Spain

This interdisciplinary course focuses on one of the most important recent developments in Spanish society: the onset in the 1990s of mass immigration from Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Spain's long history of expulsions, enforced religious uniformity, colonialism, contending regional and national identities and loyalties, and the marginalization of the Roma minority, provides an obvious starting point from which to consider both migrant experiences in Spain, and the way migration is reconfiguring contemporary attitudes and identities in Spanish society. Against this historical background, the course examines the dynamics and demographics of migration to and—again more recently—from Spain, and more generally, migrants' integration into the education system, the labor market, and social, political and cultural life. Class discussions and readings analyze the Spanish response to immigration, whether in the shape of laws and public policies, media representations of migrants, or public attitudes and behavior towards newcomers and ethnic minorities, including racism. The course ends by considering the impact of the ongoing economic crisis on immigrants, and the interplay between migration and current nationalist tensions within Spain, particularly the areas surrounding Catalonia and the Basque Country.

This course explores Spanish cinema from its origins to the present day including viewings of some of the most representative films of each era.

This course provides a study of artificial intelligence and the application of AI tools and techniques to solve real-world problems. Topics include: knowledge representation techniques; types of searches (blind, heuristic); reasoning under uncertainty (Bayesian inference, Bayesian Networks, Markov Models, fuzzy logic); applied artificial intelligence.

This course provides an introduction to law from an abstract and philosophical framework. Topics include: the concept of law; law as a social and cultural phenomenon and form of social organization; law and other normative systems; law and force; legal norms; legal system; the creation of law; interpretation and application of law.

This course analyzes international society and globalization including structure and main features, the subjects and actors, and the regimes of cooperation developed such as for human rights, the environment, international security, and international economics.