Mexico

This course introduces basic grammar, syntax, phonology, phonetics, and conversational skills and concepts in Chinese. It deepens the understanding of Chinese culture and the Mandarin Chinese language through lectures on culture, readings, vocabulary, grammar practices, and conversations. The course is taught mostly in Chinese, with occasional explanations in Spanish.

This course considers the formation of modern Mexico in the 19th and 20th centuries with attention to the analogies, differences, and interrelations with the rest of Latin America. The course focuses on the construction of the nation state and the rise of capitalism; it continues this analysis while exploring the role of social movements to shape these developments. Particular topics include indigenous peoples and modernization, cultural currents and nationality, modernity and industrial utopia, development and stabilization, democracy, student movements, new social issues, the feminist movement, neoliberalism, socio-economic projects and structural adjustment.

This course provides a study of human rights, cultural diversity, and indigenous rights in modern society within the context of globalization. Topics covered include: concepts of social justice using models of fair multicultural societies; human rights, citizenship, the rights of individuals, the rights of states, international migration; racism as an ideology, power and domination, social movements; solidarity and cultural diversity, humanism and humanitarianism, civil society and social organizations, peace as an intercultural value.

This course provides a study on urban risks. With a focus on resiliency planning, the course emphasizes analytical practices to evaluate risks related to natural phenomena (inclusive of earthquakes, storms, volcano eruptions, and other various phenomena) and human activities that create risks (for example, construction in vulnerable zones and threats due to climate change). It also analyzes risk reduction and management solutions that planners can utilize to mitigate against natural disasters and changing climates and conditions. Course materials and resources include case studies as well as professional guest speakers working in both public and private planning agencies in Mexico.

This two semester course covers modern and contemporary narratives, essays, poems, and theater pieces from Spain. Literary movements (or "generations") and historical context are also examined in relation to the literature. Assessment is based on attendance, participation, commentaries on reading assignments, a final essay and one final exam. Some authors and literary movements examined are: Generation 98 (Unamuno, Machado, Pio Baroja, Azorín, Valle Inclán), Generation 14 (Ortega y Gasset, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Ramón Gómez de la Serna), Generation 27 (Manuel Cifo González, Dámaso Alonso, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, Luis Cernuda, Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti), post-war Spain (Mercé Rodoreda, Antonio Buero Vallejo), Generation 50 and Contemporary Spain.

This course examines the elements that make up the international migration regime and analyzes the causes, consequences, and challenges to contemporary human mobility. Key concepts covered include: primary human mobility challenges for states, international organizations and civil society; processes of formulating state and regional migration policies; analysis of central contemporary migratory processes.

This course examines the techniques and use of different technical drawing materials needed to graphically narrate a story, visualize a space and atmospheres, and illustrate concrete ideas on film. Topics that may be covered, depending on the instructor and semester, include collages, montages, computer programs, perspectives (camera angles), and the human shape.

This seminar examines theoretical approaches and neuroscientific advances regarding psychological functions. It also identifies pathologies related cognitive impairment and the subsequent process of rehabilitation. Classes focus on the identification of executive, language, learning, memory, attention, and perception functions, their connections to the brain, as well as problems that arise in relation to these.

This course examines the history and evolution of economic thought from the time of the ancient Greeks through modern economic trends. Particular emphasis is placed on philosophers and economists that influenced economic theory.