HOM380.2 Musical Performance: Process and Results

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This is a theoretical and practical course that through concepts and direct observations, analyzes the process of construction of a musical interpretative proposal, according to the written tradition and different styles in the context of historic parameters. The goal is to understand and value the final product achieved by a musical interpreter. The course includes critical reading, concerts attendance, and interactive discussions with well-known interpreters.

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to

To identify and describe the basic elements or musical language in order to understand its formulation (from the composer’s perspective) and its reformulation (in the experience of the ).
Develop an appreciative critical judgment of, and strengthen your aesthetic sensitivity to, the interpretation of a musical work.
Observe and explain the path of the interpretative construction from the visual language of the music sheet to the auditory experience, revealing the interpreter as a co-creator of the piece.

(PUC #MUC872)

SPA380.15 Health Sociology

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course examines the contributions of Sociology to the study of health. The main goal of this class is to introduce the students to the main theoretical and empirical frameworks that examine how diverse social factors affect human health in interrelated ways.

Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1) Identify and describe current social research trends and perspectives in the field of health.

2) Recognize and identify different types of data and main statistical indicators regarding the health of a population.

3) Recognize and critically evaluate the influence of social, environmental, and biological conditions on the health outcomes of a population.

(PUC #SOL142)

IST380.1 Urban Hacking: From Smart Cities to Smart Citizens

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. The course aims to build a local theoretical-practical framework associated with Smart Cities that supports a critical position and sharpens observation in our urban, social, and environmental surroundings. Students successfully completing the course will develop analytical skills to understand the notion of objects and/ or intelligent environments, as well as project skills for the intervention of local spaces.

Experimental sensors (urban hacking) will be designed and implemented to allow the measurement of variables through the use of hardware and software that allow the operation of microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators.

The main goals of the course are the construction of a conceptual framework associated with local problems, and to design and implement an experimental device capable of interacting with the socio-urban environment. Specifically, students will be able to:

Understand the theoretical foundations of the Digital Cities paradigm.
Identify and formulate local problems associated with the socio-urban.
Develop hermeneutic prototypes with the ability to interact with the local environment.
Program software and hardware that allow the operation of sensors and actuators.

Design and manufacture prototypes of data visualization (out of phase), social debates, and interventions (in real time).

(PUC #IDN0062)

ECN380.19 Economic Experiences

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course provides a general overview of world economic development since the the industrial revolution up through the twenty-first century. It examines a series of regional development cases with the object of compiling a comparison of experiences using modern economic theory as the analytical frame. Students successfully completing the course will be able to:

Analyze world economic development as a means of understanding the current situation.
Describe different experiences of economic development, considering the context, international events, and institutional characteristics that shape these experiences.
Describe and comment knowledgeably on results of recent research in specific development cases.

(PUC #EAE286A)

PSC380.32 Human Rights in Latin America

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course examines the challenges of promoting human rights in Latin America, focusing on the most important analytical and empirical debates since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, First, we will discuss the most relevant theoretical frameworks for understanding human rights, placing them in the historical context of the construction of international human rights regimes. Next, we will review the experience of Latin American countries with authoritarian regimes and human rights abuses during the period of what is called “state terrorism.” Transitional justice policies in democratization processes will also be analyzed. During the last part of the course, we will analyze the current challenges to human rights in the region, especially in relation to security and violent conflicts. We will discuss questions such as:

What is the nature of human rights abuses in Latin America?
How have countries in the region responded to past abuses?
What is the role of NGOs and regional and international institutions in promoting human rights?
What are the challenges of promoting human rights protection in Chile today?

(PUC #ICP0345)

SPA380.13 Spanish Semantics

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. In this course, students reflect on the scientific nature of semantics. Students will become proficient at distinguishing lexical, sentence, textual, and discursive meanings as objects of study. In this way, students will become familiar with formal models of the classes of semantic meaning.

Students who successfully complete the course will be able to

Demonstrate a reflective and objective attitude towards the science of language.
Identify and analyze the different levels of linguistic meaning.
Apply the acquired concepts to phenomenon analysis of meaning.
Correctly apply the metalanguage implied by semantic theories.

(PUC #LET1023)

GEO380.21 Risks and Natural Disasters

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course examines the factors that make up natural hazards and how to reduce disaster risk. You will analyze the origins of natural threats, the vulnerabilities of human settlements, and the reasons for the occurrence of disasters, capturing lessons learned and deepening understanding of planning and land use measures, mitigation, and early warning systems. Goals for the course include:

Know the theoretical foundations of the study of risks and natural disasters.
Understand the importance of disaster risk reduction.
Analyze extreme natural events and their interaction with vulnerable human settlements.
Know techniques for natural risk assessment.

(PUC #GEO404)

WGS380.2 History of Gender in Chile

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course examines the history of gender in Chile from the colonial period to the present. By approaching this history using gender as a category of analysis, the course will grapple with how women’s and men’s roles in Chilean society were socially constructed and influenced other social relationships. Following Joan W. Scott’s model, we will investigate how gender shapes politics and politics shapes gender. We will focus on how gender has shaped historical processes such as formation of the state and construction of citizenship, culture, and daily life, and investigate how gender intersects with sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class. The main objective of the course is that students learn how to articulate how gender as a mode of analysis offering unique perspectives that often challenge prevalent historical narratives and chronologies.

(PUC #IHI2323)

PSC380.28 Global Governance, Origins, Characteristics and Challenges

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. Global governance is a key issue on the international agenda. It refers to efforts to respond collectively to problems that affect peace, security and development worldwide through the establishment of international institutions. This course aims to provide conceptual and analytical tools to understand the characteristics of multilateral institutions within the framework of which states and non-state actors negotiate global governance initiatives. The thematic axes throughout the course will be the conflict between North and South, the ability of international organizations to promote cooperation between states, the impact of non-state actors (companies, networks of experts, civil society) on global governance and the role of emerging powers (China, India and Brazil) in multilateral institutions. Against this background, we will seek to outline what the future of global governance is.

For matriculated Syracuse Political Science majors, this course counts toward the International Politics concentration.

For matriculated Syracuse International Relations majors, this course counts toward the International Law and Organizations topic concentration.

(PUC #ICP0344)

Course restriction: Syracuse students may not take both this course and PSC 353 (International Organization) on Main Campus for major credit.

SPA380.12 Pre-Columbian Art

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. In this course, you will analyze the processes related to the appearance and development of different visual manifestations in Pre-Columbian Continental America. We will examine pre-Columbian art of the Andes (Chavín, Olmeca, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, and Inca cultures) and of Mesoamerica (Maya), as well as how pre-Columbian art has influenced contemporary artists. As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:

Distinguish various artistic forms of pre-Hispanic Continental America in its cultural-historical context,
Evaluate pre-Columbian art through the analysis of its material production,
Analyze critically or discuss possible interpretations of pre-Columbian art, and
Analyze the projections of these manifestations in some works of later Western art.

(PUC #ARO105T)