Spanish

This course provides a general overview of indigenous groups during the Postclassic period, prior to the first Hispanic expeditions in the territory.  The course offers a series of basic methodological and monographic tools for the study of the Indigenous past, which is considered the foundation of Mexican History. The course aims to provide a general overview of the Epiclassical period, and the Postclassic in Mesoamerica; provide the tools and basic concepts for the study of ancient México, and to bring one closer closer to the documentary corpus written during the New Spain period, through which Mesoamerican cultures can be studied.

This course explores the main Mexican philosophical currents, as well as the problems they have attempted to solve, through the study and exposition of the controversies in which prominent Mexican philosophers have expressed their ideas, from the ancient indigenous peoples to the present day (focusing on humanistic, political, and scientific thought).  

The course covers the following topics: Nahuatl philosophy; Mayan philosophy; the invention of America and the conquest; the Valladolid controversy; controversy about Potestas or Dominus and political philosophy; controversy about identity and modernity; controversy about natualista; controversies of the 21st century (independent discourse); controversies regarding the best way to teach (positivism, liberalism and anarchism; Philosophy of Mexico to Mexican Philosophy (the "feeling of inferiority" and its history); Zea Villoro controversy (about the best way to do philosophy), and Canadian multiculturalism versus Mexican intercultural philosophy.
 

This course aims to read, understand and interpret poetry and prose from the so-called "colonial" period in regions where a way of life and expression was imposed on native societies and communities by viceroyalties. In addition, the very notions of "conquest" and "colonization" are discussed from the perspective of Latin American studies, focusing on the political, social and cultural processes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries and their impact on the communities and peoples that experienced colonial violence and subordination. 

This course evaluates the theoretical proposals that emerged from Saussure's structural linguistics and influence of Trubetzkoy's phonology, familiarizing one with the paradigm shift in the social and human sciences introduced by French Structuralism. The course also explores the semiotics of culture and its implications for literary studies, providing opportunities to reflect on the reading process, literary criticism and reception. Last, the course recognizes the impact of race, class, and gender on the reading experience. 

This course focuses on the idea of the public image in general, not exclusively to political matters. The course involves participants to analyze the public image of any brand, persona, celebrity, politician, etc. Throughout the course, participants research, construct, reconstruct, or analyze their public image and present their findings to the class. This course emphasizes the importance of public image and how it influences the way in which the world perceives them.

This course examines ideas, concepts, traditions, and authors that shaped critical thinking in Latin America during the twentieth century, in close relation to the socio-political and economic processes of the region.

This course explores the history of medieval Europe from the 5th to 15th centuries. Topics include: the Middle Ages in European history; from disintegration of the ancient world to Germanic invasions; barbarian Europe; the Byzantine Empire and origins of Islamic civilization; the Carolingian Empire; second invasions and the Holy Roman Empire; feudal society and expansions from the 11th to 13th centuries; universalist aspirations-- papacy and empire; from feudal monarchies to sovereign states; from the crisis of medieval society to the origins of the modern world.

This course offers an introduction to the problems, concepts, and methods of logic. Topics include: the object of logic; truth and demonstration; basic concepts of set theory; syntax; semantics; interpretation; truth; formalization; logical truth; equivalence; consequence.

Topics in this course include: conceptual and historical introduction to the evaluation of programs and organizations; purposes and main sources of evaluation; basics of evaluation-- phases, methodology, advantages/limitations, and uses; stakeholders, areas, and levels of evaluation; epistemology and major evaluation approaches; types of evaluation according to different criteria. 

This course focuses on basic teaching skills to design, implement, and evaluate educational projects in art education. Topics include: safety, hygiene, and good practices; mechanisms for learning, understanding, and transmission of artistic and cultural values and criteria; teaching of visual arts in different education settings; curricular design; application of different teaching methods; curriculum of artistic education.