ECN336 Healthcare in Europe: A Comparative Approach (Fall, Spring)

ECN336 Healthcare in Europe: A Comparative Approach (Fall, Spring)

A fierce academic, social, political, and economic debate is raging about how healthcare systems should be organized. Policy experts want to learn from international best practices and apply ideas at home that have worked effectively elsewhere. This course will give you a firsthand understanding of how healthcare systems function throughout the world. We will study systems in the European countries, and compare and contrast them with the US model, examining each from economic, financial, and national and local public policy perspectives.

We’ll link our findings with theories and empirical evidence to assess which of the healthcare systems are better from the point of view of efficiency and equity. Economic principles will be used to demonstrate why healthcare reforms may reach or fall short of the governments’ stated goals. We’ll analyze in depth the concept of universality, short- and long-term challenges, successful and unsuccessful health policies, and why many systems are unsustainable—and then develop possible solutions.

Meets with PSC 436.

Prereq: ECN 101 or ECN 203, or equivalent background in microeconomics

GEO380.21 Risks and Natural Disasters

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course examines the factors that make up natural hazards and how to reduce disaster risk. You will analyze the origins of natural threats, the vulnerabilities of human settlements, and the reasons for the occurrence of disasters, capturing lessons learned and deepening understanding of planning and land use measures, mitigation, and early warning systems. Goals for the course include:

  • Know the theoretical foundations of the study of risks and natural disasters.
  • Understand the importance of disaster risk reduction.
  • Analyze extreme natural events and their interaction with vulnerable human settlements.
  • Know techniques for natural risk assessment.

(PUC #GEO404)

WGS380.2 History of Gender in Chile

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course examines the history of gender in Chile from the colonial period to the present. By approaching this history using gender as a category of analysis, the course will grapple with how women’s and men’s roles in Chilean society were socially constructed and influenced other social relationships. Following Joan W. Scott’s model, we will investigate how gender shapes politics and politics shapes gender. We will focus on how gender has shaped historical processes such as formation of the state and construction of citizenship, culture, and daily life, and investigate how gender intersects with sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class. The main objective of the course is that students learn how to articulate how gender as a mode of analysis offering unique perspectives that often challenge prevalent historical narratives and chronologies.

(PUC #IHI2323)

PSC380.28 Global Governance, Origins, Characteristics and Challenges

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. Global governance is a key issue on the international agenda. It refers to efforts to respond collectively to problems that affect peace, security and development worldwide through the establishment of international institutions. This course aims to provide conceptual and analytical tools to understand the characteristics of multilateral institutions within the framework of which states and non-state actors negotiate global governance initiatives. The thematic axes throughout the course will be the conflict between North and South, the ability of international organizations to promote cooperation between states, the impact of non-state actors (companies, networks of experts, civil society) on global governance and the role of emerging powers (China, India and Brazil) in multilateral institutions. Against this background, we will seek to outline what the future of global governance is.

For matriculated Syracuse Political Science majors, this course counts toward the International Politics concentration.

For matriculated Syracuse International Relations majors, this course counts toward the International Law and Organizations topic concentration.

(PUC #ICP0344)

Course restriction: Syracuse students may not take both this course and PSC 353 (International Organization) on Main Campus for major credit.

SPA380.12 Pre-Columbian Art

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. In this course, you will analyze the processes related to the appearance and development of different visual manifestations in Pre-Columbian Continental America. We will examine pre-Columbian art of the Andes (Chavín, Olmeca, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, and Inca cultures) and of Mesoamerica (Maya), as well as how pre-Columbian art has influenced contemporary artists. As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish various artistic forms of pre-Hispanic Continental America in its cultural-historical context,
  • Evaluate pre-Columbian art through the analysis of its material production,
  • Analyze critically or discuss possible interpretations of pre-Columbian art, and
  • Analyze the projections of these manifestations in some works of later Western art.

(PUC #ARO105T)

HOA380.12 Pre-Columbian Art

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. In this course, you will analyze the processes related to the appearance and development of different visual manifestations in Pre-Columbian Continental America. We will examine pre-Columbian art of the Andes (Chavín, Olmeca, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, and Inca cultures) and of Mesoamerica (Maya), as well as how pre-Columbian art has influenced contemporary artists. As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish various artistic forms of pre-Hispanic Continental America in its cultural-historical context,
  • Evaluate pre-Columbian art through the analysis of its material production,
  • Analyze critically or discuss possible interpretations of pre-Columbian art, and
  • Analyze the projections of these manifestations in some works of later Western art.

(PUC #ARO105T)

SPA380.11 Pre-Hispanic Myths and Voices

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. In this course, you’ll develop competency in critical reading of pre-Hispanic texts: Mesoamerican songs and myths (Toltec-Aztec and Mayan) of the Nahuatl, Mayan-Quechua, and Maya-Yucatecan cultures; and of the Andean region (Inkanato). In accordance with this objective, you’ll study a body of pre-Hispanic texts transcribed in the Colony, as well as a set of critical texts (philological, historiographic and literary-cultural criticism). On the basis of these materials, you’ll engage in textual analysis (recognition of rhetorical and poetic codifications) and in the reconstruction of the cultural fabric of pre-Hispanic societies (orality/multimedia/writing; translation; myth/memory). Based on expository classes and classroom work, we contrast the main issues and problems raised by these texts with the contexts in which they took place and with their validity or obsolescence in today’s world.

(PUC #LET306E)

PST380.3 Economics of Energy and Climate Change

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. The issues of energy and climate change have received significant attention in Chile in recent years. This attention is due to international factors, such as fluctuations in commodity prices and global climate change policy agreements, as well as national factors arising from the vulnerable energy supply of recent years due to the cuts in Chile’s natural gas supply. In this course, you’ll

  • Examine the role of the economy in energy policy and in climate change policy, covering the global and national aspects,
  • Discuss concepts such as energy market economics, as well as energy supply security, economics of climate change, efficiency, externalities and policymaking instruments,
  • Analyze issues such as intertemporal decisions, uncertainty, supply costs, mitigation, and adaptation, as well as problems with international cooperation, based on the application of general economic principles, and
  • Address policy initiatives under discussion.

(PUC #EAE215A)

Prereq: An intro to microeconomics course or the equivalent

ECN380.18 Chilean Economy in the 21st Century

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. The purpose of this course is to familiarize you with key aspects of Chile’s economy. You will learn about the country’s institutions and historical development as well as distinctive aspects compared to other countries. You also will analyze the main challenges that the country is facing in order to continue to move towards reducing income gaps with developed nations and within Chilean society.

Your goals in the course will be to

  1. Study and understand the key aspects of Chile’s economy.
  2. Understand methodologies and approaches that allow students to analyze contemporary issues related to Chilean economics and society.
  3. Analyze critical issues related to the country’s perspectives for development and their discussion.

(PUC #EAE207A)