Spanish

The course introduces modern web application development from an engineering perspective, emphasizing model-driven design and best practices. Students learn to model data and hypertext, apply client- and server-side technologies, and implement systems using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. Topics include testing, security, deployment, and SEO. Through practical projects, students develop the skills to design, build, and document professional web solutions.

Prior experience with programming knowledge, web technologies, and software engineering fundamentals is recommended.

This course examines the material remains of medieval and post-medieval societies through archaeological evidence, focusing on how these vestiges contribute to our understanding of historical processes. It emphasizes the management, conservation, and communication of post-classical heritage and explores archaeology’s role in current historical debates.

The course explores in-depth agile software development, covering not just how to use frameworks like Scrum, but why agile software works. Students practice managing real-world software projects that need to adapt quickly to change, while keeping the team focused on delivering value to users.  This course offers hands-on experience with agile tools, frameworks, and programming environments that support fast, flexible, and iterative development. 

Students are expected to have prior experience with software design, development, and testing.

This course focuses on the framework and practice of collective bargaining in Spain including how collective agreements are formed, their legal basis, and their role in regulating working conditions. It examines negotiation processes, conflict resolution methods, and key issues such as equality, labor rights, and the balance between workers’ and employers’ interests. 

Pre-requisites: Trade Union Law 

The course provides theoretical and practical training in the informal or colloquial register of Spanish. While written texts are considered, the primary focus is on spoken conversation as the core form of colloquial language. This course applies theoretical concepts to real-life language samples for hands-on analysis.

This course offers a historical and thematic journey through European literature of the 16th to 20th centuries with a focus on Spanish works. It explores key literary movements from Humanism to Modernism, and how themes such as autonomy, realism, conflict, and social commitment have shaped modern writing. This course focuses on female writers and female representation, combining close reading with class discussion and critical analysis. 

Pre-requisites: C1 level of Spanish 

The course explores major movements and artists from Neoclassicism to contemporary art, including Impressionism, avant-garde, postwar trends, and current artistic languages. Students analyze artworks, understand historical contexts, and use diverse sources—including digital tools—for research and interpretation.

This course strengthens the four language skills to effectively use Spanish as a means of communication. Students interact in complex communicative situations, distinguishing between different linguistic registers, and deepen their understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity of each Spanish-speaking country. This course is at the C2 level.

This course studies the relationship between states and social movements in Latin America. First, it provides an overview of Latin America at the beginning of the 21st century, with some of the strong political changes that mark the first decades of the century. It then talks more specifically about the political intermediaries that were multiplied or imposed within the framework of these changes, before studying further precisely some of the most important mobilizations of the period contemporary such as feminist mobilizations, indigenous peoples, or against megaprojects. Thus, it considers the different forms and repertoires that these movements use to oppose the public policies of their governments. The multiplicity of these forms provide an overview of the actions of protest in the American subcontinent to the most contemporary period.

This course analyzes the elements that comprise the spatial organization of past societies. It examines the complex interrelationship between the natural and cultural aspects of the territory within its historical context. This course focuses on the material remains or archaeological record of different societies and, from their geographical coordinates, the spatial behaviors of those historical societies. It explores the socioeconomic impact of the cultural landscape, especially in its role as a tourist attraction.