Bachelor's degree in Philosophy

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

• The aim of the bachelor's degree in philosophy is for students to obtain the following educational objectives:
• To gain the ability to understand and critically assess ideas referring to the nature of reality, values and our experience, that have an important function in understanding the human being.
• To propose criticisms and reinterpretations of texts.
• To use instruments based on formal logic.
• To construct and assess arguments.
• To do mental experiments and combine data and evidence from different sources in an ordered way.
• To train in the study of ideas that have a general application, for example, in concepts of existence, truth, time, causality, free will, the relationship between mind and body, knowledge, rationality, meaning, duty, kindness or beauty. 
• To know how to transmit knowledge on issues associated with specific study areas such as language, science, technology, social sciences, politics, law, society, education, religion, literature and arts, mathematics and applied ethics.

Competences

BASIC COMPETENCES

• Capacity to understand and have knowledge beyond the study area and to integrate avant-garde aspects in the specific area.
• Capacity to apply knowledge in professional practice and to develop specific competences for formulating and defending arguments and for solving problems related to the area of study.
• Ability to gather and interpret data that facilitate the analysis and diagnosis of specific social, scientific and ethical topics.
• Capacity to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Skills required for further study with a high degree of independence.

GENERAL COMPETENCES

• Responsibility, capacity to analyse and synthesise, a global understanding and the ability to apply knowledge in practice.
• Creativity, initiative and adaptation.
• Capacity to conceive, design and manage projects, and capacity to research and integrate new knowledge and approaches.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Critical and self-critical capabilities.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Capacity to reason and a critical spirit.
• The skills needed to take the first steps in research.
• Ability to teach.
• Respect and promote human rights, the principles of equal opportunities, non-discrimination, accessibility, gender equality and the values of a culture of peace and democratic values.

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

• Sensitivity to diverse opinions, practices and ways of life.
• Capacity to read carefully and to interpret texts from different eras or traditions, with sensitivity to the context in which they were produced.
• Capacity to use and understand specialised philosophical terminology.
• Capacity to identify the fundamental questions in different types of debates.
• Capacity to present philosophical topics and questions clearly, orally and in writing.
• To be able to back up ethical and social commitments rationally.
• Clear understanding of the problems, theories and main arguments in the fields of logic, metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of the mind.
• Clear understanding of the problems, theories and main arguments in the fields of moral philosophy, political philosophy, social philosophy and aesthetics.
• Capacity to identify the main theories defended in the works of the most notable authors of philosophy, and the most important arguments that are used to defend them.
• Capacity to apply philosophical concepts to the orientation of human, social and political problems, and even new problems that arise in the progress of science and technology, and capacity to understand what is derived from the new forms of communication and social relations.
• Capacity to recognise the influence of contemporary philosophers on other areas of knowledge and culture.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

In addition to the abilities required of any university student (responsibility, commitment, initiative, willingness to work in a team, etc.) applicants should have a broad interest in culture and general curiosity about all aspects of knowledge, interest in developing logic and argument skills, a command of language, capacity to reflect and analyse, enjoyment of reading and working with texts, and an interest in the theoretical study and discussion of abstract problems. It is very important to have a high level of oral and written expression in Catalan and Spanish and a good level in a third language.

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid
  

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Pathways and specializations

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

Placements

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

• Upper-secondary school teaching and university teaching 
• Research
• Ethics and Bioethics Committees
• Cultural management
• Logic applied to new technologies
• Editorials
• Political and human relations advice
• Advice on gender issues

Access to the labour market

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