Complutense University of Madrid

This course offers an historical analysis of social and political ideas from classical antiquity to the present. Topics include: the legacy of Greece and Rome; the Christian vision of political society; humanism and renaissance; the reformation; scientific revolution; enlightenment; Rousseau; the American and French revolutions; French liberalism; Tocqueville; socialism; fascism; the social, political, and ideological crisis of the 20th century.

This course discusses social and political conflicts in contemporary history. It examines the repertoires of collective mobilization and revolutionary processes.

This course explores the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Spain during the 19th century, contextualizing the historical evolution that took place and shaped Spanish society during that period.

This course examines the functional and locational changes of economic activities in the new context of the global economy. It discusses the role of territories (countries and regions) as main actors in the recent dynamics of economic activities. Topics include: the global, regional, and local scales of economic dynamics; scenarios of the new economy and their meaning; policies and instruments for the promotion and management of economic activities in the territory.

This course offers a study of thermodynamics. Topics include: zeroth law; concept of temperature; first law-- internal energy and heat; second law-- entropy; thermodynamic potentials, stability, and equilibrium; open systems, phase changes, and critical points; third law.

This course offers a study of the grammatical categories and syntactic groups of the Spanish language. It examines syntax of the simple sentence, with special attention to analysis of syntactic structure and functions.