Carlos III University of Madrid

This course focuses on how operating systems function as expanded machines, their components, major entities (processes, memory, files, etc.), and relation to the software and hardware of the computer. It explores how to use a program's operating system, the difference between processes and threads, including the main scheduling policies used, how to develop applications with multiple processes or threads using communication and synchronization mechanisms between them, as well as concurrent programming mechanisms. 

This course offers an introduction to statistical modeling. Topics include: introduction to statistical inference; confidence intervals for a single sample; test of hypotheses for a single sample; statistical inference for two samples; analysis of variance; goodness of fit tests.

This course offers a study of the theory of social movements including features of social movements and key components for the emergence and development of social movements. It examines the history of social movements in three periods: 19th and 20th centuries (up to the 1960s); 1960s-1980s; 1990 to present. Finally, this course discusses specific social movements such as labor, racial and cultural rights, nationalism, feminism, environmentalism, LGBT, etc. 

This course examines historical changes and the role of health and disease in the contemporary world. Topics include: health and disease in the Middle Ages and Renaissance-- modern medicine in context; scientific knowledge of disease; from public hygiene to social medicine; official medicine and folk medicine; prevention of disease; institutions; other medicines; current challenges.

This course offers an introduction to materials technology. Topics include: ferrous alloys; non-ferrous alloys; fundamentals of forming by casting; casting techniques; fundamentals of forming by plastic deformation; deformation techniques; powder technology; processing of ceramics; processing of polymers; processing of polymer matrix composites; fracture; fatigue; creep; friction and wear; corrosion of metals; welding; adhesives; surface treatments and coatings; non-destructive testing.

This course explores the role of the media in contemporary liberal democracies and the actors who intervene in the process of political communication: governments, political parties, journalists, interest groups, and social movements. It also focuses on the main theories on the social influence of the media and how to run an electoral campaign (interviews, debates, polls, ads, etc.)

This course studies the rights of accessibility to culture and the need to work in favor of the integration of all people in the community. It discusses transmission of cultural content to diverse audiences by adapting the message to the singularity of the recipients as well as the value of tangible and intangible heritage by encouraging its conservation in different social contexts.

This course examines female scientists in history from antiquity to present day. It also discusses Nobel prizes won by women, Spanish women in science, and the current roles of women in science. 

This course offers a study of industrial robotics including morphology and robotic technologies, kinematic control, dynamic modeling, structure of the control system, programming of industrial robots, and industrial robotic applications.