Complutense University of Madrid

This course provides a study of Anglo-American modernist fiction including the best-known works and authors as well as their most salient features. 

This course provides an advanced study of Spanish syntax. It applies the developments of grammatical theory to the analysis of syntactic structures in contemporary Spanish, and also compares fundamental syntactic concepts, both ancient and modern. 

This course examines the relationships between the field of anthropology and contemporary art. Topics include: art, modernity, and creativity; primitive art and the art-culture system; the agency of works of art; globalization of art.

This course offers a study of the psychology of personality. Topics include: personality structures and processes; normal personality models; personality stability and change; biological and psychosocial foundations of personality; the relationship among personality, health, and psychological well-being; personality and culture. 

The course reviews the main historical-cultural scenarios that have marked the development of the English language. 

This course offers a study of the reciprocal relationship between politics and society and discusses social conditions and political structure. It examines the dynamics of power, civil society and the state, and the relationship between political conflict and violence. 

This course offers an introduction to marketing and the management of marketing processes. Topics include: micro-macro environment; consumer and B2B behavior; market research; management information systems in marketing; segmentation and positioning strategies; product and services; brand management and strategies; pricing strategies; distribution; media and communication strategies; marketing and new technologies.

This course examines the neurobiological aspects of normal aging as well as those caused by various forms of dementia. It analyzes the cognitive changes and decline associated with aging on a normal brain, as well as those impacted by Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, vascular dementia, and dementias due to HIV. It also explores techniques and procedures for early detection of cognitive impairment and possible intervention in the areas of memory, control and integration processes and language.

The course presents the main theoretical trends and empirical work on motivation and emotion from the behavioral, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches, with a special emphasis on current research trends and topics.