This course aims to familiarize students with the basic tools of drawing, allowing them to develop the fundamental skills of perception through linear, volumetric and geometric figures that facilitate the understanding of specific studies and exercises, for instance still life and landscape.

ART-1101E

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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This course will accustom students to the use of different tools and techniques of watercolor painting with the aim of developing practical skills in relation to intonation, gradients, contrasts of color, expression of shapes and volumes, representation of light and shadow, textures and artistic composition to develop artistic works using watercolor as a medium. The different criteria and tools needed to allow students to get to know, understand and develop skills for the correct use of watercolor will also be explored

ART-1901E

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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In this course we will learn the basic functions of an ecosystem, biodiversity, climate change, sustainability and conservation of biodiversity in Ecuador. To do this we will start by understanding the basic concepts of ecology in order to understand the patterns of biodiversity. We will talk about the bioregions of Ecuador, the resources available, its threats and climate change. Finally, we will use all this knowledge to understand the importance of sustainability and biodiversity conservation. One of the fundamental bases to guarantee the development of a society is the rational and sustainable use of renewable natural resources. Particularly in a country with such an agricultural, forestry and marine vocation as Ecuador with an enormous biological and ecological diversity. During the course, we will have a field trip where the acquired knowledge will be demonstrated and put into practice. 

ECL-1001

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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Although The Catcher in the Rye is probably the best known of J.D. Salinger’s works, he is also famous for other pieces of short fiction that somehow shed some light on the life of this secretive and elusive author. Franny and Zooey, and Nine Stories bring to life magnificent characters that together with Holden Caulfield form the moral universe of this evanescent author. Through the analysis of selected works, J.D. Salinger: Life and Fiction will establish a parallel between fiction characters and the real life of one of the most intriguing and influential literary legends in 20th century American Literature.

LIT-3085E

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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Although William Faulkner is known for the complexity of his novels about the human condition, his short stories also stand out for their psychological depth, innovative use of language, and portrayal of the American South. Through reading, writing, and discussion, this course will explore how Faulkner, through his short stories set in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, helps us understand a regional culture that transcends the geographical framework of his native South.

LIT-3093E

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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The Golden Age course proposes a journey through two periods of the Spanish Literature: the Renaissance and the Baroque. It covers nearly two centuries of Spanish history from 1500 to 1680, a period in which, through three aesthetic languages: narrative, poetry, and theater, we can discover the ways in which human sensibility dialogued with the political, economic, cultural and aesthetic contexts. In the early sixteenth-century, Spanish literature demonstrated a recognition of the growing power of Spain and the monarchy's strategies to achieve the status of empire. The texts involved in the project of creating a Spanish national literature try to influence and validate the political and religious realities of their time. At the same time, they express anxiety about the heterogeneity within the shifting borders of Spain. National identity and authority of hierarchies seem to depend on a sole center: definitions of femininity and essential masculinity, a doctrine of universal faith, limpieza de sangre and the body of the nation and the logic of a social system founded on blood and lineage. However, throughout the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century, national purity is presented as an impossible ideal, challenged by a multiplicity of peripheral voices expressed and scattered through writing and printing technology. In this course, we will study some examples of narrative, poetry and drama of the Renaissance and Baroque periods that allow us to appreciate, from a literary standpoint.

LIT-3504

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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The Evolution of Jazz is a course which consists mainly of lectures by the teacher and audio recordings of jazz pieces that showcase the genre's different stages throughout history. This course is compulsory for students of contemporary music performance, and it is optional for students of other majors.

MUS-4100E

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Classes are offered on the platform D2L.

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In this course, that is open to undergraduates of all majors, the following topics are explored at an introductory level:

1. the nature, implications, and consequences of human conflict;
2. the main current theories regarding its causes;
3. so-called ‘strategies’, that are the ways in which we humans address conflict (avoidance, confrontation, yielding, management and/or resolution);
4. escalation of conflict;
5. the tendency for escalation to become irreversible;
6. the main processes for de-escalation, management and resolution, including pre-negotiation and direct negotiation between or among the parties;
7. reconciliation between or among parties that were previously in conflict; and
8. various forms of impartial third-party intervention. 

PSI-2000E-1

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This course has the same content as section 2 but it is offered from January to March 2025 instead of March to May 2025.

Classes are offered on the platform D2L. 

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In this course, that is open to undergraduates of all majors, the following topics are explored at an introductory level:

1. the nature, implications, and consequences of human conflict;
2. the main current theories regarding its causes;
3. so-called ‘strategies’, that are the ways in which we humans address conflict (avoidance, confrontation, yielding, management and/or resolution);
4. escalation of conflict;
5. the tendency for escalation to become irreversible;
6. the main processes for de-escalation, management and resolution, including pre-negotiation and direct negotiation between or among the parties;
7. reconciliation between or among parties that were previously in conflict; and
8. various forms of impartial third-party intervention. 

PSI-2000E-2

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This course has the same content as section 1 but it is offered from March to May 2025 instead of January to March 2025.

Classes are offered on the platform D2L. 

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