Chile

This course examines some of the main philosophical debates that have arisen in Latin American and Chile. It analyzes the works of five Chilean thinkers (Luis Oyarzún, Gabriela Mistral, Patricio Marchant, Juan Rivano, and Humberto Giannini) and two Latin American feminist intellectuals (Rosario Castellanos and Silvia Rivera Cuiscanqui).

The course relates the abstract field of architecture with the built works of prominent architects who explain, firsthand, the details of their design and the corresponding construction process. It discusses the connection between the preliminary architectural idea and the resulting space, as well as the relationship between construction detail and process in order to understand the various stages and strategies required to create a building.

This course offers a comprehensive linguistic description of similarities and differences between the English and Spanish languages focusing on a selection of phonological, morpho-syntactic, lexical, and discoursal aspects of both languages. It examines the most pertinent approaches within the contrastive linguistics area and their application in real English L2 production under the parameters of Spanish as L1. 

The course offers a study of the theoretical bases and principles that guide sustainable production, recognizing the role of societies, nature, and their territories, and the virtuous relationship established between them. It includes practical experience by maintaining an established orchard through activities such as: sowing, pruning, maintaining an irrigation system, among other activities. Community work in the urban garden fosters discussion of solutions for facing urban demands for quality food while taking into account the conservation and restoration of natural resources such as water, soil, flora, and fauna biodiversity. 

This course critically examines dramatic and poetic texts spanning the 18th century to the present that have made a significant impact to Spanish literature. Topics cover the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism of the 18th century; Romanticism of the first half of the 19th century; Realism and bourgeois revolutions (second half of the 19th century); fin de siècle, vanguards, and the Generation of '27; post-war literature and recent decades.