Capacity for learning and responsibility (capacity for analysis, synthesis, to adopt global perspectives and to apply knowledge in practice, and capacity to take decisions and adapt to new situations).

Communication skills (capacity to understand and produce spoken and written Catalan, Spanish and a third language, including the comprehension and use of specialized terminology, and capacity to research, use and integrate information in these languages).

Capacity to prepare, analyse and interpret economic information.

Understanding of the history and development of economic ideas and of current economic realities in different territorial settings.

• Ability to prepare, analyse and interpret economic information. This competency includes: ability to obtain, process and analyse data leading to the presentation of economic information, both internal and external, from public and private entities. Ability to interpret an economic report from an economic organisation. Ability to correctly interpret charts, economic indices and their derived representations, and to produce both written and oral reports. Ability to interpret, analyse and carry out financial and investment operations.
• Ability to appreciate the history and development of economic ideas, as well as current economic realities in different territorial contexts. This competency includes: knowledge of the various economic doctrines used by economists, past and present, and an understanding of their analytical foundations. Knowledge and understanding of relevant economic events from a historical perspective in order to explain the processes that have led to the present situation. Knowledge of the current economic realities of Catalonia, Spain and the wider world, and the ability to analyse them.
• Ability to use physical and digital bibliographic resources.
• Ability to apply acquired knowledge and analytical skills to problem-solving in academic and professional contexts.
• Ethical commitment (capacity for critical and self-critical thinking/capacity to demonstrate attitudes consistent with ethical and professional principles).
• Learning and responsibility (capacity for analysis, synthesis, global perspectives, and the application of knowledge in practice/capacity for decision-making and adaptation to new situations).
• Sustainability (capacity to assess the social and environmental impact of actions within one’s field/ capacity to express integrated and systemic perspectives).
• Ability to operate in globalised environments. This competency includes: ability to analyse international markets and organisations. Ability to assess the importance and implications of the development of functional areas and internationalisation strategies of organisations. Ability to identify and evaluate public and private actions aimed at facilitating the integration of entities into a globalised environment. Understanding of the implications of government policies designed to promote business competitiveness and internationalisation.
• Ability to interpret complexity, diversity and pluralism as the foundation of inclusive and democratic societies.
• Ability to interpret economic phenomena from the perspective of political economy, including the ability to identify and understand economic institutions and their functioning within specific historical, ideological and political contexts, recognising the underlying dynamics of power.