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History of Security

Code: 101855
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Prevention and Integral Safety and Security FB 1

Contact lecturer

Name :
Jordi Figuerola Garreta
Email :
jordi.figuerola@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

None

Objectives

History of the Security shows since a historic perspective the relation between society, power and security. It explains the links among the political, economic and social systems and the systems of security.

Theoretic classes: the teacher will expose, at the 75% of the time, the motif, letting the 25% of time for precisions, questions and possible debates.

Practical classes will work about different dimensions of the concept of security along the history.

Individual work will be on topics facilitated by the teacher.

 

Learning outcomes

  1. Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  2. Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  3. Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  4. Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  5. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  6. Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  7. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
  8. Know how to communicate and transmit ideas and result efficiently in a professional and non-expert environment, both orally and in writing.
  9. Evaluate the technical, social and legal impact of new scientific discoveries and new technological developments.
  10. Carry out scientific thinking and critical reasoning in matters of preventions and security.
  11. Analyse the differences between models of security according to their historical and social context.
  12. Evaluate the results of the implementation of prevention plans in a community.
  13. Analyse the situation and identify the points that are best.
  14. Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.

Contents

UNIT 1: “SECURITY” AND THE HUMAN HISTORY


UNIT 2: RISK, FEAR AND SECURITY AT THE PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY


UNIT 3: SECURITY AND THE BUILDING OF THE MODERN WORLD


UNIT 4: SECURITY AND GLOBALIZATION

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Individual study 94 3.76
Assessment 4 0.16
Theoretical classes 40 1.6
Exercises and discussion in class 12 0.48

Theoretical classes will present the historical structures of security and its evolution. We will analyze the different historical models of Security until the present.

Supervised Activities are individualized teaching support in which a teacher attends to one or several students in their specific educational process about History of Security.

Autonomous Activities represent personal work and individual study. This includes personal study, preparing exams. library work, complementary reading, all of which are fundamental in autonomous learning.

Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

The subject will be in catalan language

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Test 2 25% 0 0 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
Essay 20% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Test 1 25% 0 0 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
Classroom practices 30% 0 0 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14

 

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

 

There will be:

1) Two individual PECs corresponding to the topics studied in the course. Each PEC has a weight of 25% of the final grade of the course.

2) Practical classes: case-study will be the type of classroom practice. It has a weight of 30% of the final grade of the course.  

3) Essay: an individual composition about a security topic. It has a weight of 20% of the final grade of de course.

4) Participation in the classroom: it refers at the presence and participation in the classroom. It has a weight of 10% of the final grade of de course.

 

The exam averages with the continuous evaluation regardless of the grade obtained. The total weighted average must be 5 points or higher in order to pass.

 

 

 

SINGLE EVALUATION

 

Students who opt for the single evaluation will take a final synthesis test of all the content of the course (100%) .

 

The date for this test and/o the delivery of the work of the subject will be the same scheduled in the timetable for the last continuous evaluation exam.

 

The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.

 

 

 

EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS IN SECOND OR MORE SUMMONS

 

Students who repeat the course will have to take the scheduled tests and exams on the dates indicated in the Moodle classroom.

 

 

 

SECOND CHANCE EXAMINATION

 

The student who does not pass the course, who does not reach 5 (total) out of 10, according to the criteria established in the two previous sections may take a final exam provided that the student has been evaluated in a set of activities, the weight of which is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the course. If the student has not been evaluated of these two thirds because he/she has not taken the tests, he/she will obtain a grade of Not Presented, without the possibility of taking the final exam.

 

In this exam the whole of the contents of the subject that have not been passed in the continuous evaluation will be re-evaluated.

 

In the case of passing the final exam, the course will be approved with a maximum of 5, regardless of the grade obtained in the exam.

 

 

 

CHANGE OF DATE OF A TEST OR EXAMINATION

 

Students who need to change an evaluation date must submit the request by filling out the document that can be found in the EPSI Tutoring Moodle space.

 

Once the document has been filled in, it must be sent to the professor of the subject and to the coordination of the Degree.

 

 

 

REVIEW

 

At the time of each evaluation activity, the faculty will inform the students of the grade review mechanisms.

 

For single evaluation students, the review process will be the same.

 

 

 

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

 

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, \"in the event that the student performs any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an act of evaluation, this act of evaluation will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instigated. in the event that several irregularities occur in the acts of evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0 \".

 

If during the correction there are indications thatan activity or work has been done with answers assisted by artificial intelligence, the teacher may supplement the activity with a personal interview to corroborate the authorship of the text.

 

If there are unforeseen circumstances that prevent the normal development of the course, the teacher may modify both the methodology and the evaluation of the course.

This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as [***bibliographic or content-based searches, text correction or translations, where applicable]. In the case of subjects in a Modern Languages degree, use of translation must be specifically authorised by the teacher. Other specific situations may be contemplated, as deemed appropriate by the teacher. The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.

 

Bibliography

The bibliography will be on Campus Virtual.

Software

This subject will use the basic software of the Office 365 package.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan first semester afternoon
(TE) Theory 2 Catalan first semester afternoon