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This course explores fundamental concepts and theories for the sociological study of religions, paying particular attention to the classic authors (Weber, Durkheim and Marx) and current debates. It analyzes religious phenomena in their different social and historical manifestations, the interaction of religions with politics, the economy, culture, social changes, and conflicts, and contemporary socio-religious dynamics.

This course explores the main changes resulting from the development of contemporary sociological theory. It identifies the primary authors and trends that contributed to the development of contemporary sociological theory. Topics include: functionalism; the Frankfurt school; symbolic interactionism; phenomenology and ethnomethodology; methodological individualism; new modernity; postmodernity.

This political philosophy course offers a study of the basic concepts related to the ethical and legal foundation of society including justice, freedom, security, wealth, property, authority, human rights, forms of government, electoral laws, democratic institutions, etc. It covers political philosophy from Ancient Greece to Marx.

This introductory course explores the most important aspects of Islam as a religious and cultural tradition, with special emphasis on the formative period. In addition to studying the sources of Islam, it also focuses on the emergence and development of its main rituals and doctrines.  

This course reviews the fundamental theories associated with the spaciality of rural areas.  The class focuses on the pressing issues faced by people within rural areas, especially farmers within Mexico and Latin America.  It also covers a detailed explanation of how agricultural markets function in terms of productivity and values.  Last, the course evaluates the impacts of industrialization and technological advancements of agricultural economies.

This course reviews and analyzes the main historical processes that shaped the United States from the Puritan Reformation that preceded the establishment of the 13 English colonies on the Atlantic coast until the Civil War (1861-1865).

The class first covers the historical-social process of capitalism through a geographic perspective by explaining the different theories of political economy and its critics, mainly Marx.  The course begins with the physiocrats, then to the mercantiles, and classical political economic theories.  The course covers feudal societies, class antagonisms, creation of port cities, and centralization of markets and power within cities.  It also addresses the hierarchical dynamics of capitalism on a global scale and changes in use value and exchange value as a result of higher quality of life.  

This course assesses private International law; its various theories, its sources, its methods, and techniques. The course addresses the problems of applying different provisions to the same legal relationship between people of different nationalities;  the solutions provided by immediately applicable rules and regulations; materials; the traditional conflict system, model laws, and uniform law. By the end of the course, students are expected to identify factual situations and adopt a decision based on law, acting in a loyal, diligent and transparent manner in the defense of the interests of the people they represent.

This course examines classical and current debates in the discipline, through both theoretical and empirical scholarship. The class begins with a chronicle of the valorization of work over time and the development of capitalism, before covering the changes in the workforce with the onset of neoliberalism worldwide. Other topics covered include gender discrimination, unions, and relations between workers and employers, with a specific focus on Mexico.

This course provides a critical approach to the contemporary debate between three sub- disciplines dedicated to the study of the intellectual production of Latin America: the history of ideas, intellectual history, and decolonial studies. This course identifies, analyzes, and discusses the origins, theoretical-methodological foundations, discrepancies, and challenges of these three currents with a view to glimpsing possible routes for their own research projects.