Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

This course aims to provide a brief introduction to the Basque language while also offering a comprehensive view of the culture of this people, who, although small, possess a rich and vibrant cultural heritage that remains alive today.

This course introduces students to various modes of symbolic production, considering representative examples from primitive, classical, medieval, and Renaissance aesthetics. It addresses the purposes of art in different worldviews and some of the roles with which society has identified creators in diverse historical and cultural contexts.

In this course, students will approach, from an interdisciplinary, critical, practical, and reflective perspective, territories that, possessing some degree of heritage identification, must coexist with tourism. It provides students with the analytical and assessment tools for studying heritage and touristic aspects. The course methodology and assessments seek that students working in teams formulate strategies of sustainable development of urban heritage territories that serve a touristic purpose.

The course analyzes the concepts and models of urban systems from the perspectives of geography, sociology, architecture, spatial economics, and location theory. It then delves into the current dynamics of urban problems and the potential solutions proposed for these processes. Furthermore, readings will be offered on the relationship between the city and the regional, global, and local contexts. The course concludes with the study of advanced contemporary topics such as territory and power, and the social construction of the city.

This course introduces students to a cross-period tradition of English literary satire, both as a bold genre with precise conventions (verse satire, Menippean) and as a scurrilous mode that infects a wide range of writings, traditions, and media. We will learn the form's main conventions, techniques, and models, and analyse how it reflects on the power of language to dissent, transgress, playfully evade censure, and ultimately provoke change.

This is a special studies course involving an internship with a corporate, public, governmental, or private organization, arranged with the Study Center Director or Liaison Officer. Specific internships vary each term and are described on a special study project form for each student. A substantial paper or series of reports is required. Units vary depending on the contact hours and method of assessment. The internship may be taken during one or more terms but the units cannot exceed a total of 12.0 for the year.