Classes begin for the second semester of the Master's Degree in North American Studies at Instituto Franklin-UAH
On February 6th, classes began for the second semester of the Master's Degree in North American Studies at the Instituto Franklin-UAH. The Master is taught jointly by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the Universidad de Alcalá, with the first term taking place at the Faculty of Philology of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the second term at the historical campus of the Universidad de Alcalá.
During this second term, students will take the subjects “The Hispanic Heritage (‘La Hispanidad’) in the US”, taught by José Antonio Gurpegui, Director of the Instituto Franklin-UAH, and Carlos Hernández-Echeverría, journalist and Adjunct Professor at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid; “Institutions and Organizations: Meaning and Function,” given by Julio Cañero, Vice-President of International Relations at the Universidad de Alcalá, and Cristina Crespo, collaborating researcher at the Instituto Franklin-UAH; “American Natural Heritage and Environmentalism: History, Policy, Science, Thought, and Culture,” given by Enrique Alonso, State Counselor and Certified Environmental Manager at Bentley College (USA); “Multiculturalism: Ethnic American Cultural Expressions”, given by Luisa Juárez, Associate Professor at the Universidad de Alcalá; and “The Exported America: The Social History of Americanization in the World,” given by Francisco Sáez de Adana, Professor at the Universidad de Alcalá, and Pedro Rodríguez, Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE.
The objective of the program is to qualify the student as an expert on the culture, politics and society of the United States, within an interdisciplinary framework around Humanities, Political, Economic, Social and Historical Sciences. The master's degree is aimed at any graduate or undergraduate student from any part of the world and discipline with a high level of English, and with a future research and academic projection. This master's degree is taught entirely in English, so it is compulsory for students to have level C1 of the CEFR.
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