Spain

This course offers an introduction to Geographic Information Systems technology and its applications. Topics include: information gathering and editing; visualization, symbology, and composition of maps; spatial database management; spatial analysis and geoprocessing of spatial data.

This course provides a study of the principal aspects of language acquisition, particularly as it relates to the case of second languages, examining the main theories of language acquisition while focusing particularly on English as a first and second language. Topics covered include: input, interaction, and output-- language as a generator of second languages; acquisition in natural and formal contexts; the language learner-- individual variables and the age factor; acquisition and communication strategies-- pragmatics and interaction in English as a second language; research methodology in second language acquisition.

This course examines the concept of gender and its use in social anthropology. Topics covered include: cultural models of gender; gender and power; sociocultural constructs of femininity and masculinity; gender and motherhood; violence against women.

This course provides research training for students through placement in a laboratory at Carlos III University of Madrid. Students carry out an original research project under the supervision and guidance of assigned faculty members. The specific topic studied depends on the faculty in charge of the laboratory in which each student is assigned. At the conclusion of the program, students submit their final work (paper, presentation, report, etc.) as instructed by their lab supervisors

This course discusses transformations in the governance of global trade. It examines tensions between multilateralism and bilateralism in global trade, reconfiguration of the WTO, and the role and protagonism of the EU and other key actors.

This course applies the theoretical concepts, methods, and approaches of sociology to the study of topics in health and wellness of the population. It analyzes the consequences of a lack of health and wellness at individual and social levels and includes perspectives from disciplines such as social policies, anthropology of health, and sociology of the elderly.

This course examines the basic elements of public international law. Special attention is given to the historical and dynamic characteristics of the juridical order, with a particular focus on the Spanish legal system.