Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The course is organized into three specific sections. The first section consists of a review of the main theoretical approaches and topics that provided guidlines for, and continue to influence, policital analysis in the region from a long-term perspective. The second section will focus on national case studies with differing characteristics, developmental models and institutional evolutions. Finally, the third section will analyze transversal contemporary problems in Latin American democracies. (UC code: ICP0114)
PSC380.10 Political Processes in Latin America
PSC380.1 International Organizations (Organizaciones Internacionales)
This course explores the nature, characteristics, and functions of various international organizations, intergovernmental and nongovernmental. It reviews theories and concepts used to study international organizations. Topics include: the impact of international organizations on life around the globe, the role and impact of international organizations within the larger context of world politics; and the theoretical debate about structure versus agency. The course uses case studies to better understand the operations, decision-making processes, and characteristics of international organization according to their area of focus: security, commerce, finance, international development, and humanitarian aid. El curso explora la naturaleza, las características y las funciones de varias organizaciones internacionales–intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales. Se repasan teorías y conceptos usados para estudiar las organizaciones internacionales. Los temas incluyen: el impacto de las organizaciones internacionales en la vida alrededor del mundo, el papel e impacto de dichas organizaciones dentro del amplio contexto de la política mundial, y el debate teórico entre lestructura y agencia. El curso usa estudios de casos específicos para un mejor entendimiento de las operaciones, los procesos de decisión, y las características de las organizaciones internacionales de acuerdo con su área de interés: seguridad, comercio, finanzas, desarrollo internacional y ayuda humanitaria. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.
PSC180.1 Introduction to International Relations
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course has been designed to explain the origin and role of the United Nations, as well as all of the organizations and commissions connected with the U.N. as a way to familiarize students with the countries, complexities, goals and topics related to the concept of international relations. The course reviews the most classic approaches to IR, including those linked with war, conflicts and the different sources of power. Includes an in-depth study of the most recent theories and trends in the field of IR studies, such as international economic relations and environmental agreements. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and PSC 124. (ICP 0301)
PRT280.1 Printmaking I
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. From a practical, theoretical and investigative perspective, the student will develop the capacity to manage basic concepts associated with the processes that goes into making a print. (UC code: ART 0331)
POR180.1 Introductory Portugese
Taught in Spanish at the Universidad de Chile and may not be offered every semester. This course will present assignments that allow students to acquire and develop effective communication in beginning Portuguese language and, simultaneously, to play an active role in cultural interaction with one another. With these objectives in mind and adopting a comparative perspective, the Portuguese language operation will be explained, in particular its grammar and structure. The growing autonomy of the student is considered fundamental in the process of learning the Portuguese language and culture.
PED280.1 Men’s Basketball I
This course provides basic technical fundamentals, tactical principles and rules of basketball. (DPT5202)
PAI680.9 International Negotiation
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the theoretical and practical negotiation techniques most frequently utilized in individual and collective negotiation. Additionally, this course will make students conscious of different possible scenarios and prepare them for unexpected circumstances. The training will be comprehensive in order to deal with the world that is consistently more interconnected and interdependent, and it will address national and international aspects in both public and private sectors. (UC code: ICP 5458)
PAI680.8 Qualitative Research Methods and Skills
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the current developments in methodology and qualitative techniques, through a review of the qualitative hypothesis and the aspects of this hypothesis that are most pertinent and most used in political science research. By means of this review, the intended goals are: (I) to provide the student with a theoretical and a practical knowledge in order to devise qualitative research designs that are relevant to the problems, objects and fields of study of the different areas of political science; and (II) to offer the student the available qualitative research methods and skills for the implementation of the previously mentioned research designs. (UC code: ICP5297-ICP0503)
PAI680.7 Project Management
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The course addresses aspects related to the design and management of social programs and projects, giving special attention to their formulation in terms of the Logical Framework Approach as well as to the management of the processes related to the implementation. The focus is on the identification of initial problems as well as the selection ex-ante of alternatives, considering a multi criteria analysis. The analysis of the process of management considers the critical factors that emerge from the interaction of the social and political actors involved in the policies, programs, and projects. (UC code: ICP5701)
PAI680.6 Parliamentary Roles and Advising
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course examines, from both theoretical and applied perspectives, the current operation of the National Congress in Santiago. In this framework, different tools are presented, discussed, and analyzed in order to study parliamentary function and in order to develop a knowledge of the task of advising. (UC code: ICP5194)