Spain

This course covers practical leadership and negotiation techniques to maximize effectiveness and contribution in the workplace setting. It emphasizes strategic management skills to effectively manage teams, team-working capacity, and problem-solving abilities. The course also covers different types of negotiations, basic bargaining skills, and strategies for mutual gain.

The course provides students interested in the field of foreign language teaching various resources to make English-language instruction for young learners (students aged 3-12) more dynamic while remaining adapted to 21st century competencies. Topics covered include: historical overview of teaching methods and approaches; teaching integrating skills; the role of culture in foreign language classrooms; folklore and children's literature as learning resources; challenges in teaching digital natives; drama techniques as a resource for learning English; ICT resources for teachers.

This course explores the scientific basis for understanding energy management, both at global and local scales. It discusses the energy resources available worldwide, how we consume energy today, and the pros, cons, and limitations of each form of energy production. This course examines the criteria that should drive energy management and energy transition at a global scale, as well as the current geopolitical and economic scenarios that impact this process.

This course offers a study of Spanish politics. It examines the nature and functioning of the Spanish democratic system from late 1970s to today. Other topics include: the Second Republic, Civil War, Franco dictatorship, and Spanish transition to democracy.

This course offers a general overview of nanoscience and nanotechnology and their social, economic, and ethical implications. It discusses the main application fields of nanomaterials and how their introduction into a myriad of products is changing and shaping our lives. Other topics include: consumer perception towards nanotechnology-based products; the main investment areas in nanotechnology at the worldwide level; associated risks, ethical issues, and misconceptions.

This course analyzes the rights linked to European citizenship as well as for those residing in the EU territory. It explores case law developed by the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as the tools available for civil society to participate in the policies and decision-making processes in the EU. It focuses on the means of communication that EU citizens and residents have before the institutions of the European Union for expressing their opinion, practical needs and concerns.

This practical course offers an advanced study of programming skills and knowledge. It focuses on structured programming (with C) and object-oriented programming (with Java and Python). Assessment is based on developing two games: one in Java and the other in Python.

This course provides an introduction to company finances. It examines the different financial elements necessary to determine company value, and the manner in which to use the financial structure to increase the value taking into account the overall risk. NOTE: Students are expected to have completed Financial Economics.

This course presents the fundamental concepts of the theory of learning, emphasizing experimental methodologies, the design of experiments, and the interpretation of results. It begins with an exploration of the characteristics of learning and the methodology used in research. Other topics include unconditioned behavior, habituation and sensitization, Pavlovian excitatory conditioning, stimulatory relations, instrumental conditioning, reinforcement programs and election behavior, reinforcement theories, stimulatory control of behavior, avoidance, punishment, and memory.

The course introduces students to the core concepts of applied linguistics - history, origin, and scope. It explores how linguistic knowledge can be used to understand and address real-world language and communication issues.  Students will examine language processing, language disorders, and multilingualism from cognitive, social, and educational perspectives. The course also focuses on identifying contemporary language-related social problems, analyzing their causes, and proposing interdisciplinary solutions.