The academic offer of the University of Cantabria is mostly taught in Spanish. For specific
courses taught in English, please refer to the catalogue of
courses taught in English.
Due to the implementation of the new degree plans,
check the information through
this link. Exchange students can choose subjects that are active in both the new and the old study plan.
You can check the
language requirements of the University of Cantabria
here.
Building:
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Type of University:
Public center
Address:
AVENIDA DE LOS CASTROS 52 , 39005 SANTANDER
Date of ANECA Assessment Report:
3/11/2014
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Participating universities:
Academic, scientific and professional interest justification
Basic competences
Have and understand knowledge that can provide a base or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
Students should know to apply their acquired knowledge and their ability in problem-solving in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
Students should be capable of integrating knowledge and facing up to the complexity of showing judgment from incomplete or limited information that includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities which are linked to the application of their knowledge and judgment
Students should know how to communicate their conclusions - and the knowledge and reasons sustaining them - to a specialised and non-specialised audience in a clear and unambiguous way
Students should have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or independent
General competences
Make judgements by relying on scientific and technical methods and theories, integrating data, and introducing principles of social responsibility and ethics
Work with autonomy in interdisciplinary teams contexts, incorporating one's own resources and developing participation strategies
Know how to transmit the fundamentals and results from research work and their application in the professional field in a clear and unambiguous way
Specific competences
Know the concepts and theory-methodology frameworks from which analysed the territory, both in the past and in the present, in the field of geography, the territorial and economic and Social development
Know the sources and information processing methods for the analysis and interpretation of the land and its dynamics
Use geographical data processing techniques for territorial analysis and interpretation of the land and its dynamics
Know how explain the land as a social and historical product, the result of human intervention, differentiated by the unequal action of processes (natural, economic, social and political), subject to specific dynamics
Know about the diversity of land strategies and the theoretical and methodological concepts underlying the habitual intervention of practices and politics
Know how to integrate the theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge relating to the territorial analysis and intervention strategies in their application to a particular land area that requires the resolution of complex real or hypothetical problems
Produce management and representation systems of geographic information for territorial analysis and interpretation of the land and its dynamics and for development of intervention proposals
Experiment the techniques of field recognition for production and control of geographical information
Apply theoretical and practical knowledge and technical skills acquired while carrying out a work activity
Apply theoretical, methodological, practical and technical knowledge to aninitiation research project or a professional report
