Universidade Santiago de Compostela
Master's Degree in Philosophy: Knowledge and Citizenship
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Galician
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 854
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The master's degree provides solid and specialized training in critical thinking about knowledge and understanding of the world, citizenship and globalization. It also familiarizes students with the techniques and requirements of research, since it is a master's degree that gives access to a doctorate.
The master's degree is taught with the following objectives:
- Provide solid and specialized training in critical thinking about knowledge and understanding of the world, citizenship and globalization.
- Place said training in the set of humanistic knowledge, natural sciences, technologies and social sciences; in the business, institutional and cultural fabric, as well as in the social practice of the contemporary world.
- Familiarize students with the techniques and requirements of research, given that it is a master's degree that gives access to a doctorate.
No mentions or specialties are contemplated, but the master's degree provides for two itineraries that the student can follow, so that they will not appear in the degree obtained, even if they do in the SET:
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Citizenship and globalization
The classes are face-to-face and to monitor the subjects there will be support from the Moodle platform through the USC Virtual Campus.
The master's degree will be developed in classrooms-seminars appropriate for interactive work between students and teachers, all of them equipped with a computer, Wi-Fi coverage and a projection system.
Among the skills that the Master must encourage are critical analysis and ingenuity to propose solutions to problems related to the interaction between areas of knowledge and technology, and to the new problems that companies and institutions face in relation to an environment. in continuous change.
Philosophy studies are not professional in nature; Due to his orientation, his preferred outlet will be research. However, apart from the intrinsic and unquestioned importance of philosophy as knowledge, philosophical training provides a solid basis so that, depending on the interests of the person and the circumstances of the market, graduates of the Master of Philosophy can design access strategies to the labor market by providing unique qualities and skills, related to the critical analysis of problems, the ability to reformulate them and find innovative solutions.