Spain

This course provides an introduction to communication and media studies. Topics include: media studies; digital culture, social media, and AI; mediascapes; the path of cinema and communication theories; building media industries-- cinema, radio, and television; media heritage and archaeology.

This course provides a study of sociology of the family. Topics covered include: introduction to theory and research in the field of sociology of the family; family, childhood, and life cycle; transformations in family models from a non-androcentric perspective; family diversity and sole parenthood; families, technologies, and assisted human reproduction; family policies in the context of welfare regimes; families, inequalities, and exclusion; gender-based violence and families. Focus is placed on data gathered relating to Spanish and European family units.

This course offers a study of the Spanish language at the advanced (CEFR B2) level.

This course continues to cover methods of teaching English as a second language, theory and methods for foreign language instruction, and language instruction approaches and techniques. It focuses on advanced task design for instruction, integration of information and communication technologies to task design; and integration of individual skills to instruction.

This course provides a survey of the various 20th century Spanish and Latin American literary movements and schools of thought, using select authors as examples. It begins with an overview of the history of Spanish literature and language, before reviewing the evolution of literary genres within Spanish literature.

This course provides a study of the family, main social problems caused by gender inequality, and social policies aimed at addressing equality. Topics are divided into the following sections: women, men and family in social theory; feminist theory; the contemporary family; gender violence; state, family, and gender; the place of women and family in other parts of the world.

This course offers a study of Latin rhetoric and stylistics. Topics include: rhetoric in Rome; genres or types of discourse; construction of discourse; parts of speech; stylistics.

This course explores the study of politics from the perspective of gender and provides an analysis of equality policies. It examines the strategies, institutions, instruments, areas of study, and actors participating in the public policy process, as well as representation and political participation of women specifically.