Spain

This course explores television as an academic discipline. Topics include: history of television-- industry, models and processes of globalization; television as a source of history-- construction of collective imagination; television genres as cultural categories; TV and ideology-- identity politics..

This course examines genre as applied to the production of fiction and TV entertainment. It discusses types, evolution, and models of television genres: programs, magazines, quiz shows, humor, fiction, and reality shows.

This course offers a study of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Topics include: origins of ODEs in applications; first order equations; linear order equations, higher order, and linear differential systems; existence, uniqueness, and continuation of solutions; resolution of ODE with power series; nonlinear equations-- autonomous systems, phase plane, classification of critical points, and stability theorems.

This course explores the mechanisms of the audiovisual script, including the models of dramatic narration that are involved in the creation of scripts. It provides an opportunity to conceive and develop a dramatic narrative model based on observation, analysis, and tradition; as well as create a literary script of a short or medium-length fiction film (treatment or first draft of the script).

This course offers a study of advanced Big Data analytics. Topics include: e-business and market trends; supply chain management; enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management; applications of advanced Big Data analytics.

This course analyzes and discusses the fundamental ethical dilemmas of this generation and the use of technology in today's society. In the second half of the course, students participate in debates on related topics and issues.

Topics in this Hermeneutics and Language course include: tradition of hermeneutics; Gadamer's philosophical program; hermeneutics and dialectics; the sense of being and hermeneutic phenomenology of existence; facticity, transcendence, and freedom in fundamental ontology; Kant and the hermeneutic turn.

This course introduces the history of Spanish literature and the evolution of literary genres throughout Spanish literature. It discusses classical foundations of literature and the evolution of rhetorical and poetic tradition; as well as genre theory, its classical foundations, and its later contributions. Topics include culture and society in Baroque Spain; the picaresque novel; the short novel; trends, poetic theories, and genres in baroque poetry; love poetry, satirical prose, and emblematic literature.

This course focuses on important aspects of international financial management including the main characteristics of the international finance economics environment, the organization of foreign exchange markets, the role of various derivative instruments, and the origin and evolution of the current financial turmoil. 

This course develops instrumental skills in the Russian language up to the B1-B2 levels. It focuses on understanding and producing oral and written work; describing the phonetic, grammatical, and lexical structures of the Russian language; and identifying and using different linguistic registers. The course covers lexical topics and debate; advanced grammar-- derivation, morphology, and syntax; oral and written expression; and reading and listening comprehension.