Spanish

The course explores the concepts of lifetime, intersectionality, and ethno-gerontology in the creation of interventions that contribute to psychosocial well-being and overall health in old age. It discusses the contributions and implications of those three concepts in the design and implementation of psychosocial interventions for the elderly. 

This course offers an introduction to the historical and cultural processes of the Caribbean from the Lithic Age to the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Topics include: introduction to Insular Caribbean Studies; the Antillean insular environment and it's population; periodization of the pre-Hispanic Insular Caribbean; daily life and Antillean material culture; Antillean mythology and worldview; first contact with Europeans.

This course discusses some of the most representative and foundational texts of the narrative genre from the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, as well as several lesser-known authors who were marginalized within the canon during the boom in Latin American literature. Topics include: the Latin American short narrative of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; an overview of the Latin American short novel-- from the late 1920s to the 1950s; the tensions of the canon and the boom (1950s and 1960s). 

This course analyzes the main contemporary art manifestations in their various forms of expression. It focuses on their origin, evolution and meaning, and plastic and stylistic values within their historical and social contexts.