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:
1/1/1900
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Participating universities:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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 within a research context
Students know how to apply their acquired knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or little known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
Students are able to integrate knowledge and deal with the complexity of formulating judgments from information that, while incomplete and limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to applying their skills and judgments
Students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasons that sustain them, to a specialized and non-specialized public, in a clear and unambiguous way.
Students have learning skills which allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous
General competences
Master historiographic traditions and methodological and conceptual resources aimed at analysing modern history in its different areas and approaches
Have an advanced knowledge of the main bibliographic resources in the thematic areas and disciplines that historiographic studies of the Spanish monarchy from the 16th to 18th centuries encompass
Be able to organise, file and programme those manuscripts and printed and bibliographical documents that the student of modern history may have available
Acquire a critical knowledge of the relationship between current events and processes and the past
Apply in an appropriate manner a scientific methodology specific to history, in the undertaking of bibliographical work, in the drawing-up of states of affairs and in the analysis and interpretation of sources
Apply to a high level tools for compiling information such as bibliographical catalogues, archive inventories and electronic references to research and the cataloguing of documents and archive and library books
Apply new technologies to historical research and to the undertaking of work specific to the professional profiles of the degree
Know how to transcribe, synthesise and catalogue historical information
Be able to comment, make notes on and edit texts and documents corrrectly in accordance with the critical canons of history
Be able to use the specific techniques necessary for studying documents from certain periods (for example Paleography or Epigraphy)
Know and rigorously apply theoretical and methodological aspects related to archiving, historical bibliography and documents reated to Modern History
Transversal competences
Identify and select the appropriate methodology for formulating hypotheses, defining problems and designing work strategies specific to academic research
Locate, discriminate, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary sources (written, oral and electronic) relevant to academic work and reference them appropriately, in accordance with the conventions of academic texts
Be able to design and undertake advanced academic work both individually and collectively
Practise a critical self-assessment of one's own acquisition of knowledge and competence
Assess critically one's own culture as well as the culture and traditions of countries different to one's own insofar as the field of academic specialisation is concerned
Specific competences
Know and understand to an advanced level the social, economic, institutional, cultural, ideological and religious systems and structures that make up the territories that shaped the Spanish Monarchy
Make judgments and critical analyses on the Spanish Monarchy, and design approaches to the same topic that may be subject to research
Understand and value the different research perspectives involved in the study of the Spanish Monarchy in the Modern Era, knowing that they come from different cultural and national contexts
Know how to bring original contributions to bear on the issues that are subject to historiographical debate regarding modern history
Know to an advanced level, the bibliographical resources and primary sources for the study of Modern Spanish History and in particular realting to the Spanish Monarchy
Be able to draw up, organise and develop advanced studies pertaining to history and to archive documents and historical libraries referring to the Spanish Monarchy
Apply a comparative analysis methodology to the study, at an advanced level, of the different territories of the Spanish Monarchy and the distinct imperial units that made up the political map of the modern world
Apply to an advanced level the theories, methods and techniques specific to human and social sciences to the study of Modern History and in particular to the Spanish Monarchy
Analyse and interpret to an advanced level historical documents of the 16th to 18th centuries
Adapt to a professional environment, and understand its complete working structure
