Universität Wien

110036 SE Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish (2023S)

Sociedad y naturaleza en Latinoamérica

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 11 - Romanistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Voraussetzungen lt Studienplan:
BA: Absolvierung der Grund- und Erweiterungsmodule (Pflichtmodule); Absolvierung des Sprachkurses der Stufe 3 dringend empfohlen
Lehramt: StEOP; Absolvierung der Module Sprach-, Literatur-, Medien- und Landeswissenschaft; Absolvierung des Sprachkurses der Stufe 3 dringend empfohlen
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: Spanish

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 28.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 18.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 09.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 16.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 23.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 06.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Tuesday 27.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Society and nature in Latin America
Is development confronted with nature conservation?, Development, for whom?
Are we really living through a man-made climate change?
These and other questions will be addressed in the course dealing with environmental issues at the regional level.
The working method includes lectures, group discussions and the presentation of the results obtained by the participants.

Assessment and permitted materials

Continuous assessment.
writing two written papers (20+70 points), and oral presentation (10 points)
The long and last paper, must be at least:
45,000 characters (with spaces) as a seminar paper.
90,000 characters (with spaces) as a Bachelor's thesis.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Completion of the StEOP and the VO of the module Landeswissenschaft.
Distribution of the final grade:
90-100=1 / 81-89=2 / 71-80=3 / 60-70=4 / 0-59=5
Lack of Spanish grammar will not be taken into account in the mark, as long as they do not hinder the understanding of the text.
Writting papers: In order to ensure good scientific practice, the course organizers can invite students to a note-relevant discussion after handing in the term paper, which has to be completed positively.
End writting paper = There will be a maximum delivery date that is mandatory to respect.

Examination topics

--Climate Change Today and in History
-Land use change. Deforestation vs. agriculture, livestock, mining
-Water. Basic commodity vs. industrial use
-The social aspect and the Economic development
-Environmental ethics. Sustainable development

Reading list

Galeano, Eduardo. Las venas abiertas de Latinoamérica.
Magrin, Graciela O. Adaptación al cambio climático en América Latina y Caribe. CEPAL-UE
Ocampo, José Antonio. Desarrollo Económico. La crisis latinoamericana de la deuda desde la perspectiva histórica. CEPAL
Bibliografía extensa y otros artículos científicos estarán en Moodle.

Association in the course directory

BA: BAR 11/14/15 S; LA: UF S 11

Last modified: Tu 14.03.2023 11:28