Spain

This course explores the mechanisms of developmental biology. Topics include: early development and developmental stages; developmental genetics and developmental molecular and cell biology; morphogenesis and organogenesis; regeneration, stem cells, aging, and biomedical implications of developmental biology.

This course provides students with the opportunity to read some of the best known short stories from Spain and Latin America. It presents literary terminology to better analyze the literary works and learn the fundamental techniques of short story writing in order to write their own short story. The course presents a brief historical and chronological review of the Spanish and Latin American roots of the genre to focus on the principal examples of the short story since the Middle Ages. Emphasis is placed on the developments of the modern short story during the 20th century. Students explore the different manifestations of the genre according to the literary, social and aesthetic movements and trends (modernism, vanguard, expressionism, surrealism, and magical realism). The course examines the skills of short story writing, including form, plot, characterization, dialogue, style, imagery, and narrative voice.

This course offers a study of environmental impact assessment including its origin, legislative frameworks, and practical applications.

This course assesses the manner in which Spanish newspapers present the nation's political, cultural, and social spheres. It examines how national and regional identities have been reinforced through the press, and explores the relationship between freedom of speech, press, and history. The course also studies the significance of these relationships in connection with current events as these surface in local, national, and international affairs.

This course focuses on the advanced operation of smart grids with an emphasis on the management of electricity networks through the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

This course is a study of the aesthetics and social aspects of the business of advertising, with particular focus paid to television ads. Topics of study include: the general characteristics of advertising; advertising in the digital environment; the characteristics of television advertising, including number of channels, audience fragmentation, and saturation; the advertising agency as a company; the most awarded campaigns; and the future of advertising.

This course studies the history of Spanish film from the ''camara oscura'' to the present. Historical accounts of film as an aesthetic form, a social force, an economic institution, and a technology are considered. The course also covers major Spanish directors including Luis Bunuel, Benito Perojo, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Luis Berlanga, Carlos Saura, Victor Erice, Fernando Trueba, and Pedro Almodovar. Close attention to their film composition, choices of subject and character, and the relationship of their movies to Spanish culture and society is given.

This course is divided into two parts. Part one examines Spanish narrative prose of the 19th and 20th centuries, taking as thematic reference the city of Barcelona and its writers. Part two explores Latin American culture through representative artistic works (music, writing, painting, and film) and their socio-cultural and artistic framework.

This course offers a study of the body and emotions from the interactions between biological, social, and cultural dimensions taking into account the contributions from different branches of anthropology such as symbolism, rituals, religion, politics, and health and disease.

This course offers a study of political behavior. Topics include: the role of citizens and political participation in contemporary democracies; forms and levels of participation; development and evolution of political attitudes; political participation theories at the individual, meso, and macro levels; non-institutional participation and protest; consequences and causes of inequality in political participation; new forms of participation and online activism.