Spanish and Latin American Economies (in English) - Summer

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This course is aimed at students with an advanced/superior linguistic level.
Students will learn about the current economic situation in Spain and Latin
America, as well as the cultural, economic, historical, political and social
factors that have shaped the economies of these countries over the last
decades.
The bases of this course are made up of three different areas: main
companies in Spain and Latin America, the basics of the Spanish and Latin
American economy and the lexicon.

CONTENTS
Unit 1. The natural infrastructure of the Spanish economy. Profile of the
Spanish population and its relation to the economy.
Unit 2. The Spanish agricultural and industrial sectors.
Unit 3. The tertiary sector in Spain: tourism
Unit 4: Argentina: features of the Argentinean sectoral economy and its
economic crises.
Unit 5. Brazil: sectoral economy. Chile: economic fundamentals.
Unit 6. Venezuela: Bolivarian and Chavista economy as an economic base.
Unit 7. Mexico: sectoral features and bases of its economy.

METHODOLOGY
All classes follow the integration of skills, student involvement in the 
tasks, group dynamics and pragmatic and socio-cultural value of the 
topics.
Homework and the final presentation should be oriented towards the
integration of the student in the immersion situation in addition to
personal work.

EVALUATION
Attendance at 80% of lessons is mandatory to have the right to be evaluated
FORMATIVE EVALUATION: 50%.
There will be one final examination.
- Final exam: 50%.
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION: 50%.
- Active participation in class, class assignments and activities in the CLM virtual
classroom: 15%
- Final presentation: 35%
The final presentation will consist of an investigation into the economic
structure of one of the Latin American countries not previously analysed in
class