University of Chile

The aim of this course is based on practical examples and real life cases, to enable students to analyze, present and make recommendations for various strategic and managerial issues arising in connection with setting up and managing subsidiaries in emerging markets and developing countries.

This course examines the urbanization context, the modalities of development of cities, and the role of change agents. Topics include the theoretical and conceptual foundations that support urban geography as a subdiscipline of human geography. Students analyze different urban theories, the origin of cities, and the global context of urbanization.

The course covers the fundamental concepts of the social geography with the purpose of analyzing the relation between society and the space. Students examine the theoretical and epistemological foundations that support social geography as a sub-discipline of human geography and apply these concepts in empirical studies.

In this course, students analyze the main physical and human characteristics of the continent and of contemporary Chile. Students gain a critical understanding of the changes and permanences in the geographical and physical and humane spaces of the continent and the conceptual grounds of the geographical spaces (landscape, territory, place, region, localization and scale) for its application into interdisciplinary research. Topics includes the physical geographical space of the Americas, regional synthesis of Chile, and the regional development of the country. 

The Elective Musical Practice Workshop is a practical course focused on the experience of the student in the fields of musical creation and interpretation, recognizing and developing stylistic elements that allow an analytical position and criticism.

In this course, students examine and integrate general biological and ecological concepts of marine mammals (with special emphasis on pinnipeds and cetaceans). Students characterize the different orders of marine mammals worldwide and identify the species present in Chile, identify and characterize adaptations of marine mammals to the aquatic environment, behavioral strategies, as well as the main research methodologies used in Chile. In the area of ​​conservation, the students examine the main current threats to marine mammals in Chile, measures of mitigation, institutions, and regulations related to management and administration, and become familiar with the application of methodological tools in the field of conservation of these species.

The course focuses on introducing students to the knowledge and application of key marketing concepts and tools used by organizations. The course emphasizes the consumer and value creation fundamentals of developing marketing strategies and tactics.

The course aims to philosophically analyze series and films in order to develop critical thinking in light of their content and the issues they address within the scope of philosophical reflection. Students analyze fragments of representative films or series of pop culture and explain the philosophical aspects of the topics covered in them. Students acquire tools that allow them to analyze, question, and understand the meaning and relevance of the issues addressed in these cultural products.

This course examines the main issues of the economic development in Chile, highlighting its strengths and challenges. Topics include historical social development, the Chilean Pension system, labor markets and informality, privatization, regulation and competition policy, trade policy, and relation of fiscal policy and economic development.