Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

This course focuses on the early development of language from functional, semiotic and socio-discursive approaches. Through the use of observational skills, key milestones of language development and initial literacy from 0 to 6 years are understood and identified, as are the interactions and environments that promote them.

This course examines the way law interacts with society and markets in the era of globalization and the lessons that can be learned from the way that different countries choose to deal with the challenges they face in the areas of corporate, financial, commercial and business law. It looks at the historical context and the evolution of international business law and evaluates the current interaction of politics and economics with law, as well as the impact of governments and multinational corporations in the development of regulation at both national and international level. The course also covers the relationship between civil law and common law systems and their importance in 21st century business society.

This course focuses on the principles of ecological restoration and environmental rehabilitation. It examines ecosystems and develops sustainable management and restoration plans for different types of environmental changes incorporating biotic and abiotic elements. Topics include ecological restoration and conservation, changes and forms of restoration, regulations and implementation of restoration projects.

This course explores how the State, private sector, and civil society are three key entities for understanding urban development. It examines the relationship between a big city and the people that reside in it through a reflection of the 20th century, focusing on micro, and macro interactions. This course identifies the keys to urban development in relation to the society where it is produced and scrutinizes the activity of factors, agents, and collectives that participate in urban development.

This course offers readings, analysis and interpretations of diverse poetic voices throughout Latin America. Topics include love poetry, comparison of feminine and masculine voices, metaphysical and transcendental poetry, religious and philosophical poetry, populism and poetry that denounces the social majority.

This course provides a study of the elements and principles that govern ecological sciences, including interactions, theories, hypotheses, and paradigms of the subject. This course includes discussion of the differences between ecology and environmentalism, the field of ecology in Chile, environmental issues such as development and sustainability, and the environmental influences of human beings from an evolutionary perspective.

This course examines detective and crime fiction, from the works of Edgar Allen Poe and the inception of the genre and development of sub-genres. It looks at noir novels and film, explores themes such as the "femme fatale" or the detective's sidekick, and finally dives into contemporary Latin American and Chilean takes on the genre.

This course provides a study of what is meant by literature and how it is studied today. It considers definitions of literature developed by academics and creators whose opinions have been decisive in the contemporary intellectual debate. The course also analyzes the concept of literary genres (drama, lyric, narrative), and reviews their historical evolution. Key concepts of the metalanguage of literary studies (speech / text, enunciation / enunciation and fiction / non-fiction, among others) is also examined.

This workshop focuses on techniques and approaches to photographic portraits. Students practice taking portraits in medium format and explore the use of lighting, movement, and gesture to provide character and expression to an image.

The course provides a study on artistic creation and drawing as a tool of analysis and plastic comprehension. It examines the works of visual artists linked to the topics addressed in the workshop.