Complutense University of Madrid

This course offers students a perspective into the contemporary history of science while presenting topics that the history of science has generally marginalized and that are becoming more and more relevant: anatomy studies, the medicine of emotions, the relationship between medical knowledge and experimental science, the conceptions of what is normal and what is pathological through an analysis of monstrosity and the development of theories of contagion. 

This course focuses on mathematical principles, observation methodologies, and calculation techniques essential for implementing various spatial technologies in both Earth and space observation endeavors. Specifically, it focuses on the utilization of GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEO Satellite Navigation Systems.

This course focuses on different ways of writing about politics through critical analysis. Topics include: the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns; power in suspense and the vertigo of democracy; the literary genres of political thought; philosophy of history and political philosophy; philosophy, politics, and religion in contemporary Spain; totalitarianism and democracy.

This course delves into the fundamental principles of Celestial Mechanics and current topics in Astrodynamics, using mathematical tools to analyze problems and apply strategies and techniques to achieve results.

This course offers a study of basic linguistic elements to address everyday situations with predictable content. It focuses on linguistic skills in oral comprehension and expression, as well as in reading and writing texts with a simple syntactic structure. In this course, students use simple structures to communicate information on the most common everyday topics. At the end of this course, students will have reached level A1.1 or A1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Note that the ¨II¨ in the Spanish title of the course (Francés II) refers to the semester in which students can take it, not the level. 

This course examines human rights, their connection to the concept of citizenship, how and when they originated, and who their bearers are.