Competences

• Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
• Applying the knowledge of the structure and operations of political institutions to problems and practical, real or simulated cases.
• Arguing from different theoretical perspectives.
• Assess the social, economic and environmental impact when acting in this field of knowledge.
• Connecting the different components that shape the structure and operations of political systems and the environment where they interact.
• Demonstrating good writing skills in different contexts.
• Demonstrating knowledge about the structure and working of the European Union and its main institutions, as well as identifying the main political actors and recognising the main means of integration.
• Demonstrating the comprehension of the structure and functioning of political systems in the internal and international arena, both in the analytic area and in the elaboration of intervention proposals or public policies.
• Demonstrating the understanding of the structure and operations of political institutions.
• Develop critical thought and reasoning and be able to communicate them effectively, both in your own language and second or third languages.
• Develop strategies for autonomous learning.
• Identifying sources of data and conducting bibliographic and documentary searches.
• Interpreting and applying English texts in an academic way.
• Make changes to the methods and processes of the area of knowledge to provide innovative responses to the needs and wishes of society.
• Managing the available time in order to accomplish the established objectives and fulfil the intended task.
• Managing the main theoretical formulations about political institutions and connecting them with the global structure of political systems, both in the internal and international arenas.
• Realising effective oral presentations that are suited to the audience.
• Showing a good capacity for transmitting information, distinguishing key messages for their different recipients.
• Synthesizing and critically analysing information.
• Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
• Using the main information and documentation techniques (ICT) as an essential tool for the analysis.
• Working autonomously.
• Working by using quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques in order to apply them to research processes.
• Working in teams and networking, particularly in interdisciplinary conditions.