Spain

This course examines the functional and locational changes of economic activities in the new context of the global economy. It discusses the role of territories (countries and regions) as main actors in the recent dynamics of economic activities. Topics include: the global, regional, and local scales of economic dynamics; scenarios of the new economy and their meaning; policies and instruments for the promotion and management of economic activities in the territory.

This course provides a study of cultural anthropology: the anthropological definition of culture, approaches to the study of society from a cultural perspective, and ethnographic methods for cultural studies. Other topics covered include: conventions of social order, rituals, and myths; schools of contemporary anthropology from a cultural perspective; relationship between ethnomethodology and cultural studies; anthropological analysis of micro-rituals as a cultural analysis of daily life; case studies as a method for cultural studies.

This course examines major issues related to new topics in Spanish media. It is divided into two parts. Part one focuses on the representation of Spain through both traditional and new media. The second part explores how fiction, whether on television, cinema, or social media, is capable of describing in detail the reality of Spain.

This course offers a study of thermodynamics. Topics include: zeroth law; concept of temperature; first law-- internal energy and heat; second law-- entropy; thermodynamic potentials, stability, and equilibrium; open systems, phase changes, and critical points; third law.