Educational guide 2020_21
Facultade de CC. Sociais e da Comunicación
Grao en Dirección e Xestión Pública
 Competences


Type CB Code Basic Competences
  CB1 Students will have shown they have sufficient knowledge and understanding of an area of study, starting after completion of general secondary education, and normally reaching a level of proficiency that, being mostly based on advanced textbooks, will also include familiarity with some cutting-edge developments within the relevant field of study.
  CB2 Students will be able to apply their knowledge and skills in their professional practice or vocation and they will show they have the required expertise through the construction and discussion of arguments and the resolution of problems within the relevant area of study.
  CB3 Students will be able to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their field of study) that will allow them to have a reflection-based considered opinion on important issues of social, scientific and ethical nature.
  CB4 Students will be able to present information, ideas, problems and solutions both to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  CB5 Students will acquire the learning skills that are required to pursue further studies with a high degree of independence.
Type CG Code General Competences
  CG1 Analysis, synthesis, problem-solving, decision-making, information- and time-management skills.
  CG2 Organizing and planning their own professional careers in the best possible way.
  CG3 Ability to work in teams and in multidisciplinary environments.
  CG4 Commitment to ethical values and public service vocation.
  CG5 Critical thinking skills.
  CG6 To put their knowledge on public management and administration into practice.
  CG7 Leadership skills and ability to delegate responsibilities when working in teams.
  CG8 Leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
  CG9 To generate new ideas in the field of public management and administration.
  CG10 To design and manage projects.
Type CE Code Specific Competences
  CE1 To be familiar with the main theories and approaches in Political Science and Public Management and Administration.
  CE2 To recognize the structure and functioning of political systems and political institutions.
  CE3 To identify the foundations of comparative politics in the context of globalization.
  CE4 To analyze the behavior of actors in social and political processes and to apply the techniques of political communication.
  CE5 To describe the structure, organization and functioning of multi-level Public Administrations, analyzing their relationship with the citizenry.
  CE6 To apply the knowledge relating to administration planning and management in the best interests of good governance.
  CE7 To design and implement mechanisms for the management of human resources in organizations.
  CE8 To identify, interpret, plan and manage the economic and financial resources of public Administrations.
  CE9 To be familiar with regulatory framework and apply it the to the activities carried out by Public Administrations.
  CE10 To assess the economic environment and the economic dimension of the public sector.
  CE11 To plan, implement, assess and analyze public policies.
  CE12 To analyze international politics and/or the structure and functioning of the European Union.
  CE13 To apply the social policies and research methods and techniques and to be able to use quantitative and qualitative research methods.
  CE14 Ability to use the information and communication technologies (ICT) that can be applied in public management.
  CE15 To be familiar with the consequences that the decisions made by and the actions performed by civil servants can have for citizens and for society at large, especially the solution of ethical and moral issues within the area of public management and administration.
  CE16 To develop the ability to solve complex institutional problems.
Type CT Code Transversal Competences
  CT1 To identify the meaning of, and to put into practice, gender perspectives in the different areas of knowledge and in one’s professional practice, with the aim of contributing to the achievement of fairness and equality in society at large.
  CT2 To be able to communicate, both orally and in writing, in the two official languages (Spanish and Galician) and in a foreign language.
  CT3 Raising awareness about environmental issues.
  CT4 To master the specific ICT techniques in their respective academic and professional fields.
  CT5 To acquire independent learning skills.
  CT6 To acquire independent learning skills.
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