Bachelor's Degree in Humanities (Spanish)
Getafe, Spain
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-European students | for EU students: € 1,500/year
Introduction
One of the Humanities degree’s objectives is to train professionals capable of understanding the events taking place in the world today and to tackle the problems and issues of our time with a critical approach. Graduates will acquire the knowledge necessary to direct their futures working in national and international foundations and institutions in culture, thought, politics, or humanitarian intervention, companies engaged in communication or human resources, and institutions and companies in the fields of education and culture, doing so as teachers, creators, managers, advisors or critics.
This degree provides students with extensive knowledge, inter alia, in the fields of culture, communication, human resources, humanitarian politics, and international studies. The program; knowledge and analysis perspective offers a very effective way to pursue more specialized postgraduate studies in different fields. It also provides the students with the possibility of interning in important companies and institutions in this sector, where they will gain hands-on training and professional experience.
Studies with some courses in English
This bachelor's degree is offered in Spanish, but you can study some courses in English if you want.
You can check the courses offered in English in the study program.
You don't need a previous-level test. If you want to study a course in English, you have to select the English group in the enrollment.
Employability and professional internships
UC3M has agreements with over 3000 companies and institutions in which students can undertake internships and access job openings.
A total of 93.4 % of graduates from this University enter the job market the first year after finishing their studies, according to the 2019 XXIV Estudio de Inserción Profesional (Professional Placement Study).
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Curriculum
Year 1 - Semester 1
- Art History I (6 ECTS)
- Spanish Language (6 ECTS)
- Literary Movements (6 ECTS)
- Prehistory and Ancient History (6 ECTS)
- Information Skills (3 ECTS)
- Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)
Year 1 - Semester 2
- Classical Culture (6 ECTS)
- Geography (6 ECTS)
- History of Philosophy I (6 ECTS)
- Medieval History (6 ECTS)
- Theory of Literature (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Antiquity and Classical Legacy (6 ECTS)
- Regional Geography (6 ECTS)
- History of Philosophy II (6 ECTS)
- Modern History (6 ECTS)
- General Linguistics (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 2
- Moral Philosophy (6 ECTS)
- Interpersonal Professional Skills (3 ECTS)
- Contemporary History (6 ECTS)
- Art History II (6 ECTS)
- Spreadsheets. Intermediate Level (3 ECTS)
- Comparative Literature (6 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 1
- Aesthetics (6 ECTS)
- Modern History of Spain (6 ECTS)
- Interdisciplinary Seminar on Culture and Digital Society (6 ECTS)
- Social Theory (6 ECTS)
Electives Recommended 6 credits
Year 3 - Semester 2
- DisYear Analysis (6 ECTS)
- Contemporary History of Spain (6 ECTS)
- Logic and Argumentation (6 ECTS)
Electives Recommended 12 credits
Year 4 - Semester 1
- Science and Historical Change (Level 6 - Spanish)
- History of the Current World (Level 6 - Spanish)
- Contemporary Literary Movements (Level 6)
Recommended electives 12 credits
Year 4 - Semester 2
- Gender Studies (6 ECTS)
- Contemporary Artistic Movements (6 ECTS)
- Final Degree Project (TFG) (6 ECTS)
Electives to choose from in 3rd year and 4th Year - First semester
At the end of your studies, you must have obtained 42 elective credits.
- Current Currents in Philosophy (6 ECTS)
- History of America (6 ECTS)
- History of Cinema (6 ECTS)
- History of Theater (6 ECTS)
- Metaphysics (6 ECTS)
- Knowledge Society (6 ECTS)
- International Society (6 ECTS)
Electives to choose from in 3rd year and 4th Year - Second semester
At the end of your studies, you must have obtained 42 elective credits.
- Art and Heritage (6 ECTS)
- Cultural History (6 ECTS)
- History of Music (6 ECTS)
- History of Contemporary International Relations (6 ECTS)
- Contemporary Literature of Spain and Latin America (6 ECTS)
- External Internships (12 ECTS)
- Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish (6 ECTS)
- Interdisciplinary Seminar on Diversity and Cultural Studies (6 ECTS)
- Interdisciplinary Seminar on the City (6 ECTS)
- Theory of Contemporary Culture (6 ECTS)
Mobility
Exchange programs
The Erasmus program allows UC3M undergraduate and postgraduate students to study one or more semesters at one of the European universities with which UC3M has agreements or carry out an Erasmus Placement, that is, an internship stay. in some companies in the EU. These exchanges have an economic endowment. thanks to the Erasmus Scholarships provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.
The non-European mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from the Banco Santander and the UC3M.
These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold (English, French, German, etc..) requested by the university of destination.
Rankings
- QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50
- 35.º place worldwide and 10.º in Europe in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking
- QS World University Rankings
- 319.ª Position in the QS World University Rankings 2024
- QS World University Rankings Subjects Rankings
- Among the best universities in the world in 13 academic fields, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Among the 136 best universities in the world in employability, according to THE Global University Employability Ranking 2022.
Program Outcome
The Degree in Humanities will train the graduate to:
- Make use of the ideas studied from an interdisciplinary perspective
- Be incorporated into transdisciplinary teams, contributing with a flexible and open attitude
- Design projects for human and environmental development in public and private organizations
- Advise public and private institutions
- Participate directly in debates about ideas, with a critical perspective
- Participate independently and responsibly in organizations of a political and social nature
- Collaborate in compiling information for the media
- Join international organizations involved in research, education, and the transfer of Spanish culture
- Become part of the education system as teachers at the secondary school and higher education levels
- Teach foreign students and teach abroad
- Participate in publishing projects and promote companies specializing in culture and the arts.
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Career Opportunities
The main professional opportunities for these graduates are: education, cultural management in administration and other institutions, in the specialization of the subjects taught, in the publishing world, in audiovisual media and writings, etc.
Graduates of this degree will focus their professional activity on the following areas:
- Elaboration and implementation of human and environmental development projects in public and private organizations
- Advice to public and private institutions related to culture, thought, politics, or humanitarian management
- Positions of responsibility in political and social organizations
- Collaboration in companies in the field of communication for the development of information
- Collaboration in international organizations linked to research, education, and transfer of Spanish culture
- Teaching and research
- Participation in publishing projects
- Creation of cultural spaces
- Promotion of companies specialized in arts and culture.