Bachelor's Degree in History

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• History and archaeology (0222)

Main focus

This degree programme provides students with comprehensive training to qualify them as historians. Studies are based on the critical and reasoned knowledge of the past and of the main processes of human change and continuity from prehistoric times up to the present from both a spatial and geographic perspective. Graduates of this degree programme will thus possess a basic knowledge of the analytical methodology, techniques, and tools used in the discipline. This includes the ability to examine and critically analyse historical sources and documents. They will also be able to use appropriate means for the search, identification, retrieval, and collection of data, including digital resources with a view to using them for historical studies and research. Furthermore, graduates will have excellent written and oral communication skills, and be able to use the terminology in the field in Spanish and, if possible, in a second language as well.
Graduates of this degree programme will be qualified to teach in public and private centres of education. They will also be able to work in other institutions in activities related to the professional profile of the degree, such as archaeological studies, heritage management, museums, archives, libraries, cultural consulting agencies and organisations, publishing houses, etc.

Competences

1. Capacity to analyse, synthesise, organise, plan, and manage information.
2. Ability to engage in critical reasoning.
3. Good oral and written communication skills.
4. Ability to detect and analyse problems as well as to make decisions conducive to solving them.
5. Ability to work in a team.
6. Communicative and social skills in national and international contexts.
7. Recognition and respect of diversity.
8. Creativity, leadership, initiative, and entrepreneurship.
9. Flexibility and the ability to adapt to new situations and contexts.
10. Motivation for quality and improvement.
11. Commitment to professional identity development, and ethics.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Historia

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows: Basic Formation (60 ECTS) Obligatory (114 ECTS) Optional (60 ECTS) Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Access to further studies

This Bachelor’s degree gives access to master’s studies.

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations