Carlos III University of Madrid

This course offers a critical study of the conditions of cultural production, its formalization as a changing ideological foundation, and the mechanisms of selection, transmission, and reception throughout various historical periods. It explores how classical ideas were preserved and transformed in medieval and Renaissance Europe. This course also discusses the role of gender, education, and politics in shaping culture, from cathedral schools and early universities to humanist learning. It examines how culture was produced and shared and how intellectuals connected knowledge, power, and creativity across the centuries. 

Pre-requisites: Culture in Its Historical Dimension 

This course offers a study of Spain’s history during the Modern Age, from the late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. It explores political, social, and cultural transformations that shaped Spain’s rise and decline as an empire. This course focuses on the reigns of the Catholic Monarchs and the Habsburgs, Golden Age culture, and Bourbon reformism. It also discusses Spain’s global legacy and its lasting impact on today’s society. 

This course discusses the phenomenon of disinformation and practical skills for verifying information in digital media. Students use specialized sources, tools, and techniques to analyze news, images, videos, and social media content. This course emphasizes ethical and responsible practices in detecting and countering false information (fake news). 

This course examines the historical evolution of communication technologies and their impact on society. It explores topics such as the internet, mobile communication, digital inequality, privacy, and artificial intelligence. This course focuses on developing critical and ethical perspectives toward the use of digital media and understanding the social, economic, and educational effects of digitalization. 

This course offers a study of the key concepts and methods of Statistical Learning by focusing on regression and classification in high-dimensional settings. Students model and analyze complex data, apply supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, and use computational tools for data analysis. This course puts special emphasis on problem formulation, variable selection, and practical implementation using modern software. 

Pre-requisites: Basics of Statistics 

This course is an introduction to artificial intelligence (AI) including the history and key concepts of AI, the social and media transformations it brings, and practical uses of AI tools for text, image, and audio production. It examines ethical considerations, AI regulation, and the role of AI in news verification and disinformation. 

This course offers a study of the principles and techniques of statistical graphics and data visualization. It discusses how to select and create effective visual representations for univariate, bivariate, and multivariate data. Topics include: graphical perception; the grammar of statistical graphs; exploratory data analysis; advanced data exploration such as maps and network charts; practical applications in statistics. 

This course explores how culture influences management and organizational practices in international contexts. It discusses cultural dimensions, global mobility, ethical challenges, and research paradigms in cross-cultural studies. Students gain skills to analyze cultural differences, manage diverse teams effectively, and understand the impact of culture on human resources and leadership practices. 

Pre-requisites: Human Resource Management. 

This course focuses on contemporary fiction that looks to our future as radically dystopian. It explores the reasons for dystopia and the way we construct, through film and literature, images of an uncertain future and the challenges we face as a society. This course also discusses speculative fiction, specifically the impact of scientific and technological development on our society as constructed and proposed through literature and film.   

Pre-requisites: Advanced knowledge of Spanish 

This course examines gender studies within the field of media including how gender shapes representation, identity, and power through film, visual culture, and digital media. Topics include: gender as social construction, performance, and technology; representations of violence; the impact of new media, social networks, and AI on gender identities and narratives.