Complutense University of Madrid

This course is a study of current topics related to ethics and legislation within the field of computer science and technology. Topics include: privacy; digital rights and inequality; copyright; cyber crime, security, and control; professional ethical codes.

This course explores the main lines of Latin American philosophical thought of the 20th century, starting with the problem of identity and the phenomenon of populism. In the first part of the course, it discusses the main debates of Latin American thought since the mid-20th century. In the second part, it analyzes the work of some of the most distinguished Latin American philosophers of recent decades. 

This course offers an introduction to AI including its history, types of AI, and applications and challenges of AI. Topics include: problem-solving with search; uninformed search; informed or heuristic search; optimization and local search; genetic algorithms; neural networks; reinforcement learning; basic approaches to planning and scheduling; advanced applications.

This course offers a study of commercial distribution including basic concepts of structure, environment, forms, and functions of distribution, as well as innovative and relevant aspects of distribution such as new commercial formats, e-commerce, blending, and advances in merchandising. Additional topics include: manufacturer distribution strategies; relationships in the distribution channel; distributor strategies; location strategy; distribution logistics. Pre-requisite: Marketing Fundamentals 

This course discusses the place of philosophical anthropology in the whole of philosophy. It analyzes the differences and relations between philosophical anthropology and positive anthropologies. This course examines different ways of conceiving philosophical anthropology, both historically and systematically, and its basic themes. It also explores theoretical and practical dimensions of philosophical anthropology and connections between this field and the philosophy of action and culture.

This course provides an overview of the evolution of the English language from its origins to the 15th century. Topics include: Britain-- it's cultures and languages and the rise of English; emergence of varieties within Old English; Old English spelling, sounds, and grammar; resurgence of a new English; lexical influx in the late middle ages, innovations, and change; support of a language in the absence of speakers-- English texts from the Late Middle Ages; consolidation of English. 

This course is an introduction to sociology of the Arab region. It focuses on the processes of change and continuity that have helped establish the main elements of contemporary Arab societies. This course analyzes the linguistic, ethnic, and religious structures of the region, as well as the different trajectories of state formation, gender policies, family structures, the relationships between religion and power, and the main transformations since 2011 as a result of Arab Spring.

Topics in this introductory course include: social work with groups-- delimitation, definition, typology, and characteristics; historical development of social work with groups; the group and group dynamics-- basic knowledge of composition, structure, and group processes; theoretical approaches and intervention models; basic skills and standards for practice.

This course discusses the methodology used in economic theory, with the models of economic behavior, and the driving forces behind market prices. It focuses on the theory of production and costs and the analysis of competitive and non-competitive markets. Prior completion of Microeconomics I and II, Mathematics I, II and III is strongly recommended.

This course offers a study of the legal system of the European Union including its legal evolution from origins to the present. It discusses the formation process of EU law and the constitutionalization process of the EU, the regulations of EU institutions, and sources of EU law, as well as its interrelation with Spanish law.