Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The purpose of this course is to examine and understand the evolution of the political institutions and their effects on the economy. Accordingly, we divide the course into three parts. First, we will examine the debates and the basic theories in order to understand and analyze problems in political economy. Then, we will study how institutions (political, economic, domestic) affect the type of economic development of a country. Finally, we will look at economic policy through an analysis of sectors, examining for example poverty and industrialization, the environment, education, and health systems. (UC code: ICP 5702)
PAI680.1 Political Economy
PAI624 Dictatorships, Human Rights and Historical Memory in Chile and the Southern Cone (Fall, Spring)
Please note that additional work is required of graduate students who register at the 600-level. 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 HST/IRP/LAS/PSC/SPA 424.
Prereq: SPA 202 or equivalent
NSD280.1 Food and Nutrition (Alimentación y Nutrición Saludable)
Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. This course analyzes and discusses the factors influencing food and nutrition in order to encourage students to value the importance of incorporating healthy diet as part of their lifestyle. In this course, students get an overview of the importance of nutritional status, acquire the necessary elements to assess nutritional status and determine a balanced diet in a healthy population, and analyze a nutritional problem that could be investigated. SU students may not take this course and NSD 225. (ENF405)
MTC380.1 Introduction to Electroacoustic Music
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This is a theoretical and practical course that aims at introducing the student both to the techniques of composition of electro-acoustic music and its diverse aesthetic aspects, like the early use of certain tools that will serve the composer. Both aspects are implementation-oriented aspects of composition projects (UC code: MUC 740)
MGT380.4 Human Behavior in Organizations – Comportamiento humano en las organizaciones
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course gives students a general knowledge of psychology, the main approaches and key concepts that allow them an understanding of individual basic psychological processes that can then be applied to the organizational level. (EAA104A)
Course restriction: Not open to SU students with a major, dual-major, or minor in management; other SU Whitman majors and minors may enroll.
MGT380.3 Human Resources Management (Gestion de Recursos Humanos I)
Taught in Spanish at the Universidad de Chile and may not be available every semester. This course is intended to ensure that the student is able to evaluate the role of people management in the design and implementation of the strategy of an organization, from the approach to organizations and reviewing conceptual models, empirical evidence and intervention tools available in the literature on human resource management and business management. (MAN 300)
MGT380.2 Psychology of Organizations
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Course objectives include: to know and understand the basic principles of the formation and operation of organizations; to understand the behavior of humans in organizations at different levels: individual, group and organizational; to identify the basic psychosocial and socio-dynamic processes of the organization and its influence on human behavior; to understand the conceptual elements from the personal experience of participation in .organizations and working groups; and to discuss and explore ways of ethical approach to the phenomena of organizational behavior. Pre-requisite: prior study in psychology. (UC code: PSL 422)
MGT380.1 Business Ethics
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Course objectives include to develop basic assumptions in moral matters, based on the classical principles of Aristotelian-Thomistic ethics, which permit us to address ethical issues inherent in the business world; to explore different points of view on actual ethical issues from the experience of various business professionals; and to familiarize students with ethical evaluations, applied to the development and analysis of case studies specific to business ethics. (UC code: EAD206A)
MAT380.1 Calculus II (Calculo II)
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica. This course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of differential and integral calculus in several variables and ordinary differential equations and to enable students to calculate partial derivative and multiple integrals and solve simple differential equations. SU students may substitute for MAT 397. Pre-req: prior calculus course. (UC code: MAT 1519).
MAT280.2 Business Calculus
Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of defining and creating graphics of real-valued functions including calculating limits of functions and sequences, calculating derivatives of functions, determining maximum and minimums and analyzing, as well as graphics of functions. SU students may not earn credit for both this course and MAT 285. (MAT 210E)