B.A. in Governance and Public Transformation
Analyze and build the future
Career field
Thanks to the integral preparation you will receive in the B.A. in Governance, on graduating you will be able to you participate in diverse areas that use big data and strategic analysis for decision making, such as:
- Technology companies
- Think tanks
- Startups
- Financial institutions
- Public sector
- Studying specialized graduate degrees abroad
- International organizations
Is this right for you?
If you are passionate about using governance to promote public transformation, this degree is the right fit for you.
Through the B.A. in Governance you will transform the world thanks to data analysis, the use of disruptive technologies and the generation of entrepreneurship proposals.
The B.A. in Governance and Public Transformation program aims to train professionals who implement an adequate theoretical framework to analyze public problems, who are capable of applying advanced analytical tools to analyze and propose solutions to complex public problems, and who understand the advantages and barriers of cooperation. In addition, they must be generators of impact through public entrepreneurship and technology, aware of the challenges and potential public benefits of new technologies, and possess a multi-disciplinary vision of public problems. Its graduates are capable of making public decisions based on scientific evidence and that they have a vision of government and multisectoral public transformation with a strong component of internationalization.
Competencies
- Trigger high-impact public and governance transformations, through the efficient use of disruptive technological tools.
- Generate public entrepreneurship models, in which the agents involved will have an impact on processes for designing and implementing public and social initiatives.
- Formulate public policy proposals able to withstand complex contexts, employing advanced analytical methods.
- Develop research projects on political and social issues, from a multidisciplinary perspective and using quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Create reform proposals to improve the quality of democracy based on the analysis and diagnosis of public election, representation and citizen participation issues.
- Propose reforms aimed at public transformation, creating companies or organizations that will have a strong social impact and analyzing the functioning and performance of the existing institutions.
- Generate political analysis that explains the interaction between political, social and economic phenomena, at the local, national and international levels, and its impact on the public agenda.
Entry profile
Tecnológico de Monterrey is looking for a new generation of students that have finished their high school studies and are talented, enthusiastic individuals, who are committed to the development of their environment and the wellbeing of society; people who have the potential to study an undergraduate program and become leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit, humanistic sense and competitive on an international stage.
Entry requirements: High school or equivalent.
The three stages of the model
Choose your path
Exploration
- You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
- You will learn the foundations of the area of Social Sciences.
- You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Social Sciences, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
- You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
- You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.
Focus
- You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
- You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
- You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
- The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.
Specialization
- You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start.
- You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
- By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.
How can you specialize?
Concentrations
Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.
Internships
Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.
International experiences
Experience life outside Mexico to broaden your horizons and delve into the topics of your interest.
Courses or blocks
Choose the education units that best adapt to your objectives, enabling you to specialize in your specific interests.
Concentrations
Disciplinary
Delve into your field of study
- Entrepreneurial Families, Sustainability and Transcendence
- Financial Vision for Decision-Making
- User Experience and Interfaces
- Visual Arts and Technology Incubator
- Public Economics and Sustainable Development
- Public Entrepreneurship
- Public Transformation and Technological Change
- Strategic Communication
- Data Journalism
- Specialized Journalism
Transversal
Delve into other fields of study
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Quality of Life and Well-Being
- Mexican Culture
- Economics and Sustainable Development
- Entrepreneurship in Action
- Government and Public Transformation
- Social Innovation
- Design, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship
- Conscious Business
*These concentraciones are not the definitive offer and their availability varies by campus.
General education course
Area exploration courses
Introductory block (CHALLENGE)
Area exploration block (CHALLENGE)
Exploration topic (CHALLENGE)
Track integrating block (CHALLENGE)
TEC Semester
Multidisciplinary professional elective (CHALLENGE)
Final integrating block (CHALLENGE)
| LTP |
| Sexto Semestral |
| Elective I |
| Elective II |
| Elective III |
| Elective IV |
| Elective V |
| Elective VI |
| Octavo Semestral |
| Elective Multidisciplinary Professional |
| Design and Implementation of Public Innovations |