Spain

This course offers a study of the basic concepts of computer architecture and the impact on performance of applications and computer systems.

Pre-requisites: Programming, Computer structure, Operating Systems 

This course discusses techniques and strategies to mediate and manage conflict. 

This course discusses the wide variety of materials and manufacturing processes in product design. Topics include: configuration; dimensions; normalization; costs; semantic value. 

This course provides a study of design in print media and editorial design. Together with print design, it looks at the different aspects of journalism, including publishing, production and aesthetics. Topics covered include: formats and size fundamentals; typography; visual media; use of color; the future of design.

The course analyzes the evolution of the Spanish economy studying the most important debates concerning its progress and underdevelopment from 1850-2000. Topics include: the legacy of preindustrial Spain; economic growth in modern Spain; well-being in modern Spain; Spain in the international economy; Spain's economic progress in historical perspective-- lessons and challenges.

This course explores the relations between Latin America and Spain in the post-colonial period. It begins with the insurrection in the Indies (El Grito de Dolores) and the criollo war against Napoleonic Spain in 1810 and ends with the present-day migratory movement from Spain to Latin America due to the economic crisis. It critically examines the cultural practices, literary productions, political concerns and economic relations of the newly formed Spanish American nations and Spain from the beginning of the independence in order to provide an understanding of the historical relations between “de-colonized” Latin American nations and “non-imperial” Spain, as well as of contemporary political and cultural relations. The course discusses “the Black and White legends” of Imperial Spain and subsequent sessions focus on the post-colonial period. Drawing examples from a variety of political issues, economic relations, cultural practices and literary texts, it looks at the dynamics of these “Hispanic Transatlantic” relationships characterized by a continuous fluctuation of both a merger of and antagonism between the cultures of the modern Spanish American nations and that of Spain. Special attention is given to issues of cultural displacement as well as to the role of linguistic, religious, and cultural affinities that bring these nations together.