Development of the teachings

 

1. Teaching structure

This section details the structure of the syllabus for the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities. The syllabus is organised according to a structure of Modules and Subjects. The proposed Modules and Subjects are coherent with the general objectives and guarantee the acquisition of the competences of the degree.

 

In order to adapt the map of degrees to the demand, it was decided to propose a joint action plan that would comply with the recommendations of the Dictamen del Parlamento de Andalucia  on the Andalusian university system of 2001, the agreements of the Academic Commission of the CAU and the Governing Council of the University of Cadiz.

 

With this objective in mind, a joint planning of the teaching in the Faculty has been articulated, which implies the existence of a first year of common branch contents. In addition, these Degrees share twelve credits of modern language in the compulsory subjects, as well as a single credit assigned to the final degree project. The Centre has placed (except in exceptional cases) all the basic branch subjects in the student’s first year of enrolment, thus facilitating the change of enrolment and degree in the second year when appropriate. Thus, a student can enrol in the first year of any degree and change degree after that year without having to take first-year contents, but would go directly to the second year of the new degree chosen.

 

1.1. Distribution of the syllabus in ECTS, by subject type

In order to establish the structure of the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities, all the aspects analysed in previous points of this report have been taken into consideration, as well as the guidelines established in the White Book of the degree, the agreements of the CAU and the University of Cadiz’s own regulations.

 

The Graduate Degree in Humanities is structured in such a way that the full-time student must complete 240 ECTS over four years, thus complying with the provisions of Real Decreto 1393/2007. This total includes 60 credits corresponding to basic training subjects, the rest being distributed in compulsory and optional subjects and in the Final Degree Project, as indicated in the following table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1) Includes 6 ECTS of the subject ‘Internships’, optional for the student and equivalent to 6 optional credits.

Students will be able to configure their Study Plan by taking all the Basic Training subjects (60 credits) and Compulsory subjects that make up the core of the Degree (114 credits plus the 6 credits of the Final Degree Project). These contents are in accordance with what has been established by the Andalusian Council of Universities to define the proposed Bachelor’s Degree, and have the support of the social agents represented in the Plenary of this Coordinating Body of the Andalusian University System.

 

 

Taking into account their interests, and with the necessary advice from the guidance system of the Centre, the student studying this Degree at the University of Cadiz must complete 60 optional credits according to the following options: taking reinforcement subjects of specific contents of the degree and modules oriented towards a specific curricular profile, or taking subjects or training activities authorised by the Governing Council of the University; either from among those included in other degrees, or specifically created and oriented towards their comprehensive training. In any case, students may request the recognition of up to 6 credits for university activities: cultural, sporting, student representation, solidarity and cooperation.

 

 

The aim of this proposal is to provide a better response to the social and vocational demands of students, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 56.3 of the Andalusian Law on Universities. It will be up to the Governing Council, in view of the proposals made by the Centre, to determine which contents may broaden the specific optional offer of the degree.

 

 

Therefore, and without entering into contradiction with what is expressed in the previous paragraph and in order to allow training in the specific itineraries of the Degree in Humanities, the student will be recommended to take the optional subjects in the following way:

 

 

1) By taking the optional subjects of curricular reinforcement and those that make up the modules of one of the two itineraries foreseen in the syllabus.

 

 

2) By taking the optional subjects of curricular complementary and 4 elective subjects of those that make up the modules of one of the two itineraries foreseen in the syllabus and the recognition of up to 6 credits for:

• Erasmus, Socrates or similar mobilities, without this limiting the possibility of recognition not only of optional credits, but also of compulsory subjects when their contents are similar to those taken and passed during the placement.
• External work placements, beyond those that may be compulsory.
• Completion of subjects, courses and workshops aimed at the acquisition of transversal competences, offered by the University, and which are appropriate to the degree: Languages, IT, Entrepreneurship, as determined by the Governing Council.
• taking subjects and activities aimed at the integral training of the student, offered by the University, according to the list to be determined and updated by the Governing Council, and chosen in such a way as to complement those specific to the degree programme.
• recognition of credits for participation in activities referred to in Art. 12.8 of RD 1393/2007 [Following article 46.2.i of Ley Orgánica 6/2001, of 21 December, on Universities, according to which students may obtain academic recognition in credits for participation in university cultural, sporting, student representation, solidarity and cooperation activities up to a maximum of 6 credits of the total of the syllabus studied.

 

In order to be able to register for the end-of-degree project, students must have passed 60 credits of basic training and 114 of compulsory training. Students must complete and present a dissertation in which they demonstrate the skills associated with the degree that they have acquired over the years of study. The tutoring of this work will be in charge of the teaching staff of the University of Cadiz involved in the teaching of the degree in Humanities.

 

Mobility programmes (Erasmus, Socrates, etc.) are optional and highly recommended. They will be offered to a large number of students, which the Faculty will maintain and, as far as possible, increase year after year throughout the implementation of the Study Plan in accordance with the subscription of the appropriate agreements with Universities all over the world. An information session will be held every year for all first-year students on the interest and conditions of mobility programmes (further information on mobility is given in point 5.2).

 

The distribution of the subjects in courses and semesters reflects the organisation of the offer by the centre, but it has an orientative character for the student, who will be able to take these credits at the time he/she considers appropriate and with the distribution he/she wishes, but always subject to the general limitations imposed by the University and those contemplated in this report.

 

Within the optional subjects, students will be offered two itineraries called Current World and Communication, and Cultural Management and Resources. The first will enable students to design, produce and manage cultural information content, and to learn about the reality of today’s society. The second has as its basic objective to train students to be able to define cultural resources, projects and initiatives, itineraries and cultural tourism products, organise events, etc. .

 

1.2. General explanation of the planning of the syllabus.

This section contains the description of the modules and subjects of which the syllabus is made up, as well as their temporal planning.

 

1.2.1. Description of the modules and subjects that make up the plan.

 

The syllabus for the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities consists of the following modules:

 

Module 1: Basic Branch Training.

Module 2: Historical Foundations and Critical Analysis (compulsory)

Module 3: Language and Communication (compulsory)

Module 4: Cultural Manifestations (compulsory)

Module 5: Landscape and Territory Sciences (compulsory)

Module 6: Sciences of Society and Thought (compulsory)

Module 7: Modern Language (compulsory)

Module 9: Final Degree Project (compulsory)

Module 9: Curricular Reinforcement Electives (compulsory)

Module 10: Electives of Itinerary 1. Current World and Communication

Module 11: Electives of Itinerary 2. Cultural Resources and Management

Module 12: External Work Placement (Elective)

 

Modules corresponding to the 75% common of the Andalusian agreement

Basic branch training module

 

 

Modules of compulsory credits

 

 

Module of curricular complementary electives

 

 

 

 

1.2.2. Temporal sequencing of the curriculum.

FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER

 

 

FIRST YEAR SECOND SEMESTER

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR THIRD SEMESTER

 

 

SECOND YEAR FOURTH SEMESTER

 

 

THIRD YEAR FIFTH SEMESTER

 

 

THIRD YEAR SIXTH SEMESTER

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR SEVENTH SEMESTER

 

 

FOURTH YEAR EIGHTH SEMESTER

 

 

 

 

As a whole, the proposed modules constitute a coherent and feasible proposal, guaranteeing the acquisition of the degree’s competences. In order to achieve the development of the competences proposed within the framework of the EHEA, various teaching-learning activities will be developed, including: theory class, practical class, theory-practical class, debate, exhibition, seminar, specialised individual tutoring, specialised group tutoring and non-face-to-face activities. To this end, regular meetings will be held between the degree coordinator and the teaching team in order to permanently ensure horizontal coordination (within an academic year) and vertical coordination (throughout the different years) of the subjects involved in the degree, in terms of the design, type and relationship of the activities designed. The assessment systems will also be extended to include, in addition to the final exam, student participation in face-to-face activities, as well as the preparation and/or presentation of work supervised by the lecturer.

 

Students will be assigned a tutor whose function will be to guide and advise them in their personal curriculum planning.

 

Table 2.1. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject CLASSICAL LANGUAGE

Name of the subject: CLASSICAL LANGUAGE

ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Basic Education

Subjects that compose it

• Name of the subject: Introduction to classical language

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.2. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject HISTORY

Name of the subject: HISTORY

ECTS: 6 Type of subject: Basic Education

Subjects that make up the subject

• Name of the subject: Introduction to History

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.3. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject PHILOSOPHY

Name of the subject: PHILOSOPHY

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects that compose it

• Name of the subject: Introduction to Philosophy

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.4. Subjects that belong to the Basic Training subject HISTORY OF ART

Name of the subject: HISTORY OF ART

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects included in the course

• Name of the subject: Introduction to Art History

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.5. Subjects belonging to the Basic Education subject LITERATURE

Name of the subject: LITERATURE

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects that compose it

• Name of the subject: Theory of literature

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.6. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject LINGUISTICS

Name of the subject: LINGUISTICS

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects included in the course

• Name of the subject: Introduction to Linguistics

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.7. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject LANGUAGE

Name of the subject: LANGUAGE

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects that make up the subject

• Name of the subject: Spanish language

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.8. Subjects belonging to the Basic Training subject GEOGRAPHY

Name of the subject: GEOGRAPHY

ECTS: 6

Type of subject: Basic Training

Subjects included in the course

• Name of the subject: Introduction to Geography

ECTS: 6

 

Table 2.9. Subjects belonging to the subject of Basic Training MODERN LANGUAGE

Title of course: MODERN LANGUAGE I

ECTS: 12

Type of course: Basic Training

courses that compose it (to choose two courses corresponding to a single language among those offered by the Centre).

 

1.3. Degree coordination mechanisms.

‘The degree’s teaching coordination body is the faculty’s quality assurance committee. The functions, competences and procedures related to the committee are described in section 9 of the report’.