SPAIN

This course examines contemporary Spanish reality and the different cultural forms and manifestations within Spain. Site visits to various places in Madrid provide an immersive experience and academic and social context. This course also reinforces Spanish language learning through oral and written communication skills.

This course discusses the dynamics of cities and urban planning and the basic regulatory and instrumental framework for urban space planning. 

This course analyzes the various aspects where information technology and communication have had a significant impact, both at the macro and micro level, in the connection between technology and society.

This course offers an introduction to basic technical and practical aspects of photography. Topics include: equipment; exposure; lighting; composition; editing and publishing.

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 analyzes the major societal transformations triggered by globalization through transportation and telecommunications revolutions. It examines the effects that changing scales of economic and political activity and organization have had on the experiences and opportunities of both corporate and individual actors. The course provides an overview of the social transformations captured by the globalization concepts of networks and re-scaling, their impact on the citizens' experiences, patterns of consumption and identity, and, consequently, on the reception that these changes have among the population.