English Language as International Practice in Teaching
This course deals with English Language teaching as an international practice in different socio-cultural contexts. The students reflect on English teaching practice in contemporary times, in face-to-face and/or media content with different cultures. Ath the end, students will be able to develop English language teaching/learning strategies in different socio-cultural contexts.
Practice of Written Skills in English Language
This course focuses on improving academic writing through English. In it, the students learn, critically, to use academic strategies in different genres of this sphere, taking into account their main compositional characteristics, through planning and peer feedback. At the end, students will be able to produce an academic text, in a reflective manner, using coherent […]
Artificial Intelligence for solving urban problems
This course is open to students from any program and at any stage of their studies, with no prerequisites. Throughout the semester, students will draw upon the fundamentals of data mining and the process of writing a scientific paper, delving into concepts such as literature review, data collection, data preparation, multivariate analysis, and modeling. By […]
Resilient Cities: Nature based Solutions for a Changing World
This discipline is oriented to students from different areas of knowledge, although it has been designed to students of the architecture and urbanism course. During the semester, the students will explore the principles and applications of nature-based solutions (NbS) to enhance urban resilience in the face of climate change, rapid urbanization, and environmental degradation. By […]
Integrated Urban Design: Urban accessibility and mobility systems
This course in oriented to people interested in understanding the city dynamics and designing urban sustainable solutions. The focus of the course is the urban design oriented to accessible, healthy and vibrant neighborhoods.Along the semester, students will develop activities of (i) theoretical research, (ii) urban analysis methods, (iii) field activities, (iv)cocreation of sustainable solutions, and […]
Smart City and Strategic Digital City
The course is aimed at students interested in understanding, researching and developing a Strategic and Smart City Project. Throughout the course, the Strategic and Smart City subprojects will be studied, including concepts and applications in cities. Students will be guided to research and develop a Strategic and Smart City Project in cities. At the end […]
