International Business Degrees Online

CONTENT OF THE MASTER - (630 hours):

The content of the Masters is divided into the following thematic modules, the period of professional practice and research:

Module preliminary analysis tools

(25 hours, 2.5 credits)

- Introduction and basic concepts in economics.

- Tools and statistical analysis.

- Methods of Social Research. Research projects.

Module I: Dimensions of Development

(175 hours: 17.5 credits)

Part I: The political dimension of development

- Political ideologies in contemporary Latin America.

- Modern Theories of Democracy: definitions, criteria and paradoxes of democratic government. Transitional consolidation of democracy, governance and quality of democracy in Latin America.

- Cooperation and Governance in Latin America. Crisis of governance and state reform in Latin America.

- Political and institutional reforms in Latin America. The problem of corruption and reforms designed to combat it. The reform of the justice systems in Latin America.

- The reform of public administration in Latin America: the positives and negatives of the Spanish experience

- The territorial dimension of governance. The unitary state, decentralization and federalism in Europe and Latin America. Intergovernmental relations and intergovernmental management: conceptual framework and application to the case of Latin America

- The size of process. What do the states. Concept and evolution of the welfare state in Europe and Latin America. Introduction to the study of public policy.

- The indigenous movement in Latin America.

Part II The economic and social development

- Economic globalization concept, effects and challenges of international economic context.

- Economic development in Latin America. Theories and key elements for analysis. Gender and development. Indicators of economic and social development in Latin America.

- Employment, poverty and unequal development. Comparative perspective in Latin America.

- Plans for development in Latin America: models of development, structural adjustment, stabilization plans and financial crises.

- International trade and development. Theoretical framework and trade flows to Latin America.

- Foreign investment and development. Explanatory theories and financial and investment flows to Latin America.

- The public sector and development in Latin America. Key characteristics, and implications for public policy development.

- Taxation and Development in Latin America. Trends and case studies.

Part III: Integration and Development. Comparative perspective: regional integration schemes in Latin America and the European Union

- The theory of international integration objectives, instruments and stages.

- Structure and functioning of the European Union. The Community institutions and laws. Community and political freedoms.

- European Social Policy and the Security and Defense Policy in the European Union.

- Economic policies in the euro area.

- The model of economic integration in the EU: European funds, the common agricultural policy (CAP) and the trade policy of the European Union.

- Fundamentals and dimensions of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Framework. The Ibero-American Community of Nations. Americanism and the OAS. The Summit of the Americas.

- Political, legal and institutional framework of regional integration schemes in Latin America and the Caribbean: NAFTA, CAN, MERCOSUR, CACM and FTAA.

- Economic and social dimension of regional integration schemes in Latin America and the Caribbean: NAFTA, CAN, MERCOSUR, CACM, FTAA and interregional agreements with the EU.

Module II: The international development cooperation with particular attention to Latin America (180 hours: 18 credits)

Part I: Introduction to international development cooperation

- Cooperation for development and international economic order.

- Actors and instruments in the international development cooperation.

- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the UN.

Part II: International agencies and government officials in international cooperation with Latin America

- The framework of the current international society: globalization and fragmentation.

- The United Nations system and cooperation with Latin America.

- The protection of human rights groups, social exclusion and protecting the rights of children. Social cohesion and international migration in America.

- The bodies of economic and financial cooperation: the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organization (WTO) and its application to Latin America.

- The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

- The European Union policy for development and its impact on Latin America. Aids, instruments and networks for development cooperation between the European Union and Latin America.

- The development cooperation policy implementation in Spanish and Latin America.

- The decentralized development cooperation. Analysis of the cooperation policy of the CAM and the municipalities. Case studies.

- Training and seminars.

Part III: NGO and international development cooperation

- The Non-Governmental Organizations for Development (NGO) and international cooperation.

- Action strategies of international cooperation of the NGO. Dimensions of activity: humanitarian assistance, economic development, education for development, gender and development.

- Sources of funding for development cooperation: public funding (EU AECID, autonomous regions, municipalities) and private funding (partners).

- Analysis of case studies of NGO development cooperation with Latin America.

- Training and seminars.

Part IV: Tools in development cooperation

- Financial cooperation: development and microcredit.

- The project cycle: identification, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

- Workshop on Logical Framework Approach (LFA): implementing development projects.

- Case studies: development cooperation projects in Latin America.

- Case studies and workshops.

Module III: Practices professional institutions and international cooperation (with the agreements signed with URJC) (minimum 150 hours – 15 credits)

The period of work experience, students will be held at the headquarters of partner agencies, institutions and agencies in the world of international cooperation and development-through special agreements signed with the Masters. At present, the collaborating institutions in carrying out the practices of the Master are:

- UNICEF Spain.

- Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECI)

- Spanish Red Cross

- Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECI)

- The Spanish Committee of UNRWA

- Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI)

- European Parliament Office in Spain

- NGO – Action Against Hunger

- NGO – Fundación CEAR (Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid)

- NGO – Cideal (Research Center for the Development of Latin America)

- NGO – ACSUR Las Segovias

- NGO – Movement for Peace (MPDL)

- NGO – International Cooperation

- Fundación Auna

- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IEF) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance

- Institute of International Legal Studies, URJC

- Institute for International and Foreign Policy Issues (INCIPE)

- General Council of College Graduates in Social Work and Social

- Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)

- University of San Martín (Argentina)

Module IV: Research: Thesis (100 hours – 10 credits)

The group conducting an investigation or Tesina is the complement to the formal training received by students through academic modules, in order to deepen the study of one of the topics covered. In this way, allows enrichment through research topic guided by a tutor school, which allows the student to continue further research in the context of doctoral programs related to the topic of the Master, or to obtain specialized training facilitate their integration into the professional field of international cooperation.

The positive evaluation of the student grant Tesina 10 credits and will be based on th