SPA480.85 Overview of the Chilean Novel

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course presents a panoramic presentation of the Chilean novel, with special attention to cultural implications of national identity, considering the relationship between nation, literature, and (post-)modernity.

You will become acquainted with the most important Chilean novels of the 20th century that make up the “canon” and review the interpretations over time. We’ll also revisit some novels that are not canonical because of their current relevance in light of this century’s social and cultural issues, and we’ll discuss recent novels for their aesthetic novelty.

(PUC LET247E)

SPA480.84 Introduction to Chilean Art

This course is taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. In this course, students will identify some of the milestones of artistic production in Chile from the mid-19th century to the first decade of the 21st century. Through an analysis of works and authors, students will critically examine the evolution of Chilean art. They will learn about transformations in the art world (primarily national, but also international) that brought about the rise of contemporary visual arts. This course will enable students to:

Understand the diverse changes that have occurred in the development of the arts since the mid-19th century to date
Identify the works of modern and contemporary Chilean artists in relation to their local and international historical context.
Identify the discourses associated with artistic production in different periods of art history in Chile.
Develop a capacity for analysis and interpretation of diverse works, based on the proposal of their authors and their social, historical and cultural context.

(PUC #AR0115T)

GEO180.1 General Human Geography

Taught in Spanish. This course introduces students to the different areas of study of Human Geography, emphasizing in knowledge and value of elements and factors that explain human activity as a modifier agent of the earth surface in its economic, political, social and cultural dimensions. The primary goals of the course are to to understand the main theoretical contributions to explain the relationship of human beings with their surroundings and spatial organization of society, and to determine the main social, political and economic problems of the contemporary world in its spatial dimension.

Students will develop an understanding of the different factors of spatial organization of societies, will come to know and understand some research methods and analysis tools for the study of the space used by the human being, and be able to analyze the interaction between human and space from different theoretical
perspectives and paradigms.

(PUC #GEO103)

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

ECN380.15 Economy and Evaluation of Social Policies

Taught in Spanish. This course teaches the strengths and weaknesses of the main methods used to measure the impact of social policies. How are the lives of the poor? Why do they remain in poverty? Is there room for social policies in the struggle to overcome poverty? These questions will be examined through a review based on economic theory of the life of the poor and an analysis of scientific studies. Students’ goals are to:

Understand aspects that affect decision-making in homes living in poverty and restrictions that may affect them, and determine whether there is room for ameliorative policies.
Identify different empirical methodologies and instruments to study economic and social problems in the homes and lives of people living in poverty.
Analyze and interpret a set of empirical studies on social and economic interventions and phenomena in the developing world.

(PUC #EAE262B)

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

Prereq: Micro-economics, and Statistical Inference.

ECN380.16 Economy and Game Theory

Taught in Spanish. The objective of the course is to promote a formal introduction to the theory of non-cooperative games and their applications. It also aims to provide a brief approach to other topics related to the theory of games, such as cooperative games and market design. In general, the theory of games is understood as the study of multi-person decision-making, i.e., the analysis of situations in which individual benefits do not depend solely on an individual
decision but rather on the decisions made by everyone. It focuses primarily on the study of conflicts, cooperation and communication. Applications can be found in areas as diverse as economics, business, law, biology, computer science, etc. This course presents the basic theoretical tools for the analysis of games, and, to enable learning by example, it involves the development of applications, primarily in economics, political science and business.

(PUC #EAE209E)

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

FIN380.2 Accounting and Decision Making

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be offered every semester. This course provides students with tools and criteria to support the decision-making process, with a special emphasis on the assessment and analysis of accounting data, considering a practical approach. Students taking this course will:

Study how to process accounting data to transform it into a useful tool from the perspective of decision-making processes.
Understand the economic value of data and its structure.
Understand and apply the concept of economic value to a company.
Apply the principal tools for economic valuation, as well as the basis behind these tools.
Understand and analyze the effect of inflation on accounting and the value of the company.
Value the company’s different assets and liabilities, from an economic-financial perspective.

(PUC #EAA213A)

Prereq: Accounting II, and Probabilities and Statistics.

PSC380.21 History of International Relations Since 1815

Taught in Spanish. This course analyzes the evolution of relationships of power in the international system during the last two centuries. It starts in 1815, when the Vienna Congress closes the period of revolutionary convulsion and re-orders Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, and ends with the second Iraq war. The primary goals are for the student to:

To know the history of international relations in the last two centuries, to understand the process that took to the current configuration of the international system.
To analyze the evolution of the relationships among countries and regions, in order to acquire knowledge about the forms of current structuration of the international system and the trajectory of the nations and actors that form it.
To understand the elements of power that explain the ascent and decline of world powers, as well as the crisis periods that take to a re-composition of the balances of power and the disputes for the hegemony in the international system.
To understand the historical and political points of view those allow complex explanations for the relationships of power among countries and regions of the planet.

(PUC #ICP0303)

May also be registered as HST 380.21.

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

Registration restriction: SU students may not receive credit for both this course and PSC 124.

HST380.21 History of International Relations Since 1815

To know the history of international relations in the last two centuries, to understand the process that took to the current configuration of the international system.
To analyze the evolution of the relationships among countries and regions, in order to acquire knowledge about the forms of current structuration of the international system and the trajectory of the nations and actors that form it.
To understand the elements of power that explain the ascent and decline of world powers, as well as the crisis periods that take to a re-composition of the balances of power and the disputes for the hegemony in the international system.
To understand the historical and political points of view those allow complex explanations for the relationships of power among countries and regions of the planet.

(PUC #ICP0303)

May also be registered as PSC 380.21.

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

Registration restriction: SU students may not receive credit for both this course and PSC 124.

HST380.14 Contemporary Chilean History

Taught in Spanish. This course approaches to the main processes that had shaped the political history of Chile during the 20th Century, considering the economic and social transformations lived by the country after the Pacific War and the occupation of Araucania, as well as the cultural and political environment
of Continental America and the contemporary world. At the same time, this course will try to understand and present the trajectory of society and the State between the decades of 1900 and 1990 in its multidimensional intersection with global processes of which it takes part and contributes to set up, emphasizing in this way the close imbrication among national, regional and worldwide phenomena in contemporary history.

Its main goals are to provide an understanding of historical complex processes as the ones lived in Chile through 20th Century, about which exist diverse and even contradictory interpretations, to develop the capacity of critical reading of the work of historians and other scholars referring to this period, and to analyze different primary sources. (PUC #IHI0214)

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

BIO380.4 Microbiology (U Católica)

Taught in Spanish. This course delves into the study of microorganisms including bacteriology, virology, mycology, and immunology. It studies the host-parasite relationship as a fundamental element in the understanding of pathological processes related to work in the field. Its main objectives are to provide the student with a basicv understanding of:

Morphology and physiology of prokaryotic microorganisms,
Mycology and virology,
Animal immune response, and
Pathogenic microorganisms and the pathogen–host relationship.

(PUC #BIO145G)

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

Prereq: Fundamental organic chemistry.

Registration restriction: SU students may not earn credit for both this course and BIO 409, General Microbiology.