Carlos III University of Madrid

This course discusses the process of designing and planning projects in any area (cultural, sports, education, etc.) It explores the various phases of project design and planning including: analysis; justification and basis of proposals; objectives; actions and activities; methodology; evaluation.

This course offers a study of the origin and characteristics of cultural studies. Topics include: the Birmingham School and the beginning of cultural studies; the cultural criticism of the Frankfurt School; influences of semiotics and structuralism on cultural analysis; poststructuralist perspective; the culture wars and the perspective of cultural studies.

This course offers an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of biomaterials including biological responses to materials, biomedical applications of materials, and design and development of commercial products. Other topics include: biopolymers; bioceramics; biomaterial degradation; designing biomaterials for 3D printing; surface modification of biomaterials; bioentrepreneurship.

This course on international finance focuses on decision making in an international context and the way in which financing and investment decisions change when a firm operates in more than one country. It explores international financial markets and currency parity conditions, including the relationship between spot and forward exchange rates, interest rates, and inflation rates. The course also covers the role of derivatives in hedging risk in the international capital markets, as well as the assessment and valuation of foreign investments.

This course provides a study of the historical origins of film production and its evolution in contemporary society. It discusses theoretical concepts, legal framework and legislation, financing and budget, stages of audiovisual production and the production team.

This course offers a sociological analysis of culture and society. Topics include: nature, culture, and society; theories about culture and cultural diversity; social and cultural dynamics; the arts; religion and belief.

This course offers an introduction to the complex relationship between identity and representation from a philosophical approach to some literary texts that have shaped the European imagination over the past two centuries. It equips students with tools to critically read texts using theoretical categories that situate literary production within systems of domination and exclusion linked to western ideas of progress. This course also examines how the social, economic, and technological transformations of modernity influenced literary and artistic explorations of identity, memory, and experience.