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Senior University Programme in Culture, Science and Society in Barcelona

The Senior University Programme in Culture, Science and Society is a 3-year programme.

The subjects are drawn from the following areas of knowledge: history, art, philosophy, literature, science, technology, law, economics, sociology, psychology and health sciences, as a basis for examining current culture, science and society in depth.

The classes are taught in the Delta and Gamma buildings (c/ Terré, 11-19, Barcelona) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.00 to 6.30 p.m.

Dates

September-June

Times

Classes in core subjects last for one hour and are taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5.00 p.m. and from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.

Price

€ 750 (€ 350 in October and € 350 in February)

Subjects 1st year

1st semester

• Communication Today: New Media and New Influences.
• The Cradle of Art: Ancient Art.
• Our Origins: Classical Culture.
• Microbiology and Immunology: Pandemics, Vaccines ... and more.
• Medieval and Modern History.
• Audiovisual Narrative: the Art of Telling Stories in Cinema, Television and Other Media.
• Philosophy. The Enigma of the Human Being.
• Positive Psychology.

 2nd semester

• Current Topics in Philosophy.
• Music: a Language to be Discovered.
• Our time: Contemporary History.
• Medieval Artistic Heritage.
• Hispanic Literature of the 20th Century
• Macroeconomics: Understanding the Economic Environment.
• Geography of the World, Today, I.
• Science, Technology and Society: Keys to Understanding the 21st century.

Subjects 2nd year

1st semester

• History of Music: From Antiquity to the 20th Century
• Mythology, Traditions and Values in Literature.
• Renaissance and Baroque Art.
• The Mediterranean, a Shared Heritage.
• State and Constitution. The Form of Power.
• The Challenges of Advanced Age.
• Science for Non-Scientists.

2nd semester

• Geography of the World, Today, II.
• Catalan Artists, Today.
• History of Asia and the Pacific.
• Philosophy. Current Thinking on the Classics.
• International Bodies and Human Rights.
• Famous Women.
• Contemporary Catalan Literature.
• The European Union in a World of Giants.
• Science, Philosophy and Religion.

Subjects 3rd year

1st semester

• Art from the French Revolution (S. XVIII-XIX)
• History of Opera: Keys to Understanding this Genre.
• Geography of the World, Today, III.
• The SIgnificant moments in Roman History.
• Fun Mathematics.
• History of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Aesthetics and the Theory of the Arts.
• Medieval Philosophy.

2nd semester

• The Great Museums of the World.
• Climate and Climate Change.
• Modern Philosophy. Descartes, Hume, Rousseau and Kant.
• A Current Overview of the Universe.
• War and Peace in the 20th Century
• Art and Architecture at the Turn of the Century (19th and 20th centuries)
• History of Political Ideas.
• Spanish Literature of the Golden Age.
• History of Medieval and Modern Catalonia.

Methodology

Dynamic and participatory, including face-to-face classes and individual and group work.

Assessment: pass or fail. 80% attendance and active participation are required. There are no exams.

Students who have successfully completed all three years will receive the certificate of Graduate of the UIC Barcelona Senior University Programme in Culture, Science and Society. This is not a university degree programme.

How to enrol. Prerequisites and admissions

Requirements

The Experience Campus is aimed at the over-50s.

No previous qualifications are required. 

Pre-registration and enrolment

The deadline for pre-registration for the 1st year of the Experience Campus is 15 September. It is necessary to fill in the registration form for the 1st course in Barcelona and come to the office (Terré 11-19, Monday to Friday from 9:30h to 13:30h, closed in August), to reserve a place for 50€. 

The students from the introductory module are automatically pre-registered for the 1st year of the Senior Programme.

Students who have finished the 1st or 2nd years do not need to pre-register and can enrol directly for the next year.

As the number of places is limited, they will be allocated in order of enrolment.

Registration 1st course Barcelona