, sociological, legal, economic, demographic and gender nature.