University of Barcelona

This course examines the elements of the immune system and the mechanisms that control the coordinated response. It explores the principles of experimentation on which the study of immunology is based.

This course develops instrumental skills in the Russian language up to the A2 level. It focuses on the basics of applied Russian grammar especially related to verbs, describing the phonetic, grammatical, and lexical structures of Russian, and understanding and producing oral and written work. The course covers morphology and syntax; lexical topics; and vocabulary.

This course offers a study of the basic and advanced guidelines in academia and the pharmaceutical sector on the selection of drug targets, the design of new drugs, and the procedures for real-life drug discovery settings.

This course explores Spanish cinema from its origins to the present day including viewings of some of the most representative films of each era.

This course focuses on practicing, expanding, and improving Spanish language oral production in everyday contexts as well as improving pronunciation of Spanish through listening and articulation practice.

This courses focuses on strategies for interpreting and constructing written texts of different types and genres, with an emphasis on the processes of reading comprehension, planning, writing, and revision. It is designed for international students at the intermediate level. 

This course covers techniques of recording and stimulation in neuroscience and clinical psychophysiology, including structural and functional neuroimaging, invasive and non-invasive electrophysiology, and neuromodulation and neurofeedback. Additional topics include neuroendocrinology of acute and chronic stress and the implications for learning and memory; psychophysiology of pain; and brain connectivity and resting-state activity patterns. 

This course offers a study of contemporary societies from the perspective of social and cultural anthropology. It covers the main concepts and theoretical approaches of social and cultural anthropology that contribute to the understanding of geographical reality, and introduces the methodological approaches and research techniques that anthropologists use in investigations within contemporary societies. The course also discusses political anthropology, economic anthropology, and anthropology and space.

This course introduces fundamental concepts in the field of political sociology and examines how social policies work today. It explores how the dynamics between the State, the market, and society have undergone significant transformations which have reshaped the concept and operation of European welfare states. The course explains the structure and changes of the European welfare states as well as the evolution of the main social policies in Spain and Catalonia in the last three decades.

This course offers 40 hours of elementary study of Spanish language for students at an A1 to A2.2 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.