Spain

This course explores the history and culture of different areas of the post-colonial English-speaking world. It offers an in-depth study of different films, books, and documentaries from several areas of the English-speaking world and analyzes their cultural context.

This course examines the applications of artificial intelligence, through its various paradigms, in the solution of business-related problems. Topics include: data mining; artificial neuron networks; text mining; web mining; knowledge-based systems; programming languages for AI; ethics and AI.

Prerequisites: Big Data and Business Analytics 

This course offers a study of the grammatical categories and syntactic groups of the Spanish language. It examines syntax of the simple sentence, with special attention to analysis of syntactic structure and functions.

This course provides an introduction to the principals that govern present and future values of cash-flow streams and the net present values of different real and financial investments. It examines financial market functions and the investment decisions that participating agents face, risk and return linked to asset flows, the different types of derivative assets, and risk management. Other topics include: mathematical financial tools; net present value (NPV); characterization of assets and financial portfolios; capital asset pricing model (CAPM); derivatives.

This course examines the foreign relations of Spain. Topics include: Spain's foreign relations-- a complex model of relations whose core is formed by foreign policy; legal and political aspects of Spanish foreign policy-- bodies, powers, preparation, application, and control instruments; Spain's coordination with, autonomy from, and subordination to European foreign policy; key issues on the Spanish foreign agenda; perceptions-- Spain's view of the world and the foreign image of Spain.

This course offers an introduction to world cultural diversity. Topics include: the Arab world; monsoon Asia; the Slavic world; the western world; Latin America; Sub-Saharan Africa; metageographies-- culture, geographic imaginations, and the geopolitics of spatial structures; contemporary sharing of world cultures-- globalization, consumption, and cultural goods/flows; diasporas-- cultural identity across space and the dislocation of geographic realms.

This course provides a study of life and norms in Ancient Rome from different aspects of society. It examines the political organization and sources of law in Ancient Rome; different historical periods and the law systems that existed within each; the structure and dynamics of the family in Rome; religion, work, and free time.

This course provides a study of the history of contemporary artistic movements, from the Enlightenment through the present day. 

This course offers a study of the laws and institutions that regulate European business activity. It examines the historical background of European integration, the issues encountered in EU expansion, and the cultural differences among the European countries. Other topics of study include: managerial and consumer behavior differences, cultural dimension theories of Hofstede and Hall, standardization and adaptation of the Common Market, cultural and linguistic barriers to standardization, the Central Bank of Europe and the Euro zone, and the future of Europe and the EU. Prior course work in business organization is advised.