Spanish

The Elective Musical Practice Workshop is a practical course focused on the experience of the student in the fields of musical creation and interpretation, recognizing and developing stylistic elements that allow an analytical position and criticism.

In this course, students examine and integrate general biological and ecological concepts of marine mammals (with special emphasis on pinnipeds and cetaceans). Students characterize the different orders of marine mammals worldwide and identify the species present in Chile, identify and characterize adaptations of marine mammals to the aquatic environment, behavioral strategies, as well as the main research methodologies used in Chile. In the area of ​​conservation, the students examine the main current threats to marine mammals in Chile, measures of mitigation, institutions, and regulations related to management and administration, and become familiar with the application of methodological tools in the field of conservation of these species.

This course critically examines aesthetics from a historical perspective, focusing on the theory of both Plato and Aristotle. The course explores topics of aesthetics and form; aesthetics as a historical discipline, and aesthetics as a normative discipline. It then compares and contrasts Platonic aesthetics to Aristotelian poetics.

The course focuses on introducing students to the knowledge and application of key marketing concepts and tools used by organizations. The course emphasizes the consumer and value creation fundamentals of developing marketing strategies and tactics.

The course introduces basic elements of marine botany that allow students to recognize the diversity of algae. Combining lectures, laboratories and field trips, students are exposed to concepts and vocabulary specific to the complexity of this highly diverse group of organisms.

This course translates previous knowledge of syntactic analysis of textual and oral pragmatic applications of discourse in the Spanish language. The class analyzes how grammatical structures used in common speech can receive a distinct communicative function outside of its syntactic or semantic aspect. 

This course offers a historical and panoramic overview of the relationship between music and social and political processes of Latin America from the colonial period until the 19th century, reflecting upon the importance of these musical expressions in considering the possibiitlies of a Latin American identity. 

This is a literature theory course that examines different theoretical approaches to understanding the novel. The class covers expressive theories, mimetic theories, objective theories, and pragmatic theories, introducing students to a wide range of perspectives in literary criticism. Throughout the course, these theories are explored through the close analysis of selected novels, allowing students to apply theoretical concepts to practical readings. 

The course aims to philosophically analyze series and films in order to develop critical thinking in light of their content and the issues they address within the scope of philosophical reflection. Students analyze fragments of representative films or series of pop culture and explain the philosophical aspects of the topics covered in them. Students acquire tools that allow them to analyze, question, and understand the meaning and relevance of the issues addressed in these cultural products.