Economics

What will I learn by studying this degree?

Theoretical foundations of decision-making, financial accounting, model of the determination of public debt in an open economy, money, inflation, unemployment, growth and instruments of economic policy, basic business theory, national and international economic reality, productive sectors, public sectors , economic institutions and their development, basic legal legislation of civil rights institutions, mercantile laws, labor laws, and fiscal laws.

Instrumental knowledge: linear algebra, differential and integral calculus, statistics, econometrics, probability, simple and multivariable models of regression.

Where will I be qualified to work upon graduation?

With a Degree in Economics we are concerned with the training of professionals capable of developing their professional activity as much in the sphere of private business as in any kind of public organization. The graduate in Economics must be capable of determining the different economic problems that any economy shows and be able to offer possible solutions. Likewise, the graduate in Economics will be a professional capable of carrying out work in management, evaluation, and advising in the institutions or companies in which they work. Among these general functions one finds those of production, financing, investment, and accounting.

Is this degree official in accordance with the regulations of the European Higher Education Area?

Final verification report

Favorable first modification report

Favorable report second modification

Favorable third modification report

Favorable fourth modification report

Favorable fifth modification report

Favorable sixth modification report

What topics will be covered in this Degree?

Branch: SOCIAL AND LEGAL SCIENCES

UNESCO code of classification of titles: 31 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORIAL SCIENCES and 34 BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION.  

Recommended profile

The preferred access track would correspond with the high school diploma in social sciences or science-technology so that the student has had a minimum of mathematical training. Furthermore, it would be advisable that the student had interest in knowing the different relationships that are produced among the economic agents and in trying to find answers through the use of economic models to socio-economic questions that arise daily.

Objectives

• 1. To respond to the necessities of existing training in economic matters, facilitating the knowledge of instruments useful for research or for decision-making, as much in the private as the public sectors.
• 2. To offer a basic overall education in the area of ​​economics along with another, more advanced kind, which permits the specialization in areas in demand by institutions, as much public as private.
• 3. To offer training that enables students to continue on to Masters programs at any national or international university.
• 4. To offer essential material for the development of competitive advantages in the area of ​​economics, applicable as much in the professional sphere as in research and teaching.
• 5. To create specific profiles of specialization in the different fields of economics in a way that the needs of business management, the management of collective aspects, and the economic management of resources are considered.
• 6. To create the conditions for the development of multidisciplinary lines of research in what is called unconventional economics, which today are rapidly advancing in fields like the economics of the justice system, the economic analysis of politics, or the economics of healthcare, to cite only three examples. Apart from the previous, formative objectives, a common objective to all the degrees at URJC is to promote mobility, especially internationally.

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As far as competence goes, graduates in Economics must be capable of carrying out good management of resources at any business or organization in which they develop their activity, as well as identifying the principle problems, among others. They must also be able to apply rational analysis and be able to choose from among different alternatives those that are most adequate for the objectives sought.

Graduates must be able to understand and draft reports on regional, national, or international economics, as well as analyze any sector of the economy by applying different economic instruments. Likewise, the graduate will acquire competence in evaluating the current and foreseeable situation with the information available, as much in the economic situation of a company as in the national economy. They must be able to draft economic reports about companies and markets.

The capabilities that we are going to list are based on results described in the White Book of Economics (ANECA). These abilities are derived taking into account opinions from the academic and professional worlds.

GENERAL or COMMON SKILLS

The generic or transversal competence makes reference to the attributes that a particular social group should have, in this case, the university graduates in Economics and they basically refer to organizational capacity and are related to the DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. The generic competence in the sphere of Economics is obtained through interdisciplinary learning.

• CT1 Capacity for analysis and synthesis
• CT2 Capacity for organization and planning
• CT3 Oral and written communication in native language
• CT4 Oral and written communication in foreign language
• CT5 Knowledge of computer science relative to the field of study
• CT6 Ability to analyze and look for information from different sources
• CT7 Capacity for problem solving
• CT8 Capacity for decision-making
• CT9 Capacity for teamwork
• CT10 Interdisciplinary teamwork
• CT11 Working in an international context
• CT12 Skill in personal relationships
• CT13 Commitment to ethics in the workplace
• CT14 Working under pressure
• CT15 Capacity for autonomous learning
• CT16 Capacity for adaptation to new situations
• CT17 Creative
• CT18 Leadership
• CT19 Initiative and entering spirit
• CT20 Sensitivity to environmental and social issues.

Specific Professional Skills

Competence in these areas is what differentiates students with an Economics Degrees from university graduates as a whole, providing them with the necessary tools to be able to undertake their future work as economists. With regard to the basic, specific knowledge, it must be said that those that are considered most relevant are related to “macroeconomics” and “microeconomics,” “public funds,” “Spanish and world economy,” and “econometrics.”

• CS1 Capacity for putting knowledge of economics into practice
• CS2 Ability in the search for information and research
• CS3 Design and management of projects applied to the different areas of economics
• CS4 Capacity for the disclosure of economic questions
• CS5 Understanding the legal framework that regulates economic activities
• CS6 Knowing and applying different quantitative techniques used in economics
• CS7 Understanding and evaluating the analysis of an economic situation
• CS8 Knowing the behavior of the different economic agents
• CS9 Knowing the functioning of markets
• CS10 Knowing the objectives and instruments of economic policy
• CS11 Knowing the functioning of the public sector of an economy
• CS12 Understanding and evaluating financial investments
• CS13 Knowing the functioning of companies and their decision-making
• CS14 Converting an empirical problem into an object of research and drawing conclusions
• CS15 Written and spoken communication in a foreign language at professional meetings on economics
• CS16 Critically analyzing, synthesizing, and summarizing the economic situation and assets of a company
• CS17 Knowing the Spanish economic situation and environment within the European Union
• CS18 Analyzing the development of the international economy
• CS19 Making forecasts from the different economic variables.

It must not be forgotten that a general objective of the Rey Juan Carlos University is to promote international mobility, as much for students as for the professors and researchers who take part in its degrees.

Minimum requirements for stay

• For full-time students doing an undergraduate degree, the maximum period of time allowed to complete the degree is eight years. Part-time students can request an extension of up to two years from the Rector.
• In the degrees that have more than 240 credits (4 years), the maximum stated in the previous section will be increased by one year for each 60 ECTS that are added to the 240 ECTS.
• Students have to pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students who are studying part-time have to pass at least one subject in the first academic year.
• Students who are studying an official degree at Rey Juan Carlos University have a maximum of four enrollments in each one of the subjects in the study program, without counting previous cancellations of said subjects.

For further information see: Permanence regulations

Minimum number of ECTS credits per type of registration and academic year

Full-time students:

Part-time students:

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Composition of the committee

Composition of the committee

Report on Results

Once the follow-up on the Degree is carried out, the quantitative information concerning the results of the follow-up for each academic year is shown.

Report on Results

• 2022/2023
• 2021/2022
• 2020/2021
• 2019/2020
• 2018/2019
• 2017/2018
• 2016/2017
• 2015/2016
• 2014/2015
• 2011/2012

General information collection plan

• Indicators 2013/14
• Indicators 2014/15
• Indicators 2015/16
• Indicators 2016/17
• Indicators 2017/18
• Indicators 2018/19
• Indicators 2019/20
• Indicators 2020/21
• Indicators 2021/22
• Indicators 2022/23

Steps towards Improvement

The Quality Guarantee System at URJC establishes that the Quality Guarantee Commission of the degree analyzes the information derived from the different indicators of the degree and draws up a report which includes plans for improvement, if that is what the results so indicate.

• Improvement actions 2022/2023
• Improvement actions 2021/2022
• Improvement actions 2020/2021
• Improvement actions 2019/2020
• Improvement actions 2018/2019
• Improvement actions 2017/2018
• Improvement actions 2016/2017
• Improvement actions 2015/2016
• Improvement actions 2014/2015
• Improvement actions 2013/2014
• Improvement actions 2011/2012
• Improvement actions 2010/2011
• Improvement actions 2009/2010

Accreditation renewal

Accreditation renewal supposes the culmination of the implementation of the official undergraduate and Master's degrees registered in the University, Center, and Degree Register. The accreditation renewal of official undergraduate and Master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the situation of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment report that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of assessors who are external to the degree in question.

Self-assessment report 2024

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Recognition of quality

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