Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy

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

• Education science (0111)

Main focus

This degree programme has the following objectives:
1. To guarantee that students acquire knowledge, practice, and experience in relation to the study, analysis, and understanding of the education and training within their social, political, cultural, temporal, and geographical context.
2. To create in the students the desire to address basic issues related to the educational goals and values in society.
3. To encourage students to develop the capacity to construct, present, and defend reasoned arguments regarding educational and training issues in an ethical, honest, and coherent way.
4. To provide students with all the academic, methodological, conceptual, and experiential resources necessary to develop their personal maturity and instrumental skills, which they can apply in different contexts of professional practice.
5. To guarantee a favourable academic context for the development of an attitude of respect and commitment to the basic social rights and principles of equality between people of different gender, ethnicity, age, etc.

Competences

1. Integrate the knowledge and experience acquired in education and training into personal, academic, and social resources that can be applied to different professional, social, political, temporal, and geographical contexts.
2. Recognise the value of knowledge of basic issues related to education and training goals and values and their connection to social development.
3. Prepare, present, and defend educational and training proposals with reasoned arguments, based on scientific rigour, intellectual independence, and ethical commitment.
4. Transfer personal development and maturity as well as the instrumental skills acquired to different contexts of educational and professional practice, including lifelong learning.
5. Practice essential professional elements in consonance with basic citizens’ rights in consideration of principles of equality, respect and non-discrimination.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Pedagogía

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) Practicum (24 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