12 Choosing Complutense Courses
Choosing Complutense Courses
How to Find Courses, Syllabi and Timetables on the Complutense Website
Please follow the steps below to find courses within the three Facultades (schools) that have an agreement with the WIP program (Filología, Filosofía and Geografía e Historia).
Note: WIP students must take their Complutense courses within those Facultades (with exceptions). All Complutense classes taken by WIP students count for three credits.
Classes in Filología:
- Go to the Complutense website: www.ucm.es
- Under UCM, click on Facultades.
- Click on Filologia.
Syllabi (Programas):
- When the Filología page opens, on the left-hand side under the section heading Estudios, click on Grado.
- A list of the different Programas de Grado degree programs will appear. Advisors and students are encouraged to browse through courses in several majors, not just in Grado en Español, because some Grados which in principle seem to be unrelated to the student’s needs, may have some courses within the degree program which offer a good option to fulfill student requirements.
- To access the syllabi for classes in Filología, after clicking on Estudios and then Grado, click on the Grado Major degree in which you are interested. On the page that opens, click on the icon to the right (that resembles a calendar) and a list will open of all the classes from Curso 1 (first year) to Curso 4 (fourth year) for this degree. Click on the class you are interested in. Not all the classes on the list have a syllabus online, but many do. Many will have the schedule for lectures and the semester the class is given posted here, you must scroll down to the bottom of the information page for the class to find the semester offered and the times the class meets.
Classes in Filosofía:
- Go to the Complutense website: www.ucm.es
- Under UCM, click on Facultades.
- Click on Filosofía.
Syllabi (Programas):
- When the Filosofía page opens up, under the section Titulaciones, click on Grados.
- Next, click on Filosofía in the list of Grados.
- On the right, click on the yellow icon Programas.
- On the page that opens there is a list of all of the classes in this degree: Curso 1 (first year), Curso 2 (second year), Curso 4 (fourth year) and Sin Curso Definido (electives). Click on the class you are interested in. Not all the classes on the list have a syllabus online, but many do. Many will have the schedule for lectures and the semester the class is given posted here, you must scroll down to the bottom of the information page for the class to find the semester offered and the times the class meets.
Schedule of Classes (Horario):
- When the Filosofía page opens, on the left-hand side under the section heading Docencia click on Horarios Asignaturas y tutorias.
- After clicking on Horarios Asignaturas, under the section Curso 2025-2026, click on Grado en Filosofía and the schedule of classes will open for Primer Curso (first year), Segundo Curso (second year), Tercer Curso (third year), Cuarto Curso (fourth year) and Asignaturas Optativas (electives). Be careful to only consult the classes offered the semester you are looking for (Cuatrimestre 1º is fall, Cuatrimestre 2º is spring).
Classes in Geografia e Historia:
- Go to the Complutense website: www.ucm.es
- Under the heading UCM, click on Falcultades.
- Click on Geografía e Historia.
Syllabi (Programas):
- When the Geografía e Historia page opens, click on Estudios, then click on Grados.
- There you will see a list of Estudios de Grado. Click on the Grado degree you are interested in.
- On the right, click the second icon that resembles a calendar.
- A list will open of all the classes from Curso 1 (first year) to Curso 4 (fourth year) and electives (Sin curso definido) for this degree. Click on the class you are interested in. Not all the classes on the list have a syllabus online, but many do. Also, many will have the schedule for lectures and the semester the class is given posted here, you must scroll down to the bottom of the information page for the class to find the semester offered and the times the class meets.
Schedule of Classes (Horario):
- When the Geografía e Historia page opens, click on Estudios then under the heading “Otros enlaces de interés” click on Horarios/Profesores.
- Under Horarios de Titulaciones, click on Grados de la Facultad de Geografiae Historia.
- On the page that opens, you will see several boxes with the different Grado degree majors and a link for each of the different Cursos (years of study) for each degree. There is a first box for new students with basic introductory courses (huge lectures) and then boxes for each degree area with the rest of the classes offered for each degree area. Concentrate on each degree area instead to have a larger list of courses (first year classes are also included there).
- Click on these links for a list of the regular classes Clases teóricas and the schedule of mandatory labs and discussion groups for each class Seminarios y Prácticas. When planning your schedule, you will need to find the schedule for both components of your class. When looking at these class lists, be careful to look at the bar on the left-hand side to see what semester the class is; Primer Cuatrimestre (Fall) or Segundo Cuatrimestre (Spring). Also, when looking at the Seminarios and Prácticas or Actividades de Seminario you should note that many times there are more than one group.