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SPACE DYNAMICS
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Engineering
UCEAP Course Number
160
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
SPACE DYNAMICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
SPACE DYNAMICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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.

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
800720
Host Institution Course Title
DINÁMICA ESPACIAL
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN INGENIERÍA MATEMÁTICA (2009-10)
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
French
UCEAP Course Number
12
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ELEMENTARY FRENCH
UCEAP Transcript Title
ELEMENTARY FRENCH
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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. 

 

 

Language(s) of Instruction
French
Host Institution Course Number
806142
Host Institution Course Title
FRANCÉS II
Host Institution Campus
MONCLOA
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN ESPAÑOL: LENGUA Y LITERATURA (2021) (2021-22)
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Estudios Románicos, Franceses, Italianos y Traducción
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science Legal Studies
UCEAP Course Number
143
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
UCEAP Transcript Title
HUM RGHT&CITIZENSHP
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
802465
Host Institution Course Title
DERECHOS HUMANOS Y CIUDADANÍA
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología.
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Historia, Teorías y Geografía Políticas
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORY
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Spanish
UCEAP Course Number
155
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORY
UCEAP Transcript Title
LAT AM SHORT STORY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines the short story in Latin American literature from the 19th and 20th centuries. Periods and authors studied include the romantic, realist, and modernist eras; Horacio Quiroga and the theorization of the short story; the vanguard versus the Creole short story; Jorge Luis Borges and the renovation of the short text; Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Juan Jose Arreola, Augusto Monterosso, Julio Ramon Ribeyro, and others.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
802144
Host Institution Course Title
EL CUENTO HISPANOAMERICANO
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN ESPAÑOL: LENGUA Y LITERATURA
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Filología Española IV, Grado en Español: Lengua y Literatura
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM DISCOVERY TO INDEPENDENCE
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Spanish
UCEAP Course Number
110
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM DISCOVERY TO INDEPENDENCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
COLONIAL LAT AM LIT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course is a study of the principal works and authors of the colonial period of Latin American literature. Topics, figures, and authors covered include: the arrival of the Spanish to the Americas; Christopher Columbus; the chronicles of the Spanish conquest (Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca); "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega; the Renaissance in Latin America; epic poetry (Alonso de Ercilla); Baroque literature; the Enlightenment and revolutionary prose; and poetry in the 18th century.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
802127
Host Institution Course Title
LITERATURA HISPANOAMERICANA I: DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO A LA INDEPENDENCIA
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología, Campus de Ciudad Universitaria
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN ESPAÑOL: LENGUA Y LITERATURA (2009-10)
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Filología Española IV, Grado en Español: Lengua y Literatura
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science Geography
UCEAP Course Number
117
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
UCEAP Transcript Title
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This political geography course covers the following five themes: space and power; the hegemonic political space of modernity-- state and nation; the space of interstate disorder-- geopolitics; the space of legitimacy-- electoral geography; place and social movements.

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
802448
Host Institution Course Title
GEOGRAFIA POLÍTICA
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Historia, Teorías y Geografía Políticas
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF SPAIN
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
UCEAP Course Number
135
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF SPAIN
UCEAP Transcript Title
MEDIEVAL HIST/SPAIN
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course discusses Medieval Spain from the fall of the Roman Empire to the era of the Catholic Monarchs. Topics include: foundations of historiography, methodology, and concepts for the study of the Hispanic Middle Ages; Visigoth reign in the Iberian Peninsula; Al-Andalus- an Islamic society in the West; pockets of Christianity facing Islamic predominance (8th-11th centuries); expansion of the Catholic Monarchs during the height of the Middle Ages; political dynamics of the Catholic Monarchs during the Middle Ages (13th-15th centuries); society and economy in late medieval Spain; culture, church, and religious life in late medieval Spain; the Catholic Monarchs and the foundations of modern Spain.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
801787
Host Institution Course Title
HISTORIA MEDIEVAL DE ESPAÑA
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Ciudad Universitaria
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN HISTORIA (2009-10)
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Historia Medieval, Grado en Historia
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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SPANISH BAROQUE ART
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
125
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
SPANISH BAROQUE ART
UCEAP Transcript Title
SPANISH BAROQUE ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course focuses on Spanish Baroque art of the 17th and 18th centuries through the analysis of works of art, the artists, and their relationships to their patrons and contemporary culture.

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
801683
Host Institution Course Title
ARTE BARROCO ESPAÑOL
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Geografía e Historia.
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN HISTORIA DEL ARTE
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Historia del Arte
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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DIALECTICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN SPANISH
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Spanish
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
DIALECTICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN SPANISH
UCEAP Transcript Title
DIALECT DIVERSIFCTN
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course studies linguistic variation in the Spanish language, specifically, diachronic and synchronic differences in the Spanish of Spain. It also examines linguistic geography and provides an analysis of dialectal variations of Spanish both inside and outside of Spain. Topics covered include: concepts of language and dialect; dialectology and aural geography, regional atlases, isoglosses; linguistic variation in Spanish, Hispanic languages and dialects, Spanish in America, Africa, and Asia, Judeo-Spanish; history and dialectal divisions dialect spoken in Spain, principle phonetic, morphosyntactic and lexical traits of each.

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
802152,806199
Host Institution Course Title
LA DIVERSIFICACIÓN DIALECTAL EN ESPAÑOL: HISTORIA Y SITUACIÓN ACTUAL
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN ESPAÑOL: LENGUA Y LITERATURA (2021) (2021-22)
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Lengua Española y Teoría de la Literatura
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024

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FAMILY SOCIOLOGY
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
FAMILY SOCIOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
FAMILY SOCIOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course offers a study of the structure and historical evolution of family and family relationships, as well as new family models and family organization. It focuses specifically on Spanish society. 

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
801268
Host Institution Course Title
SOCIOLOGÍA DE LA FAMILIA
Host Institution Campus
SOMOSAGUAS
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN SOCIOLOGÍA
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Sociología Aplicada
Course Last Reviewed
2023-2024
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