# Bachelor of Arts in European Studies
**Source**: https://www.ucm.es/baes/major-at-ucm
**Parent**: https://www.ucm.es/baes/mobility-grants
# Major at UCM
#### **Major Communication Studies**
[Faculty of Information Sciences](https://ccinformacion.ucm.es)( [Avenida Complutense 3](https://ccinformacion.ucm.es/contacto), Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040). Ciudad Universitaria Station.
## **YEAR 2 semester 2**
- **Journalism Theory and Practice (6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Journalism Theory and Practice](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/journalism-theory-and-practice-13-10?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- **Communication Theories and Public Opinion (12 ECTS)**
- Course: [Communication Theories](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/communication-theories-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Public Opinion](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/public-opinion-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **Social and Political Marketing and Crisis Communication (12 ECTS)**
- Course: [Social and Political Marketing](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/social-and-political-marketing-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Crisis Communication](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/crisis-communication-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
## **YEAR 3 semester 1**
- **Organizational and Corporate Communication. Corporate Reputation and Brand Management (18 ECTS)**
- Course: [Organizational and Corporate Communication](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/organizational-and-corporate-communication-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Corporate Reputation](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/corporate-reputation-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Brand Management](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/brand-management-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **Communication Office Management and Communication Ethics (12 ECTS)**
- Course: [Communication Office Management](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/communication-office-management-13-10?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Communication Ethics](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/communication-ethics-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
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#### **Major European Politics and Foreing Policy of the UE**
[Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology](https://politicasysociologia.ucm.es/) ( [Campus de Somosaguas](https://www.google.com/maps/place/UCM+Facultad+de+Ciencias+Pol%C3%ADticas+y+Sociolog%C3%ADa/@40.429959,-3.78949,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd41864630b16387:0xddb4f90687cf8672!8m2!3d40.429959!4d-3.78949!16s%2Fg%2F122y52bt?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223)
## **YEAR 2 semester 2**
- **Gender and Politics (6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Gender and Politics](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/gender-and-politics-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **European Politics I** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [European Union System](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-union-system-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: Politics and government in the EU **(6 ECTS)**\
- **European Politics II** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [European Political Systems](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-political-systems-13-10?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Spanish Political System](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/spanish-political-system-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**\
## **YEAR 3 semester 1**
- **EU Foreign Affairs and Area Studies (18 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Foreing Affairs of the European Union](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/foreign-affairs-of-the-eu-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [International relations in North Africa and the Middle East](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/ir-in-north-africa-and-middle-east-13-10?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Latin American political systems](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/latin-american-political-system-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **Elective courses, Students take two courses from the list below (12 ECTS):** \
- [International relations in Sub-Saharan Africa](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/ir-in-sub-saharian-africa-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- [European Security and Defense](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-security-and-defense-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- [European Social Law](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-social-law-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
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#### **Major Economics**
[Faculty of Economics Sciences and Business](https://economicasyempresariales.ucm.es/) ( [Campus de Somosaguas](https://www.google.com/maps/place/UCM+Facultad+de+Ciencias+Econ%C3%B3micas+y+Empresariales/@40.433407,-3.789398,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd4186499e2a2571:0x545e1f0826c8c12e!8m2!3d40.433407!4d-3.789398!16s%2Fg%2F120hnmb9?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223)
## **YEAR 2 semester 2**
- **Macroeconomics** **(6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Macroeconomics](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/macroeconomics-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **International Economics: Trade and Finance (12 ECTS)**\
- [Course:](https://www.ucm.es/estudios/grado-bachelorineuropeanstudies-plan-806615) [International Economics](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/international-economics-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [International Trade and Finance](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/international-trade-and-finance-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **European Socio-economic Thought and Indicators (12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [European Social Economic Thought](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-social-economic-thought-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [European Socio-economic Indicators](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-socio-economic-indicators-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
## **YEAR 3 semester 1**
- **European Economy and Policies (18 ECTS)**\
- Course: European Economy (6 ECTS)
- Course: European Economic Policy (6 ECTS)
- Course: [Health Economics in the European Union](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/health-economics-in-the-european-union-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **World Economy and International Organizations (12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [World Economy](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/world-economy-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [International Economic Organization](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/international-economic-organization-20102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
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#### **Major European History Studies**
[Faculty of Geography and History](https://geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/) ([Edificio B, calle Prof. Aranguren, s/n](https://www.google.com/maps/place/UCM:+Facultad+de+Geograf%C3%ADa+e+Historia/@40.4492369,-3.7346195,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd42282d92143d43:0xfbad49df1411297c!8m2!3d40.4492369!4d-3.7346195!16s%2Fg%2F121hg1yf?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040). Ciudad Universitaria Station.
## **YEAR 2 semester 2**
- **History of European Integration****(6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [History of European Integration](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/history-of-european-integration-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **History and Culture in Medieval Europe** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Power, Government and Culture in the Medieval West](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/power-government-and-culture-in-the-medieval-west-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Culture and Written Heritage in the History of Western Europe](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/culture-and-written-heritage-in-the-history-of-western-europe-21102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**\
- **History of Modern Europe** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [History of Early Modern Europe](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/history-of-early-modern-europe-21102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [International History of Late Modern Europe (1815 to the Present)](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/international-history-of-late-modern-europe-1815-to-the-present-21102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**\
## **YEAR 3 semester 1**
- **Art and Culture in Europe** **(18 ECTS)**\
- Course: [History of European Music](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/history-of-european-music-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [The History of Art as a Foundational Principle of the European Identity](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/the-history-of-art-as-a-foundational-principle-of-the-european-identity-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [History of Art and Protection of Heritage within the Framework of the European Union: from 1931 to the Present](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/history-of-art-and-protection-of-heritage-within-the-framework-of-the-european-union-from-1931-to-the-present-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **The Origins of European History and Culture (12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Cultural Heritage Management in Europe](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/cultural-heritage-management-in-europe-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [The Classical World and the Origins of Europe: Greece and Rome](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/the-classical-world-and-the-origins-of-europe-greece-and-rome-21102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
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#### **Major European Public Law**
[Faculty of Law](https://derecho.ucm.es/) ( [Plaza Menéndez Pelayo, 4](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Facultad+de+Derecho/@40.4506626,-3.7307793,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd422833a998c973:0x151d6c0a5b674ecb!8m2!3d40.4506626!4d-3.7307793!16s%2Fg%2F120knd8y?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040). Ciudad Universitaria Station.**Ciudad Universitaria Station.Year 2**
## **YEAR 2 semester 2**
- **Sources of European Law** **(6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Sources of European Law](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/sources-of-european-law-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- **History and Instutitions of the European Union** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Legal History of European Integration](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/legal-history-of-european-integration-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Institution Law of the European Union](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/institution-law-of-the-eu-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**\
- **European Citizenship and Fundamental Rights** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [EU Citizenship: Legal Framework and Case-law](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/eu-citizenship-legal-framework-and-case-law-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [European System of Fundamental Rights](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-system-of-fundamental-rights-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**\
## **YEAR 3 semester 1**
- **Legal Framework of EU Policies** **(18 ECTS)**\
- Course: [Legal Frameworks and Areas of Competence of the European Union](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/legal-frameworks-and-areas-of-competence-of-the-european-union-16102025?ver "Legal Frameworks and Areas of Competence of the European Union") **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [Economic Regulations of the European Union](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/economic-regulations-of-the-european-union-16102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- Course: [European Social Law](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/european-social-law-13-10?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
- **EU Internal Market Law and Area of Justice and Legal Cooperation** **(12 ECTS)**\
- Course: [EU Internal Market Law](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/eu-internal-market-law-16102025?ver)**(6 ECTS)**\
- Course: [EU Area of Justice and Legal Cooperation](https://www.ucm.es/baes/file/eu-area-of-justice-and-legal-cooperation-16102025?ver) **(6 ECTS)**
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