The Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (FCPyS, ''Faculty of Political and Social Sciences'') is a faculty within

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM), responsible for directing research and teaching programs in the fields of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

social science Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

. It was first established in 1951 as the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (ENCPyS, ''National School of Political and Social Sciences''), before its conversion to full faculty status from 26 January 1968. FCPyS offers five academic degrees at the ''

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'' (undergraduate) level, in

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

Communication studies Communication studies (or communication science) is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differ ...

, political science,

international relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

. At a postgraduate level FCPyS offers ''Maestrías'' (

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s) in five areas of study, and a ''Doctorado'' (

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) in political and social science that is oriented to one of five specialities. FCPyS also operates and has responsibility for a number of specialised semi-autonomous

research institution A research institute, research centre, or research organization is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often implies natural ...

s, such as the

Centro de Relaciones Internacionales The Centro de Relaciones Internacionales (CRI, ''International Relations Center'') is an educational and research institute belonging to Mexico's Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Founded in 1970, the CRI is attached to UNAM's ...

(CRI).

Origin

Activities were inaugurated July 25 of 1951. The students were a total of 136 which included 129 men and 13 women, a bigger group than what was expected. One of the priorities for the establishment of the school was the syllabus, which sparked a debate of objectives between an approved school of France and Belgium and a more traditional view. Between 1949 and 1951 there were multiple discussions around where the Public Administration's classes should be imparted. On one side the Economics Faculty stated that Economics and politics were both part of the public space. The Law and Political Science Faculty declared that Law and Political Science couldn't separate. The conflict was solved by negotiating that The Faculty of Economics would keep Public Administration as long as The National School of Political and Social Science would be able to create Political Science, Social Science, Diplomatic Science and Periodism. The first principal was Ernesto Enríquez Coyro who declared himself against the syllabus, because he considered that practical knowledge was needed through field practices. Besides, that was not always taken into account. He also considered that conferences should be taken with formality by planning them ahead of time and publishing dates and topics with anticipation. That way students will be able to not only assist but also really participate and be part of the conferences actively.

Study Plans

Political Science and Public Administration

International Relations

Sociology

Anthropology

Communication Science

Notable alumni

Raquel Ramírez Salgado Raquel Ramírez Salgado is a Mexican researcher, communicator, feminist and women's rights activist. Biography Ramírez graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in Communication from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Nat ...

, Mexican educator, feminist and activist *

Carmen Aristegui María del Carmen Aristegui Flores (; born January 18, 1964) is a Mexican journalist and news anchor. She is widely regarded as one of Mexico's leading journalists and opinion leaders, and is best known for her critical investigations of the Mex ...

, influential journalist

References

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