Chile

The course offers a study of the conceptual framework of cultural heritage, from the theoretical point of view and the application of national and international legislation, to the reality of the expressions present in Chile today. It uses case studies, bibliographic reviews, and practical work in the field, to discuss the problems related to initiatives to safeguard and protect the intangible, material, and natural areas of cultural heritage.

This course explores the culture and history of the Basque Country and its people including historical processes, diversity, and current issues. It analyzes the connection with Chile considering the notable and continuous Basque immigration to Chile over the last 400 years. This course offers a basic study of Basque language to better understand some of the cultural and linguistic traits that define Basque culture and its history. 

This course offers a study of the poetry of Spanish-speaking Latin America from pre-Hispanic times to the beginning of the 20th century.

This course provides an overview of the foundations that the main trends of the Western ethical tradition have provided and that still constitute the theoretical basis for the interpretation and resolution to the challenges and issues that arise from the complexities of modern life.

This course offers an introduction to the most relevant concepts of economics and international relations to complement professional training for journalism students.

This course offers a study of texts produced from the arrival of Christopher Columbus until the mid-18th century which are representative of the main themes and issues characterizing the emergence of Latin American and, particularly, Chilean literature and culture.

This course corresponds to the advanced level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. At this level, students can understand large texts with a certain difficulty level and recognize implicit meanings in them, speak with fluidity and spontaneity without showing evident signs of effort, flexibly and effectively use the target language for social, academic, and professional purposes, write long texts that are clear, well structured, and detailed about topics of certain complexity, showing organization, articulation and textual cohesion. The course addresses relevant aspects about the culture of Chilean interaction that benefit communicative skills and language acquisition in immersive conditions.

This course focuses on various Chilean poets during the dictatorship and post-dictatorship. It connects censorship, gender identity, and different aspects of Chilean culture to rhetorical devices utilized in the poetry.