Bachelor's Degree in Political and Administration Sciences

Qualification obtained after completing the course: graduate in Political and Administration Sciences
European Diploma Supplement: social and legal sciences branch
Structure of subjects: termly, with final assessment at the end of term
Duration: four academic years
Teaching load: 240 ECTS credits
Places available: 160

Syllabus

First year

Basic subjects	ECTS credits
Construction and Analysis of Social Indicators	6
Introduction to Political Science	6
Introduction to Sociology	6
Introduction to Law	6
Introduction to the Public Administration	6
Introduction to Economics	6
Compulsory subjects	ECTS credits
Introduction to the History of Contemporary Societies	4
Introduction to International Relations	4
Political Actors and Institutions	4
Mathematics and Computer Tools in Political Analysis	4
Data Analysis	4
Constitutional Law	4

Second year

Basic subjects	ECTS credits
Spanish and Catalan Politics	6
Contemporary International Relations	6
Qualitative Research Techniques	6
Public Policies I	6
Compulsory subjects	ECTS credits
Administrative Law	4
Economics and Public Finance	4
Statistics	4
Social Structure	4
Comparative Politics I	4
Qualitative Research Techniques	4
History of the 20th Century	4
Comparative Politics II	4

Third year

Compulsory subjects	ECTS credits
Political Behaviour and Public Opinion	6
Political Theory I	6
Public Sector Economics	4
European Politics	4
Public Management	6
Theory of Collective Action	6
Economic History	4
Economics and Democracy	6
Political Parties and Stakeholder Organisations	6
Theory of Political Institutions	4

Optional	8

Fourth year

Compulsory subjects	ECTS credits
Political Theory II	6
Public Policies II	6
Optional	32
Optional subjects	ECTS credits
Training profile: Social Analysis
Social Demography	4
Employment Policies and the Labour Market	4
Social Stratification	4
Gender and the Family	4
Assessment of the Effects of Public Policies and Programmes	4
Training profile: Expert in International Affairs
Spanish Foreign Policy	4
Security and International Conflicts	4
European Union Institutions and Policies	4
International Public Law	4
International Political Economics	4
Training profile: Citizenship and Governments
Communication and Politics	4
Electoral Systems	4
Survey Design	4
Political Participation	4
Applied Statistical Methods	4
Training profile: Public Policies and Public Management
Comparative Public Management	4
Public Management and Innovation	4
Social Policies	4
Regulatory Policies	4
Evaluation of Public Projects	4
Training profile: Various Democracies
Theories of Democracy and Justice	4
Political Liberalism in the 21th Century	4
Citizenship and Diversity	4
Advanced Comparative Politics	4
Concepts and Methods in Political Theory	4

External Internship	10

End-of-Degree Dissertation	6