Latin American Business Environment (5 cr)

Code: SPA4LE203-3005

Basic information of implementation

Enrollment
02.01.2023 - 13.01.2023
Enrolment for the implementation has ended.
Timing
16.01.2023 - 19.05.2023
Implementation has ended.
ECTS Credits
5 cr
Campus
Pasila Campus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
15 - 40
Degree programmes
MUBBA Degree Programme for Multilingual Management Assistants
SEBBA Degree Programme in Business Service Solutions and Languages
Teachers
Pedro Beltran
Groups
LS4C
LS4C Sihko 4. työkausi
LE6B
LE6B MuBBa 6. työkausi
CONTACT
Contact implementation
LE4B
LE4B
EXCH
EXCH Exchange students
LS6C
Assin 6. työkausi
Course
SPA4LE203

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The schedule is announced in Moodle.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

The options that are appropriate for the course:
Contact lessons Individual, pair and team assignments
Independent studies
The assessment of one’s own learning 1 h

Alternative ways to complete the course: one alternative available to students is that they complete all of the coursework and take the final exam, without attending the actual contact hours.

Materials

Vásquez, Germán & Marínez Díaz, Nelson 2009. Historia de América Latina. SGEL, Madrid.
Masoliver, Joaquín & Vidales, Carlos 2009. América Latina. Samfundslitteratur. Gylling.
Ángeles Albert, Maria & Ardanaz, Francisco 2009. Hispanoamérica, ayer y hoy: historia y arte, demografía, economía, instituciones, tradiciones. SGEL. Madrid.
Newspapers in Spanish on line: El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, Cambio16, El Clarín,? El Mercurio.

Teaching methods and instruction

The course objective is to understand the special characteristics of Latin America and Spain: differences in geography, history, and social and economic life.

The course is divided to two parts:
1) Latin America's and Spain’s history, society and current affairs
2) Spanish Newspaper Texts: distinctive features and style of Spanish newspapers and preparations of reviews and summaries relating to these.

During the course the student seeks information through various media regarding the relations between Spain and Latin America.

The contents of the course are:
•history, society, economy and current situation of Latin America and Spain
•free Trade Agreements with Latin America: NAFTA, Mercosur, etc.
•the specific characteristics of the Hispanic press: style, features and journalistic criticism.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

The information will be in Moodle

Internationality

The students’ group is international.

Learning assignments

The options that are appropriate for the course:
Contact lessons Individual, pair and team assignments
Independent studies
The assessment of one’s own learning 1 h

Alternative ways to complete the course: one alternative available to students is that they complete all of the coursework and take the final exam, without attending the actual contact hours.

Assessment methods

Two written exams.
Distance assignments.
One compulsory oral presentation -PowerPoint and text- (in the 1st part) .

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