► ARTS AND DESIGN 

Course I

ART 9853 – Ergonomics and Ergo Design in Brazil

Teacher

 Claudia Mont´Alvão

Number of Credits

2

Schedule

Schedule: Wednesdays, from 11am to 1pm

Course Description

Ergonomics in Brazil: development and research. Main approaches in Brazil used for ergonomic studies. The nature of ergodesign. Ergodesign in development of products, information systems and human-computer interfaces.

Bibliography

DUL, Jan; WEERDMEESTER, Bernard. Ergonomia prática. São Paulo: Edgard Blucher, 1995. 147 p.
GRANDJEAN, Etienne. Manual de ergonomia: adaptando o trabalho ao homem. Porto Alegre, Artes Médicas, 1998. 338 p.
MORAES, Anamaria de; MONT´ALVÃO, Claudia. Ergonomia: conceitos e aplicações Rio de Janeiro: iUser(3a. edição).136 p.

Complementary BIbliography

GUÉRIN, F; LAVILLE, A; DANIELLOU, F; DURAFFOURG, J; KERGUELEN, A. Compreender o trabalho para transformá-lo; a prática da ergonomia. São Paulo, Edgard Blucher, 2001.200 p.
MONTMOLLIN, Maurice. A ergonomia. Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 1995. 160 p.
MORAES, Anamaria de de (org.). Ergodesign informacional: avisos, advertencies e projeto de sinalização. Rio de Janeiro, iUsEr, 2002. 142 p.
MORAES, Anamaria de de (org). Ergodesign e interação humano-computaddor: design e avaliação de interface. Rio de Janeiro, iUsEr, 2002. 147 p.
MORAES, Anamaria de de; FRISONI, Bianka Cappucc (org)i. Ergodesign: e produtos e processos. Rio de Janeiro, 2AB, 2001. 206 p.
MORAES, Anamaria de de; PEQUINI, Suzi Mariño. Ergodesign para trabalho com terminais informatizados. Rio de Janeiro, 2AB, 2000. 117 p.

Assessment

(g1*2 + g2*3)/5 – code 1

Course II

ART 9830 – Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Brazil

Teacher

Denise B. Portinari

Number of Credits

2

Schedule

Schedule: Wednesdays, from 3pm to 5pm

Course Description

Discussion of the connections between ethics and aesthetics in the context of contemporary Brazilian culture and subjectivity

Bibliography

FERRY, LUC. Homo Aestheticus: the invention of taste in the democratic age. Chicago: University of Chiacago Press, 1993.
FOSTER, HAL. Design and Crime; and other diatribes. London: Verso, 2002.
MATTA, ROBERTO da. Carnivals, rogues and heroes: an interpretation of the Brazzilian dilemma. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.

Assessment

(g1*2 + g2*3)/5 – code 1

► BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION 

Course

ADM 9976 – Introduction to Strategy in a Globalized World

Teacher

Diana Macedo-Soares

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5pm to 7pm

Course Description

Basic concepts and tools for strategic management from a global perspective. Assessing and ensuring strategic fit considering global opportunities and challenges. Shift in paradigm of multinational strategies from national differentiation to globalization. International alliances: focus on joint ventures. Cultural challenges. Balanced Scorecards for firms with global strategies.

► HISTORY

Course

HIS 9827 – Brazilian History

Teacher

Heloisa Gesteira

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9am to 11am

Course Description

South America in the context of the Portuguese ultramarine Empire. Black and Indian slavery. The Catholic Church: hierarchies and social identity in the colony. Political emancipation and the construction of the Imperial State. Nationality formation and social tensions. Crisis of slavery and the end of the monarchic regime. The historical experience of the Brazilian Republic. Authoritarianism and Democracy. Inclusion and exclusion in the Brazilian society.

ALDEN, Dauril. The making of an enterprise: the society of Jesus in Portugal, its empire, and beyond, 1540-1750. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, c1996

BETHELL, Leslie. The Cambridge history of Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.

BETHELL, Leslie. The abolition of the Brazilian slave trade: Britain, Brazil and the slave trade question : 1807-1869. Cambridge : Cambridge at the University Press, 1970.

SCHWARTZ, Stuart B. Sugar plantations in the formation of Brazilian society: Bahia, 1550-1835. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

SKIDMORE, Thomas E. Black into white: race and nationality in Brazilian thought. New York : Oxford University 1974.

SKIDMORE, Thomas E. Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964: an experiment in Democracy /. London : Oxford University Press, 1969.

► SOCIOLOGY

Course

SOC 9174– Contemporary Brazilian Debates from a Sociological and Anthropological Perspective

Teacher

Tatiana Bacal and Prof. João Marcelo

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Mondays and Wednesdays, from 3pm to 5pm

Course Description

This course aims to give an introduction to contemporary Brazilian anthropology and sociology. Beginning with central problems which influenced the constitution of these two disciplines, centering around the ideas of Gilberto Freyre and Sergio Buarque de Hollanda, we will discuss modernity and Portuguese tradition; the historical role of the State and its relations with society; public life and private values; family and social solidarity; “racial democracy” and criticisms; Brazilian modernism. The course will then highlight some specific contemporary subject discussions in both areas: violence and urban life, race and inequality, religion, cultural artistic manifestations, especially Tropicalism, Brazilian funk and “manguebeat”.

(to be informed)

► LETTERS

Course

LET 9419 - Special Topics in Portuguese Language. Study and discussion of special topics related to the Portuguese language studies.

Teacher

Prof. Ricardo Borges Alencar

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Friday, from 9am to 1pm

Course Description

Intercultural studies: parameters of analysis. Identification of aspects of the Brazilian culture and language interaction that may be relevant in multicultural/intercultural contexts. Practical work with Brazilian films, TV soap operas and sitcoms, song lyrics, press articles, publicity campaigns and short stories.

(to be informed)

► LETTERS

Course

LET 9734 – Topics in Brazilian Literature

Teacher

Rosana Kohl Bines

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Mondays and Wednesdays, from 9am to 11am

Course Description

Broad survey of Brazilian literature, with emphasis on the question of Brazilian national identity. Examination of the shifting definition of “brasilidade” through the readings of outstanding Brazilian novels, short stories, poetry and song lyrics. Film screenings based on Brazilian literary masterpieces will be included. Conducted in English with readings in English or in Portuguese. 

- Modern Brazilian Short Stories, translated and introduced by William L. Grossman, University of California Press, 1967.

- The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories by Machado de Assis, translated by William Grossman, University of California Press, 2000.

- Urban Voices: Contemporary Short Stories from Brazil, introduction and notes by Cristina Ferreira Pinto, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1999.

- One Hundred Years After Tomorrow: Brazilian Women´s Fiction in the Twentieth Century, edited and translated by Darlene Sadlier. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.

► INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course

IRI 9514 – Regional Integration Process

Teacher

Profa. Alexandra de Melo e Silva

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from  1pm to 3 pm

Course Description

The resurgence of regionalism in world politics. Typologies of regional integration. Theoretical perspectives on regionalism. Different processes of integration, ALALC, ALADI, Cartagena Agreement, CARICOM, CAFTA, Andean Community, Mercosul, NAFTA, FTAA, European Union, ASEAN.

LAURSEN, F. Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives; EUA: Ashgate, 2004.

COSTA VAZ, Alcides. Cooperação, integração e processo negociador. A construção do Mercosul, FUNAG, 2002.

► INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course

IRI 9602 – Brazilian Foreign Policy I

Teacher

DIEGO SANTOS VIEIRA DE JESUS

Number of Credits

4

Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11am to 1pm

Course Description

The course will explain how the main Brazilian Foreign Policy paradigms were formulated as well as discuss the role of economic development on the Brazilian foreign policy contents. The following issues will be discussed: The Republican regime and foreign policy; Americanism and Pan-Americanism; Cold War and foreign policy; The impact of economic development on Brazilian Foreign Policy; The Independent Foreign Policy and the Globalism; The Foreign Policy of Military Regime and the Americanism; Geopolitics and National Security Doctrine; Globalism revival and consolidation; Democracy and Foreign Policy; The post Cold War and Brazilian international insertion; Actors and perceptions of Brazilian Foreign Policy.