Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Anthropology
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English,
Teaching staff
Personal attention in the classroom and by email: amiro@uic.es
Pre-course requirements
There are no pre-requisites.
Objectives
To reflect about the person in its personal, familial, professional and social dimensions.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - To acquire the ability to understand main ideas and participate in conferences or professor led lectures in their academic context.
- 02 - To acquire the ability to understand, analyse and synthesise
- 03 - To be able to express one's ideas and arguments in an orderly and coherent way both in oral and written form (written and oral techniques)
- 04 - To turn in documents that have been formally and thoroughly prepared to high standards
- 08 - To develop mechanisms that facilitate the adoption of ethical commitments
- 13 - To develop critical analysis skills
Learning outcomes of the subject
1. Acquire knowledge on the essential characteristics of the person.
2. Know and understand what the great existential questions of the individual are.
3. Acquire knowledge on how one should behave and why.
4. Learne to make decisions for situations where there are ethical implications.
5. Be more sensitive to the fostering of respect, trust and friendliness among people.
6. Learne to evaluate the ethical consequences of our actions.
7. Acquire skills for oral and written communication.
8. Develope the ability to analyse and synthesise the information obtained in class and from the complementary material provided by the professor.
9. Improve reading comprehension skills.
10. Develop neatness habits in written documents and presentations.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
There are two types of learning activities:
1. Theoretical classes: lections given by a lecturer, the aim of which will be to transmit knowledge and encourage students to reflect on the subject.
2. Practical classes: practical sessions in the classroom in which students will carry out exercises based on texts, usually taken from primary sources, and other materials that will deal with aspects related to the theoretical content.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Bibliography and resources
Bibliografia bàsica:
Balmes, Jaume, Obras Completas, 2 vols., Selecta, Barcelona, 1948.
Casanovas, Ignasi, Balmes. Su vida, sus obres y su tiempo, en: Balmes, Jaume, Obras Completas, vols. 34-5, Editorial Balmes, Barcelona, 1942.
Chivite, Carmen Mª, La antropología integral e integradora de Jaime Balmes, Fundación Universitaria Española, Madrid, 2016.
Forment, Eudaldo, «Lógica i filosofía social: Jaime Balmes», en: Forment, Eudaldo, Historia de la filosofia tomista en la España contemporània, Encuentro, Madrid, 1998, pp. 86-153.
Miró, Abel, «La tradición como conciencia de los pueblos en Jaume Balmes y Josep Torras i Bages», pp. 117-134, en: Revista Interamericana de Investigación, Educación y Pedagogía, vol. 12, n.1, USTA, Colombia, 2019. Consultar en: https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/riiep/article/view/4901/4614
Torras i Bages, Josep, «El doctor Jaume Balmes, encarnació de l’esperit català en la nova forma intel·lectual i social», en: Torras i Bages, Josep, La tradició catalana, Ibèrica, Barcelona, 1913. Consultar en: https://archive.org/details/latradicicatalan00torr