Arab and Hebrew Studies

• Language competence in Arabic and Hebrew, writing skills in Aramaic and knowledge of a third language with the use of language, literary and IT methods to consolidate a professional profile suitable for a broad range of specialist areas.
• The principles of critical analysis in seminal literary texts of the languages studied.
• The principles of Arab, Islamic and Jewish culture and an understanding of the main institutions representing these cultures, their historical tradition and schools of thought.
• The varieties of Arab-Islamic culture in al-Andalus and Sephardic Judaism.
• A critical approach to contemporary social issues and to the cultural diversity of the Middle East today, addressing interculturalism, the progress and development of human rights and the construction of constitutional and democratic values.

General competences

• Communicative ability (the ability to understand and express oneself orally and in writing in Catalan, Spanish, and a third language, mastering specialised language/the ability to search, use, disseminate, and integrate information).
• Mastery of new information and communication technologies and information management skills.
• Ethical commitment (critical and self-critical capacity/ability to demonstrate attitudes consistent with ethical and deontological conceptions).
• Teamwork (the ability to collaborate with fellow colleagues and contribute to a common project/ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams).

Specific competences

• Communicative ability (the ability to understand and express oneself orally and in writing in Catalan, Spanish, and a third language, mastering specialised language/the ability to search, use, disseminate, and integrate information).
• Mastery of new information and communication technologies and information management skills.
• Ethical commitment (critical and self-critical capacity/ability to demonstrate attitudes consistent with ethical and deontological conceptions).
• Teamwork (the ability to collaborate with fellow colleagues and contribute to a common project/ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams).