National Autonomous University of Mexico

This class analyzes the historical background of metal enameling as well as the basic techniques and procedures of enameling on iron to identify their influence in contemporary processes of this discipline. 

This course provides a study of the behavior patterns, attitudes, interests, values, beliefs, conflicts and other cultural aspects of human groups in different social situations. It focuses on the historical context of the development of social psychology and also examines key concepts at both the micro and macro scales of group dynamics: behavior, attitude, role development, and the psychological condition of both an individual and a group. The course also considers the problems and challenges of contemporary social psychology.

This course analyzes and experiments with the theoretical-practical foundations of screen printing and its qualities as an element of expression.  It offers a study of experimentation in design in order to develop a series of design and visual communication projects under the parameters of this multiple reproduction system.

This course analyzes contemporary Mexican avant-garde literature, with an emphasis on the genre of poetry, considering literature as a product of the social and political conditions of the country. The course identifies formal and ideological characteristics of Mexican literary texts, recognizing the multiple poetics of the processes of rupture and tradition.

This course explores literary criticism and theory in Latin America and the theoretical foundations and critical and methodological contributions proposed for the study of Latin American literature. Topics include: Latin American literature in the 19th century and the problem of the formation of literature-- originality, independence, and nation; the professionalization of critical practice-- between tradition and modernity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and originality and dependence; theory and criticism of the testimony genre-- the problem of genres in literary theory, forms and types of testimony, subject and voices in testimony, and fiction in testimony.