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.
Building:
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Type of University:
Public center
Address:
AVENIDA DE LOS CASTROS 52 , 39005 SANTANDER
Date of ANECA Assessment Report:
7/9/2009
Discipline:
Law and Social Sciences
Participating universities:
Academic, scientific and professional interest justification
General competences
Ability to search for and manage information.
Capacity for analysis, abstraction and synthesis.
Capacity to develop a system both for individual work and teamwork.
Ability to use the language and ideas from other sciences.
Ability to approach and resolve problems.
Capacity for argumentation, critical reasoning and the formation of one's own opinion.
Capacity for the transmission and diffusion of information, ideas, problems and solutions both orally and in writing.
Capacity for reading comprehension and oral and written communication in a foreign language.
Capacity for developing awareness with regard to Human Rights, equality of opportunities, democratic values, interculturality, solidarity, sustainability and the culture of peace.
Ability to use Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) (office suite tools, tools for multimedia presentations, scientific software, Internet, etc.).
Capacity for creativity and an enterprising spirit.
Specific competences
Possession of the fundamental knowledge of the discipline of geography and other social and humanistic sciences required to ensure transversality and the acquisition of values and personal skills for the work of graduates in Geography and Land Use Planning
Knowing how to analyse, distinguish and characterise types of environments and natural spaces.
Knowing how to analyse, distinguish and characterise types of human spaces.
Knowing how to analyse, distinguish and characterise regional spaces.
Knowing how to explain processes in environments and natural spaces using the appropriate concepts, theories, methods and scales.
Knowing how to explain the land use dynamics related to human activity using the appropriate concepts, theories, methods and scales.
Knowing how to explain landscapes using the appropriate concepts, theories, methods and scales.
Knowing how to explain the structures and land use dynamics of regional spaces using the appropriate concepts, theories, methods and scales.
Knowing and managing the norms and legislation, the administrative procedures and work procedures in land use planning and management.
Knowing and applying the technical and methodological fundamentals of fieldwork
Knowing and applying the technical and methodological fundamentals required for spatial analysis and for the management and representation of geographical information.
Applying geographical knowledge to the diagnosis of a territory or landscape.
Solution of practical problems applied to specific spaces.
Initiation in writing documents and reports similar to those required in land use planning and management.
Enriching the academic training in a real work environment in which the acquired knowledge and competences are applied.
Applying knowledge in a professional manner by demonstrating the competences and skills characteristic of geographical work
