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

Mexico

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's Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), responsible for directing research and teaching programs in the fields of political science

Political science

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 and social science. 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

Faculty (university)

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 status from 26 January 1968. FCPyS offers five academic degrees at the Licenciatura (undergraduate) level, in public administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

, Communication studies

Communication studies

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, political science, international relations

International relations

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, and sociology

Sociology

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. At a postgraduate level FCPyS offers Maestrías (Master's degree

Master's degree

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

Doctorate

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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 institutions, such as the Centro de Relaciones Internacionales (CRI).