Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The course is designed as an introduction to the principal authors and schools of economic thought, starting with the first Greek thinkers and ending with some economists selected from the 20th century. A special emphasis will be placed on situating each author in the context from which emanates their work and the form in which each author links their economic thought with the rest of his or her speculation about man and human society. In that respect, each author’s ethical, philosophical, historical, etc. thoughts will be covered. At the end of the course, the student will have an adequate vision to understand the problems that gave birth to economic theory, which will allow the student to tackle the challenges that face economics and economy in the present day. (UC code: EAE 285A)
ECN380.5 History of Economic Thought
ECN380.4 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Taught in English at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica. This course provides a survey from the perspective of economics of public policy issues regarding the use of natural resources and the management of environomental quality. The first part of the course is an introduction to the principles of environmental and resource economics. The focus then turns to both nonrenewable and renewable natural resources and environmental policy, including local, regional and global problems. The course concludes with a look at sustainability and macroeconomic aspects of environmental policy, including positive political economy. Pre-requisite: introductory economics course. (UC code: AGE305E)
ECN380.3 International Economics
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Course objectives include recognizing, explaining and analyzing key pure theory variables of international economics and the effects of different policies in addition to the fundamentals of monetary theory in the international economy and the effects of different policies. Prerequisites: intermediate micro- and macroeconomics. (UC code: EAE240A)
ECN380.2 Economy and Public Politics I
Estudio de los principales problemas microeconómicos que afectan a los países latinoamericanos. Se incluyen temas como la economía del sector publico, los bienes públicos, las externalidades, la economía del trabajo, la competencia monopolística, la interacción estratégica, la discriminación de precios y la economía de la información. This course covers major microeconomic problems that affect Latin American countries. It includes topics such as the economics of the public sector, public goods and externalities, labor economics, monopolistic competition, strategic interaction, price discrimination, and information economics. (Note: Counts as an SU management major elective.) (FMIN71A Economia y Políticas Publicas I)
BEN280.1 Measurement and Instrumentation
The general measurement system and its components. Statistical analysis of experimental data, uncertainty analysis, various statistical distributions and test of goodness of fit. Engineering instrumentation include types of passive/active transducers, electronics for instrumentation, computer-based data acquisition, and experiments on temperature, force measurements. (MCH 4005)
BDJ380.1 Convergence Journalism
Media convergence is defined as a form of cross-media cooperation, usually involving broadcast, print, photography and internet sites. This new form of journalism requires the journalist to be skilled in more than one discipline: news writing, photojournalism, multimedia journalism, broadcasting, editing, computer assisted journalism, information graphics, blogging, and podcasting. This course will focus on the latest developments in journalism practice, emphasizing the cross-media applications and giving students basic skills to cover stories in a convergent way. For SU/BDJ majors, this course counts as a Newhouse elective. (NMD 3901)
Department: Public Communications
Credits: 3
ART380.1 History of Cinema
Course focuses on those moments in narrative cinema’s development that possess particular relevance from a historical perspective, be it aesthetic, social or economic. From the origins of cinema through the essential moments of the silent film era to “New Hollywood.” (FTV 2915)
APH380.4 Digital Image Processing
This course aims at providing an introduction to digital imaging techniques through the assessment of the differences between conventional and modern methods. Methods of computer-aided image processing explained through computer-based concepts. Use of digital imaging as a tool of self expression. The relation between the pre-shooting and the post processed image. (POV 2521)
ECN380.10 Macroeconomics I
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course analyzes the different components of aggregate expenditure (consumption, investment, public spending and external sector) and aggregate balance. We study the unemployment and labor market performance. Each topic covers both traditional theories and more recent contributions also giving emphasis to empirical evidence and to economic policy conclusions to be drawn. The course objective is that students develop analytical capacity to interpret the data regarding the long-run growth of economies and the behavior of economic aggregates.
(PUC #EAE 220B – Macroeconomía I)
Pre-requisite: Intro to Macroeconomics course
ECN380.1 Political Economy
This course is taught in Spanish at a Chilean university and may not be offered every semester. The aim of this advanced course is to apply basic theories to the analysis of major economic problems in Chile. These are:
- Macroeconomic problems,
- Growth and productivity problems, and
- Income distribution and social problems.
This course encourages debate and critical thinking rather than the mere application of economic theories, shifting the focus away from identifying problems to actively looking for solutions.
Curso avanzado cuyo objetivo es la aplicación de teorías aprendidas con anterioridad en el análisis de los principales problemas económicos de Chile:
- Problemas macroeconómicos,
- Problemas de crecimiento y productividad, y
- Distribución del ingreso y problemas sociales.
El curso esta dirigido a incentivar el debate, análisis critico y la búsqueda de soluciones en lugar de una mera identificación de problemas.
(EAECO500 – Economia Politica)
Course note: Counts as an SU management major elective.