Basic competences

BC 1: Possession of knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas, often within a research context.

BC 2: Ability to apply acquired knowledge and understanding and problem-solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multi-disciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.

BC 3: Ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and to formulate judgements with incomplete or limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of such knowledge and judgements. 

BC 4: Ability to communicate conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning them, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.

BC 5: Possession of the learning skills needed to continue to study in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General competences

GC 1: Ability to recognize the different social and communication codes governing interpersonal interaction in order to adapt and respond to new situations in different disciplinary and cultural environments.

GC 2: Elementary knowledge of a third language, in this case, Chinese.

Specific competences

SC 1: Ability to identify the main features of cultural and historical realities and contemporary developments in China in relation to the region as a whole and to apply the necessary processes and skills to study them.

SC 2: Ability to analyse the process of interaction between China and the outside world, applying the concepts and basic tools needed to study Chinese international relations.

SC 3: Ability to recognize and describe contemporary and modern Chinese history, critically using the various current historiographical approaches to the analysis of contemporary China.

SC 4: Ability to identify and explain the debates, discourses and perceptions that mediate contact with contemporary China, providing a contextualized analysis of potential problems.

SC 5: Ability to recognize emerging realities in present-day China, using and identifying the various current debates and paradigms governing the analysis of contemporary China.

SC 6: Ability to identify and explain who the main actors are in the interaction and economic, political and cultural intermediation between China and Europe, applying the concepts and basic tools needed to study Chinese international relations.

SC 7: Ability to identify and recognize cultural and communication dynamics in contemporary China, describing the basic chronology and periodization criteria, as well as the main actors, processes and mass culture movements in contemporary China.

SC 8: Ability to generate and critically manage a corpus of primary and secondary sources that makes it possible to produce new documentation about specific topics related to China using digital platforms, archives, specialized journals and advanced research techniques.

SC 9: Ability to analyse and understand the current cultural, economic and social situation in China, applying the necessary conceptual and methodological tools from the social sciences and humanities for the analysis of contemporary China.