printer friendly pageOSPSANTG 12S: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish, Part I: Chilean Emphasis
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and sociopolitics of Chile. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: one year of college Spanish, or 11 or 21B if taken more than two quarters prior to arriving in Santiago.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abad, M. (PI)
OSPSANTG 13S: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish, Part II: Chilean Emphasis
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and sociopolitics of Chile. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: 11 or 21B within two quarters of arriving in Santiago, or 12 or 22B.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abad, M. (PI)
OSPSANTG 14: Women Writers of Latin America in the 20th Century
Key figures in poetry, narrative fiction, theater, and testimonio, such as Mistral, Garro, Lispector, Poniatowska, Valenzuela, Eltit and Menchú. Close reading technique. Issues raised in literary texts that reflect the evolution of the condition of women in Latin America during the period. Topics include gender differences and relationships, tradition versus transgression, relationship between changes in the status of women and other egalitarian transformations, and women writers and the configuration of literary canons.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Missana, S. (PI)
OSPSANTG 29: Sustainable Cities: Comparative Transportation Systems in Latin America
Energy and environmental challenges resulting from the growing size and complexity in Latin American cities. Key issues: way in which public authorities deal with the dynamics of urban growth and complexity; related environmental and energy issues, particularly related to different public transportation models. Systemic approach as seen in Curtiba, Bogota, Santiago, and Medellin. Analysis centering on different approaches used to tackle these related issues; different institutional strategies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Correa, G. (PI)
OSPSANTG 30: Short Latin American Fiction of the 20th Century
Introduction to short narrative fiction produced in Latin America during the 20th Century. Key features of the short story genre, as defined by Chekhov in the 19th Century and redefined by Kafka and Borges in the 20th Century. Main literary movements of the period in Latin America, including Regionalism, Social Realism, the Avant-Garde, the Boom of the 1960s and Magical Realism, the Post-Boom, etc. Close reading course with strong emphasis on analysis and discussion of the required texts. Readings placed in the context of the main developments in Latin American history and culture in the period.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Missana, S. (PI)
OSPSANTG 33: Spanish Language Tutorial
Prerequisite: two years of college Spanish or equivalent placement.May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Pons, H. (PI)
;
Rivano, P. (PI)
OSPSANTG 40: Academic Internship
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Jaksic, I. (PI)
OSPSANTG 42: Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis
Independent study offered on topics in Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis. Students may: (a) propose a topic to the instructor who will help craft a reading list and a study guide, (b) learn how to use a commercially available code for mechanical design and analysis, such as ANSYS or SolidWorks, which could be carried out together with a mechanical design project proposed by the student. Weekly meetings; work tailored to student interest.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Lew, A. (PI)
OSPSANTG 43: Structure and Shape: From the Colonial Past to the Present
Considering the architectural remnants of South America¿s colonial past, explore how elegant shapes such as arches, vaults and domes stem from structural considerations, the perfect marriage of beauty and function. Through the ages up to today¿s structures, which in Santiago are designed to withstand strong earthquakes. Basic ideas on strength of materials and structural mechanics. Lectures, hands-on experiments and designs, discussions, and visits to landmark structures.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Lew, A. (PI)
OSPSANTG 51: Topics in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Chile
Students may choose from the following or related topics for independent work: The VC and Start-up Funding Eco-System in Chile; The Experience of "Start-up Chile"; Innovation Within Big Companies; Online Marketplaces in Chile and Latin America; Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Weekly meetings to discuss progress.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Weintraub, G. (PI)
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