Autonomous University of Barcelona

This course offers a basic and applied overview of research methods, data collection and treatment of educational information, and its analysis and interpretation using specific IT tools to confront the challenges that future education professionals face. The course is focused on challenge-based learning, where students engage in real-world scenarios, to foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

This course offers an introduction to animal law. It discusses the historical and philosophical change from viewing animals as mere property to that of property and subject of protection simultaneously and how that has evolved and is regulated in domestic and international legal systems. This course also examines existing anti-cruelty legislation, responsible pet ownership, animals as family members, animal experimentation, animal breeding and slaughter for consumption, wildlife protection, and hunting and fishing regulation. 

This course explores the main international and European legal mechanisms in place to protect from different forms of discrimination on the basis of gender and sexual orientation, disability, or race. It focuses on the principles of equality and non-discrimination,  and introduces the subject through the evolution of women’s rights and its international recognition. Activities include discussion of case studies and in-class debates.

This course offers a study of elementary Spanish equivalent to the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students who successfully complete the course can understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very basic phrases for highly specific objectives. 

This introductory course discusses how to identify types of arguments, how to evaluate them, and how to avoid fallacies and mistaken beliefs. It approaches critical argumentation as a practical skill that is learned through examples of real arguments. The methods presented are based on techniques developed in argumentation theory and informal logic, as well as the most updated discoveries on cognition and argumentation. Coursework includes public debate on a selected topic.

The course explores the history of beekeeping, apiculture legislation, basic bee biology, plant science and pollination, genetics, metabolism and nutrition, pathology, bee welfare, colony collapse disorder, and several aspects of honey production, including its harvest and quality assessment. It includes theory classes as well as practical sessions at the UABee apiary and UAB laboratories.  

This course discusses the concept of quality journalism and its contribution to democratic society. It analyzes the course of journalism through its various genres, interviews, chronicles, and reports. It offers a study of the works of Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Oriana Fallaci, John Hersey, etc. as examples of different types of journalism. Finally, this course explores the new digital narratives evolution.

This course discusses the main diseases and threats that affect cetaceans (dolphins and whales) and pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) across the globe. It offers a review of the main conditions that affect these species (bacterial, viral, parasitic, anthropogenic, and other non-infectious problems). Topics include: aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs and lesions, diagnostic procedures, and impact on populations.

This course offers a study of the main contributions of sociology on the processes of structuring contemporary social inequality. It examines various axes of inequality such as class, gender, ethnicity, and age in western patriarchal capitalist societies.