University of Barcelona

This course offers a study of the risks arising from climatic, hydrological, and internal and external geodynamic and biological processes. It discusses the social repercussions of extreme events, the approach to preventative and mitigation measures, and the response of land use planning. This course analyzes extreme episodes of natural and associated risks including the extent to which they are influenced by direct anthropic intervention in the biophysical environmental and by the variability of natural factors.

This course offers a study of the use of computational tools to solve specific and simple problems in different fields of physics. Topics include: operating systems and programming languages; interpolation and roots of functions; numerical integration; random numbers and Monte Carlo integration; ordinary differential equations; partial differential equations.

This course offers a study of the foundations and applications of the interdisciplinary field of consumer behavior. It explores the internal, cognitive, and emotional motivations that drive individual consumers. It also discusses how external and exogenous influences affect buyers, taking into consideration socioeconomic, generational, gender, and cultural idiosyncrasies.

This course examines the main contributions of contemporary sociological theory, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. It discusses contemporary sociology theory and its practical applications. The course is divided into three units: objectivist theories; subjectivitist theories; dual-process theorys-- systems and subjects.

This course offers a practical introduction to critical skills for managers including critical thinking, negotiation, flexibility, people management, and more. It explores why these management capabilities are important to success in managerial roles. This course also delves into sustainable business management including global sustainable models, trade, industry, consumption, trends, strategies, key sectors, policy, and more.

This course introduces the language, culture, and society of Catalonia and builds basic linguistic and cultural competence. It provides a study of the Catalan language, as well as general information about the culture and society: traditional festivals of Catalonia, customs, and distinctive characteristics of this autonomous community, which has its own language and culture.

This course focuses on skills to design and execute communication plans using social media. It explores the social, political, and economic impact of social media on public relations and strategic communication. It also discusses how social media, as part of the internet, affects private companies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and people's daily lives.

This course examines the age and literary style of Spanish literature in the 18th and 19th century by placing them in the larger context of the rest of European literature using selected literary works to explore the historical and literary importance of this period. Topics discussed include aesthetics; controversy and reform; romanticism; natural realism; the enlightenment and neoclassicism; ideas and literary genres of 18th century Spain; modern to vanguard poetry; prose and drama of the Silver Age; literature, post-war, and exile; and literary creation and post-modernity.