Chile

This course focuses on the distribution of economic activities to identify and contrast the territorial scope of their spatial organization. It analyzes both economic information and spatial relationship to explore geographic phenomena.

This course analyzes artistic heritage as a material manifestation of societal memory. It explores the interdependence between artistic heritage and the context of its creation and appreciation. 

This course examines literary texts and films to explore different themes and topics related to Chilean culture and politics. It discusses Chilean films and literary texts from the late 1960's to the early 2020's in order to better understand and contextualize some of the main events and discourses that have characterized Chilean society during the past fifty years.

This course offers a study of bioinformatics methodologies. Topics include: introduction to programming; processing and analysis of biological sequence data; modeling and simulation of molecular dynamics; genomics and metagenomics; transcriptomics.

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.