-Description and analysis of the main written, audiovisual and digital media, and their theoretical models.-Analysis and interpretation of the media throughout history in the universal domain.-Analysis and interpretation of the function of the media in the contemporary world.-Description, analysis and interpretation of the representations of the present that the media offer.-Analysis of different informative and interpretative models, national as well as international -cutting edge genres: literary report, photojournalism, the audiovisual documentary. The language of advertising, internet and personal blogs.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
2second semester |
-Description and analysis of the concept of communication in its totality.-Description, analysis and interpretation of the concepts of modernity / postmodernity, high culture / mass culture, identity / globalization, credibility / truth, reality /fiction -Models of mass culture: printed press, cinema, radio, popular music, comic, art, commerce and kitsch.-Description, analysis and interpretation of the representations of the present that the media offer.-Crisis of the utopias: the desacralisation of the romantic myths, postcolonialism and the decentralization of culture, the question gender identity in the era of globalization.-New means and new theories: trash culture, the new teenage culture, the culture of new technologies.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
Helps students to understand the geographical reality of the European continent, with a particular focus on the countries of the European Union, and taking into account the geopolitical changes and productive transformations that have affected it in the 20th century and which mark its evolution in the 21st century.Content: The concept "Europe"; The physical framework; Ethnic and cultural diversity; The construction of the European political space and the process of constructing the European Union; The population: evolution, dynamics, current structure and the migratory phenomena; The spaciality of economic processes: new trends in rural landscapes, changes in industrial activities and the rise of the service industry; The structuring of the territory: the transport network, the Europe of cities and regional imbalances.The role of Europe in the world.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
Presents the main elements of Europe's natural heritage.Analyses the interrelations among the main environmental aspects and European society, with a particular focus on the environmental policies promoted by the European Union and the problems that affect the landscapes of Europe.Content: Economic activity and air pollution; The rivers of Europe; The forests of Europe; Protecting nature; The European mountains: a meeting space; waste management and other environmental problems.Environmental policies of the European Union.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
2second semester |
This subject forms part of the initial credits and its aim is to serve as an introduction to cinematography as a means of expression, focusing on its origins and the development and evolution of the classic model, particularly classic Hollywood cinema.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
This subject introduces students to the complex concept of Cultural Heritage.Within a broad definition of culture, Heritage establishes the relationship with memory and identity in the territory in which it is foundIn this way the relationship with Natural Heritage is established.The city and the historical-artistic Heritage is the second major subject covered.Artistic Historical Heritage legislation constitutes the framework which governs Heritage related activities and their organisation.Cultural policies around Heritage will establish the objectives and strategies for intervention in Cultural Heritage.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
2second semester |
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: 1.Problems specific to the anthropological question.2.Genesis, development and current state of the basic problems of Philosophical Anthropology.3.Reading and commentary of representative texts.ETHICS.Study of the work of the main classical authors of ethics and introduction to the main current debates.1.Introduction to the theory of ethics.Ethics and morality2.Biological and anthropological bases of moralityConscience and moral development.3.Historical characterization of the main ethical models: theological, deontological and axiology.4.The problem of values: concept and types.5.Theory, principles and models in applied ethics and ethics of citizenship.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
2second semester |
Study of the work of the main classical authors of ethics and introduction to the main current debates.1.Introduction to the theory of ethics.Ethics and morality2.Biological and anthropological bases of moralityConscience and moral development.3.Historical characterization of the main ethical models: theological, deontological and axiology.4.The problem of values: concept and types.5.Theory, principles and models in applied ethics and ethics of citizenship.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
The construction and the application of the grammatical rules of Catalan.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
This subject presents the most conflictive questions of Spanish normative grammar with regard to orthography, morphology, syntax and style.Likewise the main divergences between rule and use are explained and resources will be offered to fill in any potential gaps in this field that students may have.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
This module aims to act as a systematic introduction to the history of the present-day world by analysing the large political, economic and social processes which, starting in 1945, occurred during the second half of the last century and first decade of the 21st.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
Introduction to the construction of identities, memory, and cultural heritage in the present and changing world.
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Bbasic |
6.00 |
A |
1first semester |
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1first semester |