DIPLOMA IN BASQUE STUDIES

DIPLOMA COUNCIL

Basque

DIRECTOR:
Prof. Maria Amor Beguiristáin

mbeguiri@unav.es

SUBDIRECTOR:
Prof. Maria del Mar Larraza

mlarraza@unav.es

SECRETARY:
Prof. Asier Barandiarán

abar@unav.es

Admission Application 07-08

 

Chair of Basque Language and Culture

CHARACTERISTICS

Given the interest that arises in Basque issues among students of all disciplines, the University of Navarra opened, beginning in the academic year of 1994-95, an academic channel for this interest including a degree.
MINIMUM CREDITS

In Diploma courses: 43 minimum.
In Diploma Research Report: between 4 and 7.
Total credits: 50.

One is not required to complete a minimum of credits per academic year.
All the licentiate programs have open-elective credits that can be oriented towards obtaining of the Diploma and some licentiates also offer elective courses which are valid for the Diploma.
Completion of the Diploma Research Report is optional. However, to obtain the Diploma, you have to have completed 50 credits.
CURRICULUM
Academic Year 2006/2007

Required Courses

Credits

Licentiate

Basque Language

8

Spanish Philology /Humanities (in Basque)

Basque Language I

4

Spanish Philology
(in Basque)

Basque Language II

4

Spanish Philology
(in Basque)

Basque History and Culture 6 History
Elective Courses Credits  Licentiate

Basque Linguistic

4,5

Spanish Philology (in Basque)

History and Institutions of Navarra Law

6

Law

Civil Law of Navarra I

6

Law

Public Law of Navarra I

6

Law

Ancient and Medieval History of Navarra

6

History

Modern History of Navarra

4,5

History

Contemporary History of Navarra

4,5

History

Seminar in Art: The Art of Navarra

6

History

Geography of Navarra

4,5

History

Population, Ecology, and Environment

4,5

History

Introduction to Environment

4,5

History

Ethnicity of Basque

6

History

Seminar: Basque Studies I

4,5

Open Electives

Seminar: Basque Studies II

4,5

Open Electives

Thesis de 4 a 7  

(in bold courses not offered in the academic year 06/07)

1. Courses required to obtain the Diploma: In order to pass any of the three courses of Basque Language, proficiency in the language is required. These classes are given in Basque. Attendance is mandatory.
2. Courses offered may vary each academic year, according to the teaching plans of the licentiates with which they correspond.
3. During the academic year, collective courses, lectures, or seminars on specific topics will be announced.
4. A course passed for the Diploma in Basque Studies can be transferred towards a another degree within the University, with payment of co-validation fees recorded before initiating the Diploma.
5. The completion of a Diploma Thesis is optional. With the thesis one can obtain between 4 and 7 credits, depending on the length and quality of the work. Before the completion of the thesis, the student must solicit from the Diploma Board and the Director of the the Report, approval for the topic.
6. For the formal registration of the Diploma Thesis the following is required:

  • approval of- or in certain cases, co-validation- a minimum of 43 credits.
  • within these credits, approved or co-validated, Basque History and Culture (6 cr.), and 16 cr. of Basque Language courses
  • presentation of document showing approval of the topic by the Director of the the Thesis.
    The registration has to be completed before the presentation of the 3 copies of the Thesis.
    Only after everything is completed, is the student informed of the date for the Thesis Defense.
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