Constitution and Democracy Course
In compliance with the provisions of Article 128 of Law 30 of 1992, which developed Article 41 of the Colombian Political Constitution, and in accordance with the guidelines established by Agreements 35 and 38 of the Academic Council of the University (March and April 2000), the teaching of the Colombian Constitution was launched at the University in June 2000, through the course Constitution and Democracy, the approval of which is a requirement for obtaining all undergraduate degrees. The aforementioned course is mandatory for all undergraduate students at the Universidad de los Andes, except for Law students, who, due to their discipline, study the subject in greater depth through their required subjects.
DERE 1300 Constitution and Democracy
3 Credits
This course constitutes a general policy of the University that responds to the constitutional mandate of teaching of the Constitution (Article 41) and whose central mission is to strengthen in students the critical knowledge and the capacity to act in accordance with values that as citizens it is essential that they possess for a responsible exercise of their duties and rights. At the end of the course, it is expected that students will have the knowledge and reflection necessary to allow them to qualify their intervention as citizens, by equipping them with tools that allow them to understand: the relationship between state, legality and society; the techniques, purposes and opportunities to responsibly exercise the claim of individual and collective rights; the techniques, limits and opportunities of citizen participation in politics; and the minimum legal and political frameworks for a responsible professional practice.