CURRICULUM |
In accordance with the general directives approved by the Ministry of Education and Science, university studies are structured into two undergraduate "cycles" and a third graduate cycle.
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FIRST CYCLE |
First-cycle studies involve those courses which teach basic knowledge of a general character. This cycle lasts two years. |
SECOND CYCLE |
This cycle is intended for deepening of the student's knowledge and for specialization. It also normally has a duration of two years. Upon successfully completing second-cycle studies, the student will obtain the official degree of Licentiate. |
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The credit is the unit that measures the time commitment required by the course. |
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Each credit corresponds to ten hours of time in the classroom, laboratory or equivalent activities. Obtaining the credits for the course is conditioned upon the systems of knowledge verification (testing) established by each University. |
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CORE COURSES |
Involving fundamental materials, these courses are established by the Ministry, and are common to all Spanish universities. |
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REQUIRED COURSES |
These also involve fundamental materials, but are established as required by each University, which includes these courses within the corresponding curricula. |
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IN-PROGRAM ELECTIVES |
These are courses involving basic or specialized topics; each University is free to include these courses within the corresponding curricula, so that students may choose from among them to fulfill the requirements for elective credits for their chosen degree program. |
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EQUIVALENCE CREDITS |
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Students have the option of obtaining a limited number of in-program elective credits via specific activities, such as knowledge of foreign languages or guided research projects; each School determines which such activities will be eligible for such equivalence credits.
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OPEN ELECTIVES |
The University includes in each curricula a certain percentage of credits which the student may choose to take from among any of the courses, seminars or other activities offered by any of the Schools, Institutes and Centers of the student's University, or by another University, provided there exists a credit-transfer agreement between the two institutions. |
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Open elective courses may never: |
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cover materials or activities which are identical to those taught in the corresponding degree program, or those materials which are subject to incompatibilities. |
