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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.

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.

Prerequisite: two years of college Spanish or equivalent placement.May be repeated for credit.

May be repeated for credit.

Comparative dialogue regarding a variety of perspectives from Chicano/a and LatinAmerican literary studies. Examine autobiographies, fiction, and cultural productions from writers such as Roberto Bolaño (2666), Yuri Herrera (Señales que precederán al fin del mundo), Gloria Anzaldúa (Borderlands/La Frontera), Sara Uribe (Antígona González), Américo Paredes (The Hammon and the Beans), Sandra Cisneros (La casa en Mango), and Helena Viramontes ("The Cariboo Café"). Also focus on the Chilean dictatorship novel Nocturna de Chile by Roberto Bolaño and the Dominican dictatorship novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.

Formal organizations are ubiquitous in contemporary societies, such as firms, schools, hospitals, and government agencies. They educate us, manage our financial accounts and structure our daily routines, and they distribute resources, status, and opportunities among social groups. This course introduces dimensions and aspects of formal organizations and basic concepts and theoretical logics for analyzing them. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted to understand organizational phenomena, with special attention to complementary perspectives drawn from economics, psychology, and sociology. Organization research literature and specific cases, especially those in a comparative perspective, are used to illustrate the applications of the analytic models and concepts in the real world of organizations.

The course, taught in Spanish and welcoming of speakers intermediate and above, will be an exploration into the phenomenology of the 1973 Chilean coup and its aftermath. How has this event been experienced, constructed, and passed on? We will examine literary, artistic, and media representations to understand its layered, diffracted, haunting presence in Chilean politics and daily life across distinct periods: 1973-1989 (return to democracy); 1989-2006 (death of Pinochet); 2006-2019 (widespread protests); 2019-present (constitutional reform movement and fiftieth anniversary). Authors include Diamela Eltit, Willy Thays, Alejandro Zambra, Michael Lazzara, Pedro Lemebel, Patricio Guzmán, and Nona Fernández. With local guests and extracurricular activities available. Primary language: Spanish

This mandatory course (2 units) provides students with essential elements to understand the history, politics, and culture of modern Chile. In addition to readings, there will be discussions of films and literature. Field trips will include visits to the General Cemetery, the Museum of Memory, Pablo Neruda's house in Isla Negra, and street art from Barrio Yungay. Field trips to Cerro San Cristobal to explore conservation issues will also be included.

This course aims to provide an overview of the relationship between public policies, sexual and reproductive health, gender and social determinants of health within the framework of people's rights in Chile, a country has only recently taken on the issues. Projects include group projects, reading controls and a final paper.nInstructor: Claudia Dides