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Offer of subjects for academic year 2017-2018

Bachelor's degree in Political and Administration Sciences

BASIC POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES24.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció a la sociologiaIntroducción a la sociologíaIntroduction to sociology  (3104G00080)

THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY: PROCESSES OF SOCIALISATION AND INSTITUTIONALISATION; STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGES; CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROCESSES

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 1first semester

Fonaments d'anàlisi políticaFundamentos de análisis político Foundations of political analysis  (3104G02015)

Elements, techniques and communication of political analysis.Approaches to political science.Contemporary political ideologies.Political culture.Techniques of political analysis.Political communication and marketing.

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 2second semester

Introducció a la Ciència Política IIIntroducción a la Ciencia Política IIIntroduction to Political Science II  (3104G02100)

The subject sets forth the policy as process and result.The course has three thematic blocks.The first analyses the individual players, values, ideologies and the process of socialisation.The second analyses the political players.The third block studies public policies and its incidence on political conflict.

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 2second semester

Introducció a la Ciència Política IIntroducción a la Ciencia Política IIntroduction to Political Science   (3104G04001)

Politics and its key elements.Political structures and players

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 1first semester

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Metodologia de la investigació socialMetodología de la investigación socialMethodology of the social research  (3104G00082)

Scientific knowledge and common sense. Epistemology and scientific method.Quantitative/qualitative dichotomy.Methodological integration.Research process.Problem, hypothesis, variables and methodological strategy.Quantitative and qualitative techniques of social research.Production of data and research from statistical sources.Concepts and basic measures of descriptive and inferential statistics.Test of hypothesis.Introduction to the analysis of statistical data through the SPSS/WIN computer program.Preparation and analysis of statistical tables and graphs.Corroboration of hypotheses.Interpretation of results.

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 1first semester

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THINKING6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Teoria del dretTeoría del derechoLegal theory  (3104G00079)

The law as a social phenomenon: types of regulatory systems.The social functions of the law: social control, security and justice.Juridical rule: types of rules.The juridical system.The dynamics of juridical systems.The fundamental juridical concepts.Juridical interpretation: linguistic problems and theories of juridical interpretation.The application of the law.Concepts of the law.

 Bbasic 6.00 P5 1first semester

POLITICAL AND STATE HISTORY6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Història del dret i de les institucionsHistoria del derecho y de las institucionesHistory of law and institutions  (3104G00078)

Historical concept of Law.Constitutional History.Coding of criminal, mercantile, procedural and civil law.History of social forecasting and employment law.Training in contemporary Spanish administration

 Bbasic 6.00 P5 2second semester

PUBLIC LAW12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Introducció al dret constitucionalIntroducción al derecho constitucionalIntroduction to constitutional law  (3104G00068)

Constitutional organization of the State and the system of sources.

 Bbasic 6.00 P5 1first semester

Dret Administratiu Derecho Administrativo Administrative Law   (3104G04023)

Public administration and Administrative Law.Administrative juridical orders.The administrative organization: General theory. Administrative organisation of the Autonomic State.The position of the Administration before the Law.The principle of legality.The position of citizens before the Administration.

 Bbasic 6.00 P1 2second semester

ECONOMY AND PUBLIC EXCHEQUER6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Economia política Economía políticaPolitical economy  (3104G00075)

Political Economy: concept and method; Analysis of markets: the model of perfect competence and the failures of the market; Models and macro-economic attachés; Analysis of the economic cycle and the economic policy; The main results: unemployment, inflation, growth, and development; The current economic reality.

 Bbasic 6.00 P5 2second semester

BASIC POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Estructures socials i institucionsEstrcuturas sociales e institucionesSocial structures and institutions  (3104G04002)

Family and social change.The economic system: the market and exchange.Property and its forms.Government, regulation of public and private interests.Political associations

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THINKING6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Filosofia Política Filosofía Política Political Philosophy   (3104G04004)

The philosophical and political bases in ancient Greece and their evolution.The inheritance of classical philosophy in the Middle Ages and in the modern world.The bases of political and philosophical thinking of the birth of the state.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 1first semester

POLITICAL AND STATE HISTORY6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Història política, social i de l'estat contemporaniHistoria política social y del estado contemporáneo Political and social history, and of contemporary state  (3104G02013)

Study of the process of forming the liberal state of 19th-century and constitutional integration of political discourse and 18th-century social movements.Study of the process of transformation of the liberal state into a social and democratic State of Law during the 20th century, and of the influence of political discourse and social movements on the process.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 A 1first semester

PUBLIC LAW6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Drets i garanties constitucionalsDerechos y garantías constitucionalesRights and Constitutional Guarantee  (3104G04006)

Political system and rights of citizens: functions of rights in the democratic system.Rights as tools of autonomy, political participation and social participation, and as forms of reaction in the face of inequality and exclusion.Study of the different types of rights and their systems of guarantees

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 1first semester

ECONOMY AND PUBLIC EXCHEQUER6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Hisenda PúblicaHacienda PúblicaPublic Finance  (3104G02102)

The subject studies the public sector from the point of view of resources from which income is obtained to cover public expenses, as well as from the point of view of procedures to make expenses effective.The different public income and, within expenses, the key role that the budget within public entities plays are analysed, as well as the demands of budgetary stability.Includes functions that the public sector carries out in the economy and the indicators that measure its size in a specific economy.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

COMPARATIVE SPANISH AND CATALAN POLITICS12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Sistemes polítics comparatsSistemas políticos comparadosComparative Polítical Systems  (3104G04007)

Elements and criteria of political comparison.The comparative method.Studies in the area.Political change.Types of political system.Globalisation and crisis of the State

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

Política catalana i espanyolaPolítica catalana y españolaCatalan and Spanish Politics  (3104G04008)

Antecedents to the democratic system: Civil war and Franco's regime.Transition process: democratisation, decentralisation and implementation of welfare regimes.Civil war and conflict.Party systems and political actors.Elections in Spain and Catalonia.Catalan and Spanish politics: leadership, parties and transformation

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

SCIENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Organització i activitat de les administracions públiques Organización y actividad de las administraciones públicasPublic Administration: Organization and Activities  (3104G04014)

The organisation of public administrations, constitutional principles and the application of administrative law.Administrative implementation: administrative acts and procedure.Guarantees of administrative implementation.The activity of ordering, control and inspection.Administrative authorisation.Administrative sanctions.Obligatory expropriation.Public sector contracts

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 1first semester

Ciència de l'AdministracióCiencia de la AdministraciónAdministrative Science   (3104G04015)

The Science of the Administration as a juridical discipline.The legal framework of the Science of the Administration.The origins and historic and legal evolution of the Science of the Administration.The public administration in its internal dynamics.Legal aspects of the structure of public administrations.The public administration and its performance.The different levels of government and administration in Spain.Public management.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Dret internacional públicDerecho internacional público International Law   (3104G04019)

The international community and statutory law.Creation and application of international regulations.Skills.International responsibility, peaceful solution of controversies and international conflict.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 1first semester

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS3.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Eines de recerca politològicaHerramientas de investigación politológicaPolitical Science Research Tools  (3104G02108)

Providing instruments for study and research in political science.Enabling data to be obtained and treated with qualitative and quantitative techniques.Creation of case studies and design strategies for comparison among cases.The capacity to create and to be a hypothesis, to establish inference and causality.Writing academic documents and presenting reports.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 P1 2second semester

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THINKING6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Teoria PolíticaTeoría PolíticaPolitical Theory  (3104G02101)

Reflections on the emergence of the modern state through the work of Machiavelli, Hobbes and Bodin.The thinking and theory behind liberal revolutions, based on the work of Montesquieu, Locke, Rousseau and Jefferson.Burke’s conservative thinking.Consolidating the liberal state and its crisis.The advent of revolutionary and reactionary thinking.The theories of the social and democratic state and of the law and its challenges.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 P1 2second semester

GOVERNMENT AND ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLY18.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Anàlisi de polítiques públiques Análisis de políticas públicas Analysis of the public policies  (3104G00081)

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 OBCompulsory 6.00 ER 2second semester
P1 1first semester

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS9.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Acció exterior de l'EstatAcción exterior del EstadoExternal Action of the State   (3104G02103)

Territorial competences of the state.Personal competences of the state: over nationals, foreigners and the right to asylum.Classic, ad hoc and direct diplomacy.Bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation.The promotion of economic development.International disputes.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 P1 1first semester

OPTIONAL MODULES 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Globalització i fiscalitatGlobalización y fiscalidadGlobalization and Taxation  (3104G00083)

Knowing the problems that globalisation brings for the application of tax systems and the opportunities for evasion and avoidance it confers.Issues of tax justice in the face of increased ability of income or wealth funds to take advantage of globalisation to reduce the tax burden.Entrepreneurial strategies to reduce the tax burden and mechanisms established to fight against them: exchange of international information, BEPS strategy. Capital flow and the problems of controlling it. Effects of these manoeuvres on the public purse.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Comunicació políticaComunicación políticaPolitical Communication  (3104G00089)

Institutional communication in the public policy cycle.Strategic communication.Analysis of the construction of the story and audiences.Study of institutional communication.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Elits polítiquesÉlites políticasPolitical Elites   (3104G00091)

Study of the theoretical focus analysing political, social and financial elites.Analysis of the configuration of the political elites in Spain and Catalonia.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Relacions internacionals i organitzacions internacionalsRelaciones internacionales y organizaciones internacionalesInternational relations and international organizations  (3104G02022)

Characteristics of the international society.Analysis of the international system: international actors.The system of States; powers; transnational forces.The genesis, evolution and crisis of the international system.The new international society.The system of the United Nations and other international organisations.

 OBCompulsory 6.00 ER 2second semester
P1 1first semester

OPTIONAL MODULES6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Globalització i fiscalitatGlobalización y fiscalidadGlobalization and Taxation  (3104G00083)

Knowing the problems that globalisation brings for the application of tax systems and the opportunities for evasion and avoidance it confers.Issues of tax justice in the face of increased ability of income or wealth funds to take advantage of globalisation to reduce the tax burden.Entrepreneurial strategies to reduce the tax burden and mechanisms established to fight against them: exchange of international information, BEPS strategy. Capital flow and the problems of controlling it. Effects of these manoeuvres on the public purse.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Comunicació políticaComunicación políticaPolitical Communication  (3104G00089)

Institutional communication in the public policy cycle.Strategic communication.Analysis of the construction of the story and audiences.Study of institutional communication.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Elits polítiquesÉlites políticasPolitical Elites   (3104G00091)

Study of the theoretical focus analysing political, social and financial elites.Analysis of the configuration of the political elites in Spain and Catalonia.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

OPTIONAL MODULES + ACADEMIC TRANSFER24.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Globalització i fiscalitatGlobalización y fiscalidadGlobalization and Taxation  (3104G00083)

Knowing the problems that globalisation brings for the application of tax systems and the opportunities for evasion and avoidance it confers.Issues of tax justice in the face of increased ability of income or wealth funds to take advantage of globalisation to reduce the tax burden.Entrepreneurial strategies to reduce the tax burden and mechanisms established to fight against them: exchange of international information, BEPS strategy. Capital flow and the problems of controlling it. Effects of these manoeuvres on the public purse.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Comunicació políticaComunicación políticaPolitical Communication  (3104G00089)

Institutional communication in the public policy cycle.Strategic communication.Analysis of the construction of the story and audiences.Study of institutional communication.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Elits polítiquesÉlites políticasPolitical Elites   (3104G00091)

Study of the theoretical focus analysing political, social and financial elites.Analysis of the configuration of the political elites in Spain and Catalonia.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Language requirement

* Level B2 - German
* Level B2 - English
* Level B2 - French
* Level B2 - Italian
* Level C1 - German
* Level C1 - English
* Level C1 - French
* Level C1 - Italian
* Level C2 - German
* Level C2 - English
* Level C2 - French
* Level C2 - Italian
* Level C1.1 - English
* Level C1.1 - French
* Level C1.1 - German
* English third-language requirement
* French third-language requirement
* Italian third-language requirement
* German third-language requirement

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