ECN380.34 Economic Development in Latin America

Taught in Spanish. This course analyzes economic development in Latin America, its structural characteristics, historic roots, recent reforms and current challenges to economic policy. It places emphasis on the application of macroeconomic analysis to real world problems. It uses several case studies from Latin American countries. An important objective of the course is for students to develop the capacity to understand the policy options available to economic authorities and the consequences of these policies. Special attention is placed on economic reforms over the last few decades and those currently in place. Theory is used to help illuminate economic policy options. (PUC #EEAE283)

May also be registered as LAS 380.34.

This course is taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester.

Prereq: This course presupposes a basic knowledge of macroeconomics and international economics.

LAS380.34 Economic Development in Latin America

May also be registered as ECN 380.34.

This course is taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester.

Prereq: This course presupposes a basic knowledge of macroeconomics and international economics.

INB380.3 Intercultural Business Challenges in Latin America

Taught in Spanish at Universidad de Chile and may not be offered every semester. The fundamental goal of this course is to provide an intellectual and experiential forum that examines intercultural challenges of the Latin American business sector and marketplace. Through this course, you’ll

Gain an understanding of the business environment in Latin America and its place in a broader global context,
Learn to identify cultural issues affecting stakeholders doing business in the region, and
Develop an understanding of customs necessary to be a successful future business managers in Latin America.

The course covers Latin America from historical, political, and economic perspectives and cultural differences between countries in Latin America, specifically Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile. You’ll learn to understand and assess key risks for business in Latin America against the background of “globalization” and explain significant aspects of national trade policies of the six biggest economies in Latin America. (UdC #ENNEG317)

LAS380.35 Formation and Development of Latin American Society

Taught in Spanish. This course analyzes the main theories of sociology applied to the processes of modernization and development in Latin America. The course will also discuss and analyze how Chilean society is connected to, and reflects, the processes of social and economic change in Latin America. Our goals are to:

Identify the main sociological interpretations of the processes of development and modernization during the 20th Century in Latin America,
Analyze the main political, economic, social and cultural phenomena in connection with the formation of Chilean and Latin American societies, and
Develop a critical conception of contemporary political events in Chile and their connection with Latin American reality. (PUC #SOL113)

This course is taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester.

MAE280.1 Thermodynamics

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester.

Learn how to use the first and second laws of themodynamics to calculate the work, heat, and efficiency of various systems of engineering: internal combustion engines, refrigerators, and power plants. Syracuse Students: While this course is equivalent to MAE 251 on the main campus, it carries only 3 credits. Discuss with your ECS Study Abroad Advisor how to make up the 1-credit deficiency. (IIQ 1003)

Pre-req: Calculus 3

SPA480.83 Latin American Cinema and Literature

Taught in Spanish. The course is aimed at analyzing the relationship between cinema and literature in the Latin American context. Key objectives include incorporating both literary knowledge and theory of cinema, analyzing how literature is integrated with film and how narrative works of Chile and Latin American are transformed into visual images, and studying literary processes used in cinema. The course will focus on narratological analysis and theory of literary genres, film theory and theory of film genres, and recurring themes and figures in Latin American film and narrative. Students will reflect on the concepts of adaptation/transposition and intertextuality/intermediality. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester. (ESO251D)

SPA480.81 Chilean and Latin American Theater

Explore the significant dramatic works of the different periods in the history of Chilean and Latin American Theater from different critical approaches. Analyze the evolution of theater in Latin America in its wide variety of shapes and trends, from naturalism to postmodernity. (UC #LET107H)

SOC380.5 Sociology of Food

Taught in Spanish. This course aims to study human feeding in the field of Social Sciences. During the course, students will analyze different dimensions of feeding as a sociological phenomenon and its applications areas. The goals of the course are to enable the student to perceive feeding as a social phenomenon, to analyze social problems related to feeding using a critical perspective, and to become familiar with sociological research in feeding.

(PUC #SOL169S)

This class is taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.

INB380.2 Multinational Operations in Emerging Markets: Latin America

Taught in English at the Universidad de Chile and may not be available every semester. Multinationals from the so called emerging markets in Asia and Latin America have been moving up the ranks over the last decades. However, business students hardly know them, as these companies have not made it into cases and examples in business economics textbooks yet. This course aims to fill in this gap by giving an insight into who these multinationals are, how they have managed to come so far and what can be learned from them. (ENNEG 335)

PST380.30 Social Policies in Latin America

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course studies the design, approval process, and evolution of the main social policies in Latin America, as well as the different types of Welfare State that frame them in the Latin American context. The focus of the course will be the relationship between social policies, states, and economic development. In this context, the course analyzes the rise, performance, and retrenchment of several social policy systems in the societies that have embraced capitalism, since the Industrial Revolution until the early 21st Century, and how this process has affected Latin America. The course will highlight the differences and similarities between Latin American and the First World in light of the process described above. The course will devote sessions to theorizing, to historical analysis, and to review of the current debate about the concept of the Welfare State, focusing on the Latin American and Chilean specifics. Meets with LAS 380.30.