• Curriculum

CURRICULUM

The curricular structure of the Doctorate is organized over a period of eight academic semesters, following an in-person modality. The academic-research work is supported by its courses and curricular activities. Its study plan consists of a total of 240 credits (according to the UFRO format) or 257 credits (according to the UACh format) distributed over 4 academic years, during which students must complete courses and academic activities.

The Curriculum is organized into two (2) Types of Education: the first is Specialized Education SE and the second leads to the Academic Degree AD.

CURRICULAR FLOW

Semester I

Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations of Communication and Culture
Specialized Education
Communication and Culture I
Specialized Education
Elective I
Specialized Education

Semester II

Foundations of Research in Communication and Culture
Specialized Education
Communication and Culture II
Specialized Education
Elective II
Specialized Education

Semester III

Research Methodology in Communication and Culture
Specialized Education
Research Seminar I
Specialized Education

Semester IV

Research Unit
Specialized Education
Thesis Proposal
Education leading to an academic degree
Qualifying Examination
Education leading to an academic degree

Semester V

Thesis Progress I
Education leading to an academic degree

Semester VI

Research Seminar II
Specialized Education
Thesis Progress II
Education leading to an academic degree

Semester VII

Thesis Progress III
Education leading to an academic degree

Semester VIII

Thesis
Education leading to an academic degree
Degree Examination

MANDATORY COURSE SYLLABI

Course Syllabus
Thesis Progress I Download
Thesis Progress II Download
Thesis Progress III Download
Communication and Culture I Download
Communication and Culture II Download
Foundations of Research in Communication and Culture Download
Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations of Communication and Culture Download
Research Methodology in Communication and Culture Download
Thesis Proposal Download
Research Seminar I Download
Research Seminar II Download
Research Unit Download

ELECTIVE COURSE SYLLABI

Course Syllabus
Adorno and the Cultural Industry Download
Complex, Critical, and Argumentative Discourse Analysis: Foundations, Strategies, and Operationalization Download
Content Analysis and News Framing Download
Image Analysis and Visuality Discourses Download
Approaches to the Communicational Field: Communication, Culture, and Power Download
Communication, Society, and Technology in the Pandemic: An Introduction to Parasitology Download
Body Politics: The Alteration of the Body Archive through Images Download
Critique of the Enemy’s Reason Download
Visual Culture and Scientific Knowledge Download
From Theory to Methodology for Communication Research: Concepts and Tools for the Analysis of Informative Content in Convergent Environments Download
Dialogues in Conflict: Historical Challenges of the Field of Communication Download
Discourse and Social Movements: From Urban Space to Digital Space Download
Ecology of Images Download
The Thesis Writing and Editing Process Download
The Civilization-Barbarism Topic and its Effects on the Peoples of the Americas Download
Creative Writing for Scholars Download
Ethnography for the Study of Discursive Spaces and Intersubjective Performances Download
Intercultural Hermeneutics from an Intercultural Philosophy: Dialogue with Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Ludwig Wittgenstein Download
History of Periodical Media, 19th and 20th Centuries Download
Introduction to Early Cinema: Review of Pre-cinema and Appreciation of Silent Film Download
Participatory Action Research Download
Empirical Research and Publication Strategies in the Field of Cultural Representation of Marginality Studies Download
Jürgen Habermas’s Ethics of Communicative Action Download
The Critical Perspective in Communication: Practices, Theoretical Gaps, and Institutionalization Download
Methodologies in Framing Analysis Download
Cognitive Processes of Acquisition and Comprehension Sustaining Discourse Download
Technical Processes and Data Analysis in Communication Research Download
Planetary Scopic Regime Download
Cultural Rhetoric, Translation, and Communication Download
Seminar on Semiotics and Systems Theory Download
Seminar on Applied Research Methodology Download
Meaning, Communication, and Social Systems Download
Sociologies of Crime and Violence in Latin America Download
Scientific Writing Workshop Download
Border Theories Download