Complutense University of Madrid

This course offers a study of the basic concepts related to business management and organization. Topics include: the company; entrepreneurship and business management; company strategy; organization structure; people management; operations management; marketing management; financial management.

This course offers an introduction to the field of psychology including concepts of human behavior as well as scientific research methods. It explores basic psychological processes including: attention, perception, motivation, emotion, negative and positive emotions, learning, memory, consciousness and its alterations, personality, etc. Additionally, this course discusses how scientific knowledge about human behavior and basic processes is applied to various specific fields of intervention in criminology: the study of lying, deception and simulation, ways to improve the memory of witnesses and victims, or the effect of traumatic events on the victims.

This course explores essential aspects of the theory and practice of design and introduces different concepts and methods of research, work, and presentation of ideas that make the development of complex design projects possible. Other topics include: design methods and creative processes; visual perception and aspects of form; design, meaning, and communication; use and context.

This course offers a study of the general biochemical processes of signaling, the biological molecules involved, and the pathways that control essential functions –growth, differentiation, and cell death. Topics include: the mechanisms of metabolic regulation in response to extracellular signals; biochemical messengers; regulatory proteins that bind guanine nucleotides; cyclic nucleotides; protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation; receptors-- intracellular, ionotropic, G Protein-Coupled (GPCRs), tyrosine kinase activity, enzyme-coupled, and serine/threonine kinase; regulated proteolysis-mediated signaling.  

Through an interdisciplinary theoretical, methodological and historiographical analysis, this course examines key issues and representative themes, problems, and events, relating to the history of culture and thought in Latin America. Topics covered include: meeting of cultures; culture of the Baroque; the Enlightenment; insurgency and independence; modernization and progress; new trends of the twentieth century; challenges of the twenty first century; models and case studies.

This course offers a study of accounting for tourism companies. Topics include: balance sheet theory; income statements; preparation and recording of accounting information; operations and recording of commercial stocks; accounting accruals; tangible fixed assets; accounts receivable and payable; regularization and closing of accounts.

This course offers an introduction to computer science with topics including: basic constructions of structured programming; procedural abstractions; structured data types; text files; use of programming and development environments; documentation, testing, and debugging of programs; lab practice. 

This course offers a critical analysis and introduction to the fundamental concepts of feminist theories including citizenship, body, mind, rights, equality, freedom, patriarchy, and the sex/gender system.

This course explores the craft of strategy such as how to identify and choose a superior competitive position, how to analyze a strategic situation, and how to create the organizational context to make the chosen strategy work. It discusses how to identify the opportunities and threats of the environment in which companies operate and how to analyze the strategic potential of company resources and capabilities.