Spain

This course examines foundations of Latin-American literature, from pre-Columbian texts to modernist authors and their works. It covers: pre-Columbian literature; chronicles of the Indies; the baroque era in Latin America; the Enlightenment and Romanticism; Modernism, poetry and prose.

This course examines the lives of women in the Roman period. Topics include: traditional roles of women in Roman culture; representations of Roman women in archaeological and iconographic sources; historical roots of conceptions and perceptions of the feminine in the contemporary world.

This course discusses the practical application of linguistic, grammatical, and discursive knowledge of Spanish directly related to the needs of academic communication. 

The course examines the governance of a multicultural society. Topics include: modern societies as multicultural societies-- processes of migration and urban transformations; human rights and cultural diversity; visible and invisible forms of cultural discrimination; the queer perspective as an analysis of cultural diversity; controversies in functional diversity; migrations, diaspora, and exile as contemporary conditions; cultural hybridization.

This course discusses the various types of audiovisual media on the internet. Topics include: concepts and challenges posed by internet information and communication technologies-- digital impact on audiovisual media; video, film, and television on the internet; case studies of the creation of apps, web pages, and other audiovisual content.

This course focuses on correctly identifying organized crime to establish the scope of international, European, and Spanish legal instruments designed to fight it. 

This course explores leadership techniques. Topics include: conscious leadership; difference between leadership and management; relationship between conscious leadership and decision-making; emotional intelligence and its relationship to leadership; types of motivation-- intrinsic and extrinsic; working on effectiveness in relationships with others; acting as a leader and a team member; conflict management, decision-making, commitment, and motivation within a team; leading in an organization; relationship between organization and team performance. 

This course is a study of society's current usage of the internet and new multimedia developments. It discusses the information society, cyberactivism and social movements, social media, and new trends in online communication. Topics of study include: the origin of the internet, technological development around the world, digital security, open source material, cyberactivism, internet censorship, hacking, social media and digital communities, search engine optimization, fan phenomena and pop culture, citizen journalism, crowdsourcing, and political propaganda in social media.