Spain

This course introduces the language, culture, and society of Catalonia and builds basic linguistic and cultural competence. It offers practical notions of the Catalan language, as well as general information about the culture and society: traditional festivals of Catalonia, customs, and distinctive characteristics of this autonomous community, which has its own language and culture.

This course offers practical application of linguistic, grammatical, and discursive knowledge of Spanish in oral and written expression, especially in activities directly related to the needs of academic communication. 

Topics in this Mathematical Methods I course include: differential equations; systems of ordinary differential equations; functions of complex variables. 

This course offers a study of the tools for writing and reporting scientific and technological news with an emphasis on the context of science, technology, and society. In addition to written media, it also discusses audiovisual content, interactive technology, and scientific photography.

This course focuses on the aesthetic theoretical foundations of image composition. It discusses the parameters for camera use that determine image capture and the principles of scene lighting to achieve a desired aesthetic and narrative result.

This course examines terrorism both in Spain and globally. Topics include: terrorism in Spain; victims of terrorism; psychological consequences of terrorist attacks on the victims; secondary vicitimization, violence of terrorist persecution and their psychological consequences; comprehensive care for victims of terrorism.

This course offers a study of the different literary movements, genres, and authors of 18th century Spain. 

Topics in this course include: key concepts in sociology for the analysis of social reality; main forms of sociological explanation and understanding; sociology as a scientific discipline; historical emergence of sociology.

This course offers a study of the evolution of Western music in contemporary times from a historical and stylistic perspective, relating it to the circumstances and context in which it arises and develops, as well as to other artistic and cultural manifestations.

This course provides an introduction to medical robotics and its applications. It covers recent developments in robotics for medical applications, position and orientation (POSE) of a robotic system, the kinematics of arm-type and vehicle-type robots, the trajectory of an arm-type robot end effector, and the different biomedical system controls.