Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

This course corresponds to the advanced level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. At this level, students can understand large texts with a certain difficulty level and recognize implicit meanings in them, speak with fluidity and spontaneity without showing evident signs of effort, flexibly and effectively use the target language for social, academic, and professional purposes, write long texts that are clear, well structured, and detailed about topics of certain complexity, showing organization, articulation and textual cohesion. The course addresses relevant aspects about the culture of Chilean interaction that benefit communicative skills and language acquisition in immersive conditions.

This course explores the concept of sustainability. Topics include: crossroads of unsustainability; systemic thinking; poverty and inequality; socio-environmental conflicts; governance (tragedy) of the commons; institutions for sustainable development; education for sustainability; food systems; sustainable cities; new economies-- circular economy; ethics of care.

This is a variable topics course covering central aspects, related authors, periods, and intellectual movements of political theory. Topics and themes discussed vary by term and instructor.

This Spanish language course corresponds to intermediate advanced level (B2 on the CEFR). By the end of the course students can understand the main ideas in complex texts that are concrete and abstract; interact with native speakers with sufficient fluency and naturalness; produce clear and detailed texts on various topics and defend points of view on general topics indicating pros and cons. The course integrates topics on Chilean culture. 

Using a comparative perspective, this course explores the different foreign policy strategies and approaches that Latin American countries use to integrate in a globalized world. It examines the processes of integration, cooperation, and security between countries in the region. The course analyzes the difference in foreign policy approaches, specifically political, economic, and social processes that have occurred in Latin American countries since the 1980s. Other topics include the relationship of Latin America with world powers.

This course analyzes language from diverse perspectives (biological, cognitive, social, and cultural) and discusses its fundamental questions, such as its evolution, variation, acquisition, and relationship with other semiotic systems. 

This course offers a practical study of different techniques of lithographic engraving on aluminum plates.