Spanish

This course examines literature from the Spanish Golden Age with an emphasis on the playwrights and plays that originated during this time. Topics include theory and dramatic scenery in the 16th and 17th century; drama genres of the Renaissance; the theater of Miguel de Cervantes; Lope de Vega's New Comedy; Calderon de la Barca; the birth of the Baroque feast; myths of classical Spanish theater. 

This course offers an introduction to mobile computing and the development of mobile applications. Students test the environment and components of mobile computing systems and build applications for smart clients.

This course provides a study of Latin American films from the late nineteenth century to the present day and reflects on various political, social, and cultural scenarios of the countries in which these films are set. It critically analyzes the thematic and formal proposals of the films, as well as the aesthetic concepts used in the visual imagery associated with Latin America. The course examines the common problems and historical moments that were projected through film in silent cinema, new cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, and finally, in contemporary works.

The course offers a theoretical and practical introduction to translation and translation studies. It discusses seminal theorists on the topic of translation including Jakobson, Benjamin, Schleiermacher, and Tymoczko. This course examines key translation concepts such as fidelity, loyalty, equivalence, and types of translation. 

This course offers an introduction to the basic concepts of programming and to solving mathematical and statistical problems.

This course seeks to develop verbal and written skills at the advanced level. By the end of the course, students will be able to communicate freely with native speakers. Textual analysis and formal academic writing are required. Various aspects of Chilean culture are also examined. * Units reduced to correspond with UC quarter units for comparable course work.

This course offers an overview of Spanish-language literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, including peninsular and Latin American literature. Topics include: post-Renaissance and Baroque literature; Spanish Golden Age theater; Conceptism and Gongorism; the essay genre; the epistolary genre and social criticism; the fabulist genre in the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism; the dramatic genre.