Regular Courses (SP) - Spanish Honors Program

Regular courses in Spanish
UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA (UPF)
UPF12507 Derecho internacional publico
Course topics will be: The regulation of interstate relations. competition between states. Territorial Competition and maritime space. Personal competition and diplomatic protection. Diplomatic and consular information. International protection of collective community interests and international regimes. International Responsibility. The pacification of controversies. Armed conflicts. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11538 Literatura contemporanea
The course focus on the reading of the most relevant texts of the contemporary narrative. It will emphasize the relationship between 20th century narrative and fine arts. The aim of the course is to analyze the contemporary literature through narrative. Modern avantgards will be studied since their beginnigs, paying attention to their role in the destruction of traditional realist literature. Course is organized according to the great topics of traditional novel: linear time, homogeneous space, omniscient author point of view. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11567 Etica y filosofia politica
This subject studies the relationship between ethics and politics through the reading of representative essays of seven twentieth century authors : Karl,Kraus, Antonio Gramsci, Walter Benjamin, Simone Weil, Bertolt Brecht, Hanna Arendt and Primo Levi. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11609 Arte moderno (fin s.XIX)
Course topics: Criteria for a definition of modernity. Realism as a modern project of European art. A singular case: Edouard Manet Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12190 Historia Medieval
This subject studies the evolution of societies, especially Mediterranean and European societies, from the fall of the Roman empire up until the era of the great discoveries. El fil conductor is the analysis of te structure, maturity and decline of the feudal system. Special attention will be paid to social phenomenon of economic, political and cultural dimensions. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11494 Prehistoria e historia antigua
Human origins in Africa and the hunting and gathering economy. The adoption of agriculture and the food production economy and its socio-economic consequences; social differentiation and the appearance of the first prehistoric states: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Meso-America and the Andean area. The appearance of the first European cities: Greece, Etruria and Rome. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF10106 Direccion comercial
Second part of the course Marketing Management I, the present course is focus in the phase prevous to decission taking in marketing. The course propose a global overview on the business markting plan, centering on the basic strategic decissions in order to achive planned targets and its control. In addition, some classes will be focus on mix-marketing (product, prices, distribution and communication policies). Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12230 Teorias del cine
Course topics: What are and what use are Cinema theories? Today's spectator in front of cinematography theories. From the 1920's to the 60's. The 60's and 70's. The 80's and 90's. 5 Cinema theories and film analysis. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12037 Tecnicas de investigacion
The principal objective to pursue by the student in this course is the familiarization of empirical investigation in the social sciences (how to formulate an investigation question and how to translate that question to into a actual working hypothesis). How to work with this hypothesis using various indicators and variables, how to look for empirical data to support the hypothesis. How to produce real social data. And finally, how to analyse the found data through various techniques. The course itself is divided into three parts. In the first part the student with reflect on the logic that her/she will use to undertake social science investigations. In the second part, the student will learn the principal quantative techniques for data analysis. In the third part, the student will study the quantitive techniques of data analysis. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12040 Politica española I
The course is dedicated to the study of existing relationships between society and the primary political actors of the societal system. After looking briefly into the past with its reflection on today's political system (the Second Republic, Franquismo, and the political transitions), basic aspects of the following topics will be debated: political parties, party systems, unions and Spanish elections. A cultural political analysis will also be done in respect to: Spanish electoral behaviour and their participation in elections, basic aspects to understand this relationship in terms of political power and the new state of Spanish democracy. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12047 Politica española II
The course is organizted in two parts. The first one is concern with the development of the Spanish political system, the second one is cenered in the institutional analysis. First part aims are the study of the consolidation of Spanish political system emphasizing conflicts and solutions. The second part aims are the development of analyitical skills on the topic. This part has three different approaches: 1) descriptive, 2) analitical, 3) case study. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF12031 Ciencia politica
This is an introduction to the major issues in Political Science, particularly about the nature and origins of democracy. The course focus on the definition and measurement of representative democracy. Modern democratic regims can be defined better by their differences rather than by the common features. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11795 Filosofia del derecho
This course will study: General traits of analytical philosophy. The social dimension of law. The social reality. Institutional deeds. The Interpretation and application of Law. Conflicts between principles. Some problems on the interpretation of the constitution. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11935 Arte griego
This course will focus on the archictecture and sculpture during the arcaic, classical and hellenisitic periods, paying special attention to the influence of greek art in western arts. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11610 Arte contemporaneo despues de 1945
The moral crisis after the Second World War. The heritage of avantgart reductionism. The success of photography and the new audiovisual media. The multiple insight. The art at the end of 20th century. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
UPF11932 Literatura comparada
The course studies the space that war occupies in modern culture, paying special attention to the way in which the problem of representation of the experience of violence has been dealt with in different media: novels, memoirs, documentary and fiction movies, painting, photographic journalism, comics. Since Homer's Iliad the epic tradition has been linked to the narration of bellical conflicts, and is one of the privileged manifestations of the relation between literature and history. The course objective will be to analyze the relationship between ideology and methods of representation of war, and contrast epic conventions with the replies that events like the Holocaust, the dropping of the atomic bomb, the Spanish civil war, the Vietnam war and the war in Bosnia, generate. Credits: 4 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI BUSINESS SCHOOL
ESCI25 Derecho de empresa
This course of business law hopes to impart the reach of the following objectives: Know and understand which are the essential elements of the definition of law andjudicial norms, with being capable of distinguishing between judicial norms andother norms that can be similar to, for example social and moral norms. Understandthe difference between an imperative norm and a depictive norm, or a norm ofpublic law and one of private law, etc.Know and understand the essential elements of the organization of the world judicialsystem, with the final mean of being able to determine the applicable law in aconcrete case in which two subject states are treated.Identify the application mechanisms of the judicial norm of a concrete case.Distinguish between the different branches of law, with the means of being able todetermine which branch of law regulates a determined conflict.Know the essential elements that distinguish the judicial system of civil law orcommon law.Know the function and essential requisites of the titled values (word of exchange,payment and checks) with the means of being able to choose between the mostadequate instrument of each situation, as well as being able to use the selectedinstrument without making avoidable errors. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI26 Intr. al analisis de datos
Data analysis through statistics. Learn the caracteristics of socio/economic data. Introduce the variable concept. Types of variables and value distribution. The histograma, bar graphs and pie charts. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI27 Macroeconomia
Topics of the course: Macroeconomic questions. Savings and inversion. The State Budget. Social politics. Money. Monetary Politics. Measures of monetary politics. The Job Market. International Economy and International Finances. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI28 Integracion europea
To Learn the international political system of the European Union Understand and analyze social and regional politics of the Economic Union, the Monetary Union and the Political Union Use conceptual and analytical instruments to understand how the European Union functions in regard to its new politics. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI30 Distribucion comercial
Commercial distribution and logistics represents one of the major areas of growth and emphasis in the commercial sector. The objectives of this course are to understand fundamental concepts, quantative models, solutions and administration techniques of the distribution and logistical aspects. In class the essential themes will be developed and then discussed in terms of commercial applications of the knowledge and methods of specific areas of distribution and managerial logistics, with an emphasis on practical cases. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI31 Psicosociologia del consumo
This course hopes to impart information, techniques, experience and knowledge about four specific dimensions that are directly related to the consumer decision making process. The physiological dimension; The group dimension; The socio/cultural and economic dimensions; The influence companies have on commercial activity The final objective of this course is to demonstrate through the analysis of the four dimensions, that there can be derived a better comprehension of consumer behaviour and also allow the detection of the evolution of consumer conduct along with future market tendencies. Different variables that characterize individual and group consumer conduct, specifically the values, life-styles and socio/cultural aspects and how business members interact with the variables will be determined through an applied perspective during the course. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI32 Investigacion de mercados
Show the principle data analysis methods, clssify them and give criteria that allows the data to be usesful to the user.Make the student farmiliar with key concepts of each of the techniques of multivarient analysis, with a look at interpreting the results correctly.Impart on the student knowlegedge that will allow him/her to understand the techniques of analysis, that includes a problem from a concrete case. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI33 Marketing electronico
The course is structured in presented and non-presented sessions, with the objective of establishing a theoretical knowledge base with an application to the real world, specifically to the market which will help the student understand the describe differences of the different modules in the course outline. This course will be completed with the realization of weekly case studies that will be comented on in clase along with two additional required presentation projects. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses
ESCI34 Tecnicas de prevision
Course topics: The importance of preventative techniques in the conjuncture and company analysis. Sign decompostion: elemental procedures. Arima Model: Prediction; Conjuncture reports and Elaboration methods. Credits: 4 Institution: ESCI Business School Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses