University of Alicante

This course reviews the world of graphic arts and printed communication—from magazines and brochures to billboards, packaging, and promotional items.  It covers the complete print production workflow, including pre-press, printing, and post-press processes. Students learn how to manage a print project from initial client need to final delivery, exploring the technical and creative aspects of production across various materials and formats.  Special attention is given to selecting the right printing techniques based on project requirements, cost, and intended impact. Students gain hands-on knowledge of how different substrates, formats, and finishes affect the visual and functional outcome of a print product.

Students are expected to have prior experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign). Completion of courses in Graphic Design Tools, Advertising Poster Design, and Art Direction is strongly recommended.

This course discusses the role of law in organizing collective life, its legitimacy, its relationship with power structures, and its impact on social change. This course examines classical and contemporary theoretical approaches to the relationship between law and society and explores empirical studies and real-world cases that show how law operates in practice-- how it evolves alongside social changes and how it can both reproduce inequalities and open paths for resistance and transformation.

This literature-focused course surveys major English-language texts of the 19th century, emphasizing literary analysis and critical interpretation. It examines works by Coleridge, Shelley, Austen, Dickens, Eliot, and Conrad, analyzing themes such as industrialization, social order, morality, and the supernatural. The course encourages students to view literature both as a product of its time and a vehicle for challenging dominant ideologies, while honing analytical writing and interpretive skills.

This course is designed to strengthen and refine all four core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students expand their ability to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts, including discussing present and past events, expressing desires and wishes for the future, and reacting to others. The course also emphasizes the development of argumentative and persuasive language, enabling students to express opinions, agree or disagree, and structure discourse logically. Additional focus areas include describing people and objects, giving instructions and advice, expressing emotions, and preferences.

This course details the key concepts, objectives, and tools of economic policy, with a focus on both national and European contexts. Topics include economic growth, employment, inflation, income distribution, fiscal and monetary policy, trade policy, and environmental sustainability. It explores how governments and institutions design and implement policies to manage the economy, and assess their effectiveness in achieving policy goals. Special attention is given to EU strategies and frameworks such as the European Employment Strategy, the Stability and Growth Pact, and Europe 2020.  No prior coursework in economics is required, though a basic understanding of macroeconomic principles is recommended.

The course builds on foundational concepts in general linguistics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the linguistic system. It examines the structure and units of language—both in expression and content—through historical and theoretical perspectives. It explores the organization of language, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology, and semantics. The course also introduces interdisciplinary branches of linguistics, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, neurolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, and applied linguistics, preparing students for advanced study and research in language analysis.

This course provides a foundational and comprehensive introduction to key philosophical texts and concepts that have shaped Western culture. Students acquire the conceptual tools to analyze and understand major works of philosophy through a historical journey covering key moments in Hellenistic, Christian, Renaissance, Modern, Post-Enlightenment, and Contemporary thought.

The course covers communication, in both public and private sectors, as an essential means to connect with clients and anticipate processes of social change. It examines global information processes, with an emphasis on strategic management and effective communication. 

This course explores key elements in the formation of Western thought: the rationalization of Greek myths. It examines how rational thought emerged from mythological frameworks and how similar processes continue today, particularly in relation to information and communication technologies.

This course examines the relationship between the behavior of materials, its nature and the fabrication process. It covers the theoretical and practical knowledge of chemistry, physics, mechanical and technological properties of materials most used in construction. Topics include the knowledge of properties and characteristics of materials, the right way materials must be used, how to preserve these materials, and the constructions where they have been used, develop the right criteria in order to a proper selection of materials, and the technical legislation dealing with these materials.