Spain

This course provides a study of English literature from its origins to the mid-eighteenth century. It analyzes some of the classic poetry and prose works written in England in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment.

This course offers a study of the physics and psycho-acoustics of music. Topics include: the physics of sound; generation of sound-- instruments; rhythm; pitch and intervals; musical scales; chord progressions; audio illusions and effects; room acoustics; neuromusicology.

This course provides an introduction to databases. Topics include: information systems, modeling methodologies, and management of semi-structured and complex data; relational database including design of a database and query languages; NoSQL databases.

This course explores the historical evolution of the aerospace industry and technologies, highlighting the development of various elements of aircraft and the impact on human life.

This course offers a study of Spanish history from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth century including political processes, social relations, and cultural productions of modernity.

This course introduces various types of linguistic mechanisms and ways of thinking that can be harmful or defective. It considers pejorative terms that are used to denigrate other people based on their social identity, such as race, ethnic group, nationality, religious group, and sexual orientation. The course also discusses issues related to conceptual ethics, which considers concepts that are not the most useful for describing reality and how to revise or modify them to achieve different theoretical or practical objectives. Finally, the course examines the mechanism of silencing, which consists of speech acts aimed at incapacitating the audience from performing certain types of speech acts, altering the meaning of their words or the type of actions they can perform with them. 

Topics in this Astronomy and Geodesy course include: figure and gravity field of the earth; geometric geodesy; spatial geodesy; positional astronomy; astronomical reference systems; diurnal motion and Earth's rotation; planetary motion; time scales; stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy; large-scale structure of the universe.

This course examines the main theories and aspects of technological change and innovation in an economic context. Topics include: modern (evolutionary) theory of technological change and innovation systems, innovation, growth, and competitiveness; diffusion of innovation, international trade, and multinational companies.
 

Topics in this Business Economics course include: business management and organization; the nature and economic and social aims of the firm and entrepreneurship; decision-making process at corporate and competitive strategic levels; organizational design; decisions related to firm functional areas including operations, human resources, marketing, and financial management.

This course offers a study of Spanish history from the end of the 19th century to the present.