Spain

This course examines the concept of law from a philosophical perspective and explores the virtues and problems of the contemporary ideal associated with the notions of the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. It explores the contributions of democratic constitutionalism, as well as the meaning of legal activity as a social practice linked to values.

This course offers a sociological analysis of culture and society. Topics include: nature, culture, and society; theories about culture and cultural diversity; social and cultural dynamics; the arts; religion and belief.

This course examines the main perspectives of urban sociology to develop a critical understanding of current urban social problems. It studies the relationship between space and society, applying the sociological perspective on the analysis of cities, urban phenomena, and social issues in urban areas. 

This course offers a study of human rights including their origin, the primary international institutions, and limits to the current system of protections.

This course studies the psychology of communication, including theories, systems, and applications. Topics covered include the concept of communication; the process of human communication; theories, systems, and models; semiotics of communication; communication in animals; communication and human development; nonverbal communication; interpersonal and intrapersonal communication; and observation, listening, and response skills.

This course offers an introduction to the complex relationship between identity and representation from a philosophical approach to some literary texts that have shaped the European imagination over the past two centuries. It equips students with tools to critically read texts using theoretical categories that situate literary production within systems of domination and exclusion linked to western ideas of progress. This course also examines how the social, economic, and technological transformations of modernity influenced literary and artistic explorations of identity, memory, and experience.

This course offers a study of programming technology. Topics include: Object Oriented Programming (OOP); classes and objects, the creation and destruction of objects, and dynamic memory; inheritance; polymorphism and dynamic binding; exceptions; input and output.