Justification
Justification for the Degree
A) Previous experience
Since the 2001-2002 academic year, the University of Cordoba has been offering studies leading to a double degree in Law and in Business Administration & Management. This joint arrangement is arranged with a group of students who follow a specific plan for the two degrees, which has enabled them—albeit with additional effort—to obtain the Bachelor’s Degree in Law and the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration & Management (in 6 years) and, now, the new Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration & Management (in 5 and a half years). This specific plan has been especially designed to help monitor it with the utmost efficiency and results.
B) Data on potential demand for the degree
The data on students enrolled in the last five years in which the Double Degree in Law and in Business Administration & Management was given are as follows:
- 2003–2004 academic year: 71 students
- 2004–2005 academic year: 85 students
- 2005–2006 academic year: 70 students
- 2006–2007 academic year: 94 students
- 2007–2008 academic year: 96 students
- 2008–2009 academic year: 110 students
There is clearly a growing trend in demand for this double degree.
D) Academic and scientific interest
See the academic and scientific interest in the bachelor’s degrees involved in this double degree:
- Law
- BAM
E) Profesión regulada para la que capacita el título
- Law
- BAM
F) Professional opportunities
This joint arrangement enables students to obtain a professional qualification in the legal and business sphere that is in high demand by both public administrations and private companies.
You can see the details for each of the bachelor’s degrees in this double degree:
- Law
- BAM
E) Formally regulated profession for which the degree qualifies
Apart from the connection with other bachelor’s degrees taught at the University of Cordoba (Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration & Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Relations & Human Resources), the Double Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Business Administration & Management is especially relevant as regards the Master’s in Autonomous Regional and Local Law, as well as the Master’s Degree in Foreign Trade and Business Internationalisation, and the Master’s Degree in Territorial Employment Policies. The Master’s Degree in Teacher Training for Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching is also very noteworthy.
Competences
General Competences
- Basic Competence 1 (CB1): emonstrate possession and understanding of up-to-date knowledge of the main legal institutions.
- Basic Competence 2 (CB2): Know how to apply this legal knowledge to one’s work or vocation in a professional way by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems.
- Basic Competence 3 (CB3): Know how to gather and interpret relevant information to make judgments that include a reflection on important issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
- Basic Competence 4 (CB4): Be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialised or non-specialised people.
- Basic Competence 5 (CB5): Develop the necessary learning skills to take on subsequent studies with a high level of autonomy.
- University Competence 1 (CU1): Prove usage and mastery of a foreign language.
- University Competence 2 (CU2): Know and improve one’s user level in ICTs.
- University Competence 3 (CU3): Foster active job search habits and entrepreneurship ability.
Specific Competences
- Specific competence 1 (CE1): Become aware of the importance of Law as a system to regulate social relations.
- Specific competence 2 (CE2): Acquire the perception of the unitary nature of the legal system and the interdisciplinary nature of legal problems.
- Specific competence 3 (CE3): Be able to use constitutional principles and values in interpreting the legal system.
- Specific competence 4 (CE4): Acquire a critical awareness in analysing the legal system and developing a legal dialectic.
- Specific competence 5 (CE5): Understand the different ways of creating Law within its historical evolution and current reality.
- Specific competence 6 (CE6): Be able to read, interpret and write legal texts.
- Specific competence 7 (CE7): Be able to work in a team.
- Specific competence 8 (CE8): Be able to carry out negotiation and conciliation work.
- Specific competence 9 (CE9): Know how to manage, administer and direct a company, as well as other public and private organisations, applying professional criteria.
- Specific competence 10 (CE10): Introduce and carry out their own tasks in any functional area of a company or organisation.
- Specific competence 11 (CE11): Carry out business advisory and consultancy tasks, producing the relevant reports.
- Specific competence 12 (CE12): Know how to analyse and assess the situation and foreseeable evolution of a company, based on the information available.
- Specific competence 13 (CE13): Know how to apply managerial skills such as leadership, teamwork and people motivation.
- Specific competence 14 (CE14): Understand economic and business institutions as a result and application of theoretical and formal representations about how the economy and business work.
