Complutense University of Madrid

This course provides a study of romantic, modern, and regionalist Latin American literature. Topics include: romanticism in America; costumbrismo (traditional and comedy); MARTIN FIERRO and "gauchoesque" literature; realism and naturalism; modernism ; post-modernist poetry; regional narrative; fantasy novels and stories.

This course discusses disorders or alterations that may appear throughout development-- from childhood to adolescence--, the instruments used to evaluate the symptomatology, and methods for designing disorder-specific interventions.

This course discusses the Spanish economy, its current state and recent developments in different areas such as economic growth, productive structure, economic institutions, labor and capital markets, macroeconomic policies, and external sector.

The course studies the goals and tools of public policy in the economic sector. Topics covered include: economic policy theory; economic well-being; Keynesian economics; schools of economic policy; institutionalism; public choice theory; monetarism and new classic macroeconomics; price equilibrium and employment; growth, rent distribution, and quality of life; monetary policy; fiscal policy; and supply policy. Previous study of micro- and macroeconomics is recommended.

This course offers an introduction to the various forms of territorial organization in contemporary societies. Topics include: the Industrial Revolution and the new European map; colonization of Africa and Asia; world conflicts and totalitarianism; the Cold War; de-colonization and the third world; political transformations in Latin America; the European Union; the current geopolitical framework.

This course explores psycholinguistics and the psychology of language including current theories and recent research. It focuses on cognitive linguistics and English language learning.

This course examines brand management from a corporate and commercial perspective. It is a study of the historical evolution of brands, their main components, how they are managed and built, and how they communicate. This course also analyzes the primary models of brand evaluation.

This course explores the theoretical and practical concepts of the varieties of the English language around the world. It discusses traits of these varieties of English such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. Topics include: language, dialect, and accent; regulatory varieties and vernacular varieties; English as a native language, a second language, and a foreign language; dominant normative varieties-- American English and British English; other national varieties; vernacular varieties in the English-speaking world; English as a second language-- Africa and Asia; English as a foreign language for international communication; models of English for teaching foreigners.