University of Barcelona

This course examines the main theoretical models of personality and the current criteria for establishing the normality or abnormality of behavior. It discusses normal and pathological human diversity, the advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic systems, the main clinical manifestations of psychopathology, and main areas of action of the clinical psychologist. The course provides an opportunity for practical work in personality analysis, psychopathological exploration, and therapeutic skills.

This course explores urban anthropology, tracing its classical schools and the evolution of the subdiscipline to the present, and delving into the analysis of housing in urban environments. Topics include: anthropology of the city; the Chicago School; the Manchester School and the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute; urban planning and capital; space financialization; public space; gentrification; socio-spatial segregation; housing and social theory; housing systems; debt, credit, and home financing.

This course provides a study of English-language poetry, ideas, culture and literature created between 1730 and 1900. It provides a critical examination of the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical framework of literary and poetic works (Romanticism, the French Revolution and the British Empire) applying critical trends found within current literary theory, such as cultural materialism, new historicism, postcolonial criticism, feminism, gay and lesbian theory, and psychoanalysis. Topics covered include: nature and the rural world; rebel and subversive authors; revolutions, wars, and nationalism; Romanticism; the British Empire and the Victorian era.

This course examines individual labor law or employment law, with a focus on the employment contract. Topics include: concept, function, origin, and history of labor law; sources of labor law and the employment relationship, and principles of application; the labor administration system and labor courts; the employment relationship between employee and business owner; the job market, employment policy, and the employment contract; defining the job to be performed; quantity and features of employment benefits.