Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course will analyze the diplomatic function, the design of foreign policy and research in the discipline of international relations. This knowledge will be applied to a look at the functioning of the United Nations, evaluating the challenges presented by an increasingly complex international system. Prerequisite: Introduction to international relations course. (UC code: ICP 0304)
IRP380.4 Instruments of Foreign Policy
IRP380.2 Introduction to International Economic Policy
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course studies the economic and political mechanisms that have formed the economic relations of the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on the post-World War II period. Diverse analytical and theoretical perspectives will be examined in light of their value in explaining the development and operation of the international economy and its interaction with national economies. (UC code: ICP0327)
IRP334 Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America (Signature Seminar; Fall, Spring)
This traveling* Signature Seminar features on-site lectures and activities (Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay comprise a typical itinerary) and introduces important political, sociological, and historical issues in the Southern Cone region. This course is taught in Spanish, with optional tutorials offered in English for students who need extra language support. Students who attend English tutorials or complete assignments in English are not eligible for SPA credit.
May also be registered as LAS/SPA 334/HST 406/PSC 428, and may be available for enrollment at the graduate level by petition to the Maxwell School.
This is a required Signature Seminar for all undergraduate students in the Syracuse Santiago program.
* Note that the itinerary is subject to any official travel restrictions issued by local and/or national authorities.
IPA470 International Internship Abroad
Internships (also known as Experience Credit) in various organizations in Santiago may be available to interested and motivated students who are proficient in Spanish. Placements cannot be guaranteed and may not be within your field of study. Interested students should submit the Internship Request Form and resume as part of the application process and speak with their college advisor to find out whether there are any limitations or restrictions on how internship credit counts in their degree. Registration under other subject rubrics is possible.
IND480.1 Design Strategies for Innovation
The creation of places for a new way to look involves taking a certain distance on our daily tasks in order to think about the theory and the process of project development. This fact involves moving to a wide field where new knowledge is generated as a product of interaction of contents and experiences of very diverse origin. This strategic operation allows us to explore and experiment in hybrid zones that are generated in interdisciplinary areas that have already consolidated, and that trigger movements of concepts, as well as confrontations with diverse experiences that allow us to open new spaces for theoretical thinking and project designing. This class focuses on the observation of nature’s morphology to discover the principle of “sufficient minimum” that relates structural efficiency with economy of resources. This principle is of great relevance at present, considering the importance of environmental care and policies of optimization of the use of material and energetic resources. (ECS 2010)
IND380.4 History of Design
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course presents to the student the principal trends that have impacted the evolution of design from the end of the 19th century to today. The principal objective is in promoting analytical thought and relative criticism to the manifestations of design within a historical context. In this course the student will study the practice of design and develop investigation and research skills. Pre-requisite: intro design course. (UC code: DNO 0122)
IND380.3 Quality Control for International Markets 2
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This workshop helps students to develop the ability to design products and services following qualitative international standards. The workshop is divided in sections. Each one following a specific topic, highlighted in the goals of the School of Design. The workshop aims at giving the students all of the tools needed to be successful working with international qualities. Following this format, the students will acquire competencies that will allow them to fulfill the requirements of the productive sectors of the international market. Pre-requisite: prior industrial design course. (UC code: DNO0321)
IND380.2 Quality Control for International Markets 1
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This workshop addresses the theme of “quality” from the point of view of the user. The workshop is divided into sections addressing each of these specific topics of thematic lines and professional profiles covered in the Design School. The objective of this workshop is to address the projection tools associated with friendliness and accessibility. Pre-requisite: previous design courses. (UC code: DNO 0314)
IND380.1 Design and Digital Creation
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course will address the process of creation in project design through the use of specific software and computer operated machines and tools. Our goal is to have the students learn the use of digital technology in interaction with traditional tools, thus ensuring an advanced level in their capacities of creating forms at the modeling level, prototyping and manufacturing. (UC code: DNO 016)
HST424 Dictatorships, Human Rights and Historical Memory in Chile and the Southern Cone
This course is taught in Spanish, with optional tutorials offered in English for students who need extra language support. Students who attend English tutorials or complete assignments in English are not eligible for SPA credit.
This course focuses on the military coup of 1973 and the systematic implementation of violence and fear as an effective method of control over society and as a formula for stability during the military government of Augusto Pinochet. Within this context, marked by the pain and suffering of certain sectors of Chilean society, this course aims to study this time period and evaluate its significances and contributions to the configuration of social, political and economic aspects of Chile today, highlighting the role of U.S. foreign policy in the installation of the Pinochet government as well as the U.S. role in the issue of human rights in Chile. Includes site visits to a former public prison for political detainees and other historical memory sites and institutions in Santiago (these visits are scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays).
Cross-listed with IRP/LAS/PSC/SPA 424/PAI 624. Additional work is required of graduate students who register at the 600-level.
Prereq: SPA 202 or equivalent
Counts as an IDEA course requirement for Syracuse students.