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UNIVERSITY MASTER’S DEGREE IN RESEARCH

The objective of the Master’s Degree in Research is to train researchers in the field of Economics, Business and Tourism. There are also other training modalities in areas such as Psychology and Education. The training given allows to face complex situations in environments of high uncertainty and to apply the analytical tools and pertinent research methods in each case.

The studies last one academic year (60 ECTS) and their specialties are: 1) Economics, Business and Labor (Fac. CC. Economics and Business) 2) Business-Tourism (Fac. Business, Finance and Tourism) 3) Psychology (Fac. . Education and Psychology and Fac. Teacher Training). 4) Education Sciences (Faculty of Education and Psychology and Faculty of Teacher Training). 5) Documentation and Communication (Fac. Of Documentation and Communication Sciences).

The marter is structured in the following modules: 1) Methodological Training Module (12 credits): the student will take the 2 subjects. 2) Specific Module (18 credits): of the chosen specialty, you will compulsorily take 3 subjects. 3) Interdisciplinary Training Module (18 credits): to achieve this, the student will be able to: a) Take courses in their specialty or in another specialty of the same Master that is taught on the same Campus. b) Request recognition according to the Regulation of Recognition and Transfer of credits in the UEx. 4) Final Master’s Thesis module: you can register for the final master’s thesis in your specialty, which you will defend once you have completed all the modules indicated above.

INNOVATION TEACHING PROJECT

The teaching innovation program consists of the study of ethics from the transformative role of cinema. The main goal is to learn how to solve ethical problems that we currently face in our daily routine.
In the 2020-2021 edition, three films have been selected from a list of 25 viewed. These are: “Margin Call” (2011) set on Wall Street where the lives of the characters revolve exclusively around money. “Human Resources” (1995) that narrates the business-union ethical discourse and “The Most Violent Year” (2014) where an exemplary businessman emerges in the corrupt New York of the 80s (in Annex I located in the cloud the scenes and the footage).
During the program on innovation in teaching, 19 teachers have participated. The sections addressed were: (1) The concept of ethics based on the theme of the film. (2) Definition of the business ethics dilemma. (3) Types of moral principles to develop in the management of the company, (4) Management by moral competencies and types of behaviors that develop from the film.

DELSOS RESEARCH GROUP: LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The objective of DELSOS (Local and Sustainable Development) is to contribute significantly to the sustainable territorial development of territories characterized by low population densities, such as the Autonomous Community of Extremadura and large parts of Spain, the southern European Union or Ibero-America, among other territories. The reason for this is that the main asset that these regions currently have is their territorial potential. This is specified in a wide variety of natural and heritage resources that can be exploited in an environmentally, economically and socially sustainable way.
To achieve this objective, DELSOS approaches its research from a transdisciplinary nature. For this, it integrates a wide variety of highly specialized human resources and cutting-edge scientific-technical disciplines, based on collaborative methodologies.

International University Network of Happiness

The International University Network of Happiness is made up of 30 PhD researchers from 20 universities in 8 different countries (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, England and Mexico). In this Network open to everyone, where we unite universities without distinction of states or continents to the social and business world, for a better world.