News
2 January 2024
Registration time of courses at the UDP is approaching and in that context we call on students to learn about the offer that will be available this semester that allows you to internationalize your resume! The General Directorate of International Relations and the Department of General Studies will once again offer an offer of 5 courses that will be taught in English on different topics. Through these courses we seek to promote the development of applied linguistic competence in disciplinary areas, giving space for students to practice their language knowledge in academic contexts.
To encourage and incentivize students to take these courses, we have provided the following incentives and facilitators:
Classes will be taught in English, however, 100% use of this language is not an exclusive requirement, given that the greatest importance is given to learning content. Therefore, the teachers who teach these courses will have flexibility in allowing different dynamics regarding the use of the language, according to the needs and abilities of the students. During the semester the demand and level of use of English will increase.
There will be support available from a teaching assistant in English to resolve doubts, queries and provide support with questions about the language element of the course.
If students finish the course with at least a minimum grade of 4.0, they will be given an additional score of 0.5 to recognize the additional effort and challenge involved in participating in courses in another language.
All these subjects do not require prior knowledge in their subjects or disciplinary areas, however, we do recommend having a minimum level of English to be able to participate, where the ideal is that you have completed English III, or that you can understand, for example, movies and series in English or have a conversation about a topic of interest.
Get motivated to globalize your career at the UDP and you will see the benefits when looking for work in the future, having practiced and applied your English in disciplinary environments.
Why take these subjects?
You will be able to meet students from other parts of the world, since these subjects are part of the course offerings taken by exchange students who visit the UDP.
You will be able to put your language knowledge into practice and lose your fear before, for example, daring to apply for an exchange in a country where knowledge of English is required.
Learn about topics that are of international relevance, which will add to having a global perspective to analyze topics of work interest.
Have fun! The teachers of these subjects are selected people with a CV with many relevant experiences and knowledge that will allow them to open their horizons. They seek to generate a common learning environment where ideas and experiences can be exchanged and there is interaction in the classroom based on respect and empathy.
How to sign up? The registration of these branches is done by registering general branches electronically between January 8 and 12, 2024.
All of these courses have 5 credits. Learn about the offer in detail below:
(ES) Professor Guillermo Ramírez (Chile) has an MBA from Cambridge University and Masters in Economics & Public Policy. Over 15 years of practical business experience in a broad range of strategic leadership roles, managing commercial and technical teams with multiple stakeholders within dynamic matrix structures such as BHP (Mining Industry).
In this course, the student will learn about the characteristics of the biggest multilatinas, how they have built their domestic and international competitive advantage, and they will identify which are the challenges and innovations to achieve the sustainability of their superior economic performance. Themes that will be touched upon are: How do multilatinas create competitive advantage? Driving forces behind business development in Latin America, Internationalization strategies, Innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin America.
This subject is taught in the first and second semester each year.
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The course program is designed to provide students with the tools to understand and analyze the concept of Sustainable Development (SD) and the environmental, social and economic effects it has in governments’ agendas. The role of International Organizations and how different countries engage on this subject. In the last part of the course, students will be encouraged to apply the theory to specific Case Studies.
This subject is taught in the first and second semester each year.
(ES) Alejandro Rossi (Chile) has a PhD from UC Davis in Spanish on Designated Emphasis and Human Rights Studies, as well as expertise in the field of Native American Studies. He has an extended experience as peer reviewer, received several fellowships, grants, presenting papers at conferences on indigenous topics from diverse perspectives from Chile and other countries.
The course’s main objective is to read and analyze seminal works by authors from indigenous communities in Chile and the Americas to reflect on the colonization process and the imposition of the values of Modernity on the indigenous populations and territories that we inhabit today in the Hemisphere. We aim to recognize and value the worldviews of a range of Indigenous Communities (Mapuche, Quechua, Mayan, Zapatism, Mohawk, Anishinaabe, among others), with the intention of enriching and expanding our own perspectives about the world. To do this, we will specifically problematize the ideas of class, race, gender, and territory in order to comprehensively understand the diverse worldviews that meet and dispute in our 21st-century global societies.
This subject is taught in the first and second semester each year.
(ES) Scarlet Elgueta (Chile), Astronomer with PhD from The University of Tokyo, Japan, with a strong focus on spectroscopic observations, particularly of variables in the infrared bands. She is a scientist with a strong need to share/exchange knowledge with different people from diverse backgrounds to teach them about the universe in a practical and every day, hands-on way.
This course will help you defining reality requires the acknowledgement of the most inherent dimensions. We sense the passage of time by observing the movement of the sun up in the sky, providing us the notion of day and night. Such natural (and obvious) observations imply the realization of the basic three “units” that describe what we have been observing throughout the history of humanity. Those units are: Mass, in this simple case, the Sun that moves a certain distance (Length) in Time (a day). This lecture aims to review the methods that astronomers and other scientists have used to estimate distances in the Universe. From the very unimaginable quantum lengths to the immeasurable edge of our observable Universe. Allowing the student to reach a full realization of our place in the Universe, and understand how, from our very tiny spot, we’ve been able to reach extremely accurate measurements employing the scientific method. NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE NEEDED!
This subject is taught in the first semester each year.
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This is an introductory course that provides students with an understanding of a wide range of US and Latin American feminist issues. The course offers an overview of ideas, discussions
and recent debates concerning feminism and women’s social mobilizations from the Alaska to Patagonia. We will investigate contemporary feminist thoughts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical orientations. We will also think through the ways in which sex/gender, sexual desire and the body intersect with race, class, and the nation by looking at the US as well as selected countries in Latin America.
This subject is taught in the second semester each year.
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