Chile

This course focuses on the early development of language from functional, semiotic and socio-discursive approaches. Through the use of observational skills, key milestones of language development and initial literacy from 0 to 6 years are understood and identified, as are the interactions and environments that promote them.

This creative poetry workshop provides space for the reflective reading of student works and critical analysis of the writing process.

This course examines the way law interacts with society and markets in the era of globalization and the lessons that can be learned from the way that different countries choose to deal with the challenges they face in the areas of corporate, financial, commercial and business law. It looks at the historical context and the evolution of international business law and evaluates the current interaction of politics and economics with law, as well as the impact of governments and multinational corporations in the development of regulation at both national and international level. The course also covers the relationship between civil law and common law systems and their importance in 21st century business society.

This course focuses on the principles of ecological restoration and environmental rehabilitation. It examines ecosystems and develops sustainable management and restoration plans for different types of environmental changes incorporating biotic and abiotic elements. Topics include ecological restoration and conservation, changes and forms of restoration, regulations and implementation of restoration projects.

This course provides a study of the origins and development of ancient Greece and Rome. Specific topics covered vary by instructor and term.

This course explores how the State, private sector, and civil society are three key entities for understanding urban development. It examines the relationship between a big city and the people that reside in it through a reflection of the 20th century, focusing on micro, and macro interactions. This course identifies the keys to urban development in relation to the society where it is produced and scrutinizes the activity of factors, agents, and collectives that participate in urban development.

This course provides an introduction to the causes and consequences of slavery in Ancient Rome. It examines the origin of slavery and its use in agriculture, artisanry, and within royal spaces. It discusses issues of civil and private liberties, the politics of the State regarding the relationship between slaves and freedmen, class struggle, and citizenship.

This course provides a study of the contemporary debates in sociology of art in relation to the perspective of imaginary and symbolic representations. Texts by key theorists, including Passeron, Fabiani, Leenhardt, Heinich, Péquignot, Bachelard, Durand, Castoriadis, Carretero, Baeza, are covered. The course also critically analyzes works and artistic trajectories to understand the social and symbolic dimensions of artistic production and art institutions.

This course offers readings, analysis and interpretations of diverse poetic voices throughout Latin America. Topics include love poetry, comparison of feminine and masculine voices, metaphysical and transcendental poetry, religious and philosophical poetry, populism and poetry that denounces the social majority.

This course provides a multidisciplinary study of the relationship between film and fiction and their reflection of modern culture. It explores various themes relating to societal development and the role of artists, writers, and poets in the development process. The course is divided into three sections: understanding contemporary culture (modern literature and identity crisis, film and cultural identity); modernity as a culture of violence and disintegration (traditional culture versus a culture of change, crisis of modern rationality); postmodernism and cultural complexity (complex subjectivity and new realism, uncertainty and equilibrium).