Master’s Degree in Cognition and Emotion in Educational Contexts

In accordance with Royal Decree 43/2015 and Royal Decree 861/2010, which modifies Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the organization of the official university teaching, as well as the Royal Decree1027/2011, which establishes the Spanish Qualification Framework for Higher Education (MECES), the Master’s Degree teaching must guarantee the acquisition of the following basic competences:

• CB6 Possessing and understanding knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for being original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
• CB7 That the students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their capacity to solve problems in new or little-known settings within the broadest (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• CB8 That the students are capable of integrating knowledge and confronting the complexity of forming judgments from information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities related to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
• CB9 That the students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences clearly and without ambiguities.
• CB10 That the students possess the learning skills that permit them to continue studying in a way that must be self-directed or autonomous to a great degree.
• Furthermore, the students will have to reach the following general competences:
• CG1 To analyze and integrate the cognitive and neuropsychological processes involved in the learning process and their difficulties.
• CG2 To be capable of synthesizing and adapting the provided knowledge from neuroscience in order to offer responses adapted and based on the latest research on the subject.
• CG3 To be capable of evaluating and applying the knowledge acquired on the cognitive and emotional processes to the area of educational research.
• CG4 To design research with the objective of improving learning processes from a scientific viewpoint

At the end of their studies, the students must have acquired the following Specific Competences:

• CE1 Analyze and evaluate the principal milestones of cerebral development and its influence on the teaching-learning process.
• CE2 Identify and define the relationships existing between cognitive processes and education.
• CE3 Contrast the scientific advances in neuroscience and to know how to incorporate them to research projects in order to improve educational practices.
• CE4 Discriminate, on an advanced level, the emotional process, and to analyze its basic characteristics and its involvement in learning.
• CE5 Be capable of analyzing the executive functions and their influence on learning.
• CE6 Assess different cognitive processes (attention, memory, perception and language) and identify possible difficulties in them.
• CE7 Be capable of evaluating and handling tools for the evaluation of different cognitive processes.
• CE8 Evaluate and design innovative pedagogical proposals based on scientific contributions on the development of the cognitive processes involved in them.
• CE9 Be capable of using different tools for educational research.
• CE10 Be capable of designing and implementing research to improve the teaching and learning processes.
• CE11 Apply the knowledge acquired in the Master’s Degree to carry out research work in the area of cognitive processes and emotion in educational contexts.

The routes and requirements for admission to Master's level education are those established by Royal Decree 1393/2007 of October 29, with subsequent modifications in Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2, which establishes the organization of official university education.

The University Program in Cognition and Emotion in Educational Contexts by the Antonio de Nebrija University may be accessed by all applicants who meet the requirements provided for in current legislation, with an associate's/bachelor's or undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Social Education, other higher graduates with a Master's Degree in Teacher Training in Secondary Education or other postgraduate degrees in Education (attention to diversity, inclusive education, specific educational needs, or equivalent degrees).

The University has a Promotion and Admissions Department, which is responsible for providing personalized information to those who request it, facilitating the admissions stages, and monitoring the candidate. This Department has specialized people for each program, trained to attend to requests for information that may arrive by e-mail, telephone or fax that are set up for this purpose and that appear in the university's advertisement. The candidate is also given the opportunity to meet with the Academic Director/Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Cognition and Emotion in Educational Contexts and the Directorate of the Department.

Candidates will have access to all the information regarding the admission process and the requirements on the University website, where they will find extensive and precise information on the Curriculum, the academic phases, requirements, selection and enrollment process, academic fees, teaching staff and the department's lines of research.

Nebrija University has accessible information systems and reception and orientation procedures for newly admitted students in order to facilitate their integration into the corresponding university degrees and, in the case of students with specific educational needs derived from disability, the University has the appropriate support and advisory services, which will assess the need for possible curricular adaptations.

As established in Article 16 of RD 1393/2007, modified by RD 861/2010, students who meet any of the following conditions may access these Master's studies:

• Have an official Spanish university degree or other degree issued by an institution of higher education of the European Higher Education Area that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing said degree.
• Graduates of educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area may access without the need for validation of their degrees, after verification by the University that they can accredit a level of studies equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that these grant access to postgraduate education in the country issuing said degree. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree of the interested party, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of taking the Master's degree. In the cases in which the homologation of any degree, diploma or study obtained abroad is necessary to access the University, the Antonio de Nebrija University may conditionally admit students who accredit having submitted the corresponding application for homologation while the approval procedure is resolved.
• In the case of students with special educational needs derived from disability, the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies will be assessed.

In addition to complying with the requirements provided for in current legislation, candidates must have one of the following degrees: associate's/bachelor's or undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Social Education, other higher graduates with a Master's Degree in Teacher Training in Secondary Education, or other postgraduate degrees in Education (attention to diversity, inclusive education, specific educational needs, or equivalent degrees).

The student must provide the originals or certified copies of the submitted documentation, within a period established by the University, in order to formalize his/her enrollment. Any inaccuracy, falsity or omission of information, statement or document provided by the student in the admission period will entail the impossibility of continuing to exercise the right from the moment the University has proof of these events, and proceed to cancel the application for admission submitted and the place awarded, notwithstanding any criminal, civil or administrative responsibilities that may arise.

In order to access the official master's degrees, it is necessary to submit the following documentation:

• Completed Admission Application.
• Identification document (D.N.I) or valid passport.
• 1 passport-size photograph.
• Academic Transcript with the grades that grant access to the Master's degree.
• Certified photocopy of the diploma of the official Spanish university or receipt of having requested it.

Foreign Students:

• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued by a foreign higher education institution belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that grants access, in the issuing country, to official master's degree studies.
• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued in a foreign educational system not belonging to the EHEA. In this case, access will be conditioned by the verification that the studies completed correspond to a level of studies equivalent to that of the official Spanish university degrees and that they grant access to the official master's degrees in the country in which the diploma was issued. This procedure does not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than to access the master's studies.
• If necessary, a letter issued by the University in which the student has completed the degree that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing the diploma.

In the event that the studies with which the pre-registration for the Master's degree is accessed are completed in a Foreign Higher Education institution, both the diploma and the academic record (grades) must be official and issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal system of the country of origin.

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places offered, the student's academic record will be taken as an admission criterion (grade average).

Therefore, anyone interested in accessing the studies of Master's Degree in Cognition and Emotion in Educational Contexts must submit, without exception, their academic record, as it will be the grade average therein that will decide their admission to the Master's degree if the number of applications exceeds the number of places offered.

Once all places are full, if there are more people interested in being admitted, they will be put on the waiting list for possible vacancies that may arise before the start of the academic year, and the same admission and selection criteria detailed for the rest of applicants in point 4 will be applied.

Proceso de admisión

Además de la evaluación de los méritos académicos aportados por el candidato (20%) los estudiantes deberán realizar una entrevista personal (80%), realizada por el responsable del Director del Programa o por asesores universitarios de la Universidad, esta entrevista está orientada a comprobar la idoneidad del candidato y el perfil del mismo de acuerdo con la titulación. Se trata de determinar si el candidato/a posee la suficiente motivación, formación y conocimientos, habilidades, aptitudes, destrezas de comunicación, actividades extracurriculares e intereses de futuro necesarios para ser admitido como estudiante en los posgrados de la Universidad Nebrija.

Además, los alumnos extranjeros no hispanohablantes deberán realizar una prueba de nivel de lengua española con el fin de conocer el nivel real de conocimientos de lengua de estos estuantes. No será necesario que el candidato realice la prueba de posicionamiento de idiomas si entrega certificación que acredite el conocimiento de una lengua española en el nivel B2 del MCER. Se validará la acreditación del nivel a través de los títulos oficiales admitidos por la tabla de certificados admitidos por ACLES y/o Instituto Cervantes.

Once the student has been admitted, they will proceed to enroll, which consists of the following phases:

Place reservation
Candidates must reserve their place. This economic pre-enrollment guarantees the candidate's place at the University. These annual enrollment fees will not be returned except for students who are conditionally admitted, or do not fulfill the legal requirements for admission, or with a justifiable medical situation.

Enrollment
Pre-enrolled candidates who wish to formalize their academic enrollment at the University must follow these steps:

• 1.- Submit documentation: certify that he/she meets the requirements established by Spanish university legislation for admission to the Master's degree.
• 2.- Formalize the enrollment process online: The self-enrollment service on the Nebrija website allows admitted students to carry out all academic, financial and administrative procedures within the established deadlines. To do this, they will receive, along with their admission letter, the access code and personal password necessary to be able to carry out their self-enrollment. Once the self-enrollment is formalized, the candidate acquires the status of a student at Nebrija University.
• 3.- Make the payment for annual enrollment, according to the modality chosen by the student.