General Competences (CG)

• G1 : Understand the scientific method by carrying out experimental tasks that follow the different stages explicitly: observation, analysis and data gathering, evaluation, comparison of results and conclusions. Capacity to use the scientific method to carry out research.
• G2 : Capacity to study, understand and objectively criticise scientific-technical databases and publications.
• G8 : Capacity to transfer and apply scientific methods to academic, professional and research work, as well as propose new ways of working in the field of Architecture and Town Planning.
• G9 : Capacity to gather and interpret significant data to give opinions that include critical and innovative reflection.

Specific Competences (CE)

• E20 : Understand the concept of sustainability with reference to building materials and the importance of using available local materials.
• E21 : Understand the use-durability ratio of building elements.
• E22 : Understand the pathological processes associated with the building systems used.
• E24 : Understand the foundations of the durability of building materials and the mechanisms that control their alteration and deterioration processes.
• E25 : Understand the importance and influence of the context on the different processes of alteration and deterioration of building materials.
• E26 : Recognise the incompatibility of different materials.
• E27 : Understand the principal systems for protecting materials against the main causes of alteration.
• E28 : Understand the main procedures for assessing the damage caused to building materials and elements.
• E29 : Understand the main characterisation techniques used in studies of the durability of building materials.