Spanish

This course explores the nature of law, the origin and history of lawmaking, and the relationship between law and the common good. It analyzes texts from important philosophers including Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, and more. 

This course offers a study of concepts related to series scriptwriting including: story line, synopsis, narrative approach, and dialogue writing. It also discusses the importance of a pilot episode. Other topics include: series episode structure; differences between a feature film script and a series episode script; tv genres; pitching a series.

This course examines the conceptual foundations of criminal law science, in particular the emergence of criminal law and the features that distinguish it from the general field of law. It considers what makes up criminal law and technical issues related to the field, the definition of crime from a legal aspect, the elements that comprise what it is and the principle systems that relate to it. Other topics covered include elements of a crime that support personal criminal liability; punishability; doctrinal systems related to crime.

This course analyzes the theory of constitutional law, the fundamental concepts contained in a constitution-- in particular the Mexican constitution. It discusses federalism, its development in Mexico, and its distinction from other forms of government. Topics include: society, state, and law; concept and location of constitutional law; concept of a constitution; classification of constitutions; ideological aspects of constitutional law; constitutional power; constitutional supremacy; constitutional reform; human rights; forms of state; federation as a form of state; past forms of government in Mexico; evolution of Mexican constitutional law.

Using a comparative perspective, this course explores the different foreign policy strategies and approaches that Latin American countries use to integrate in a globalized world. It examines the processes of integration, cooperation, and security between countries in the region. The course analyzes the difference in foreign policy approaches, specifically political, economic, and social processes that have occurred in Latin American countries since the 1980s. Other topics include the relationship of Latin America with world powers.

This course explores the applications of thermodynamics to analyze industrial processes. It focuses on thermodynamic models in the simulation and optimization of processes and selection of operating conditions to improve the performance of those processes. Course topics and discussion rely heavily on case studies.

This course analyzes language from diverse perspectives (biological, cognitive, social, and cultural) and discusses its fundamental questions, such as its evolution, variation, acquisition, and relationship with other semiotic systems. 

This course provides a study of cinema from a sociological perspective. It examines different film genres and challenges related to film representation. Themes, films, and topics may vary by semester and instructor.

This course explores the essential elements of electoral law that regulates the election of government officials. It analyzes the Mexican electoral system including electoral zones, registration procedures, state financing, voter registration, candidacies, political parties, propaganda, vote counting, and electoral observation.

The course provides students with specialised knowledge of language, literature, film and society in Spain or Latin America. It contains an independent thematic study in the area of Spanish-speaking culture. The course provides further practice in oral and written proficiency.