This course offers an overview of North American thinking and values. Additionally, it studies the way in which society and culture were structured and shaped in this part of the world.

By the end of this course, students will be able to evaluate the development of public projects by using statistical techniques, with particular emphasis on their local and regional effect.

This course aims to study the history and development of FTAA (the Free Trade Area of the Americas), an item in the diplomatic agenda of the countries of the American continent.

This course aims to present a general overview of the evolution and background of public works in Mexico, as well as an introduction to who is who in this field in Mexico.

This course aims to analyze the formation and measurement of public opinion in a democracy and understand the relation between mass media and politics.

This course aims to describe the influence that de facto powers and the state reform process have on the challenges to Mexico´s governability, considering the process of democratic consolidation.

This course aims to analyze, in light of the process of democratic consolidation, the challenges to governance in Mexico, as well as the impact that interest groups and the process of reforming the Mexican state have on governability.

The aim of this course is for students to understand the history and composition of legislative power as well as the process by which this power functions.

This course aims to analyze the characteristics of the political system which originated from the Mexican Revolution and the transformations it has undergone, passing from a corporate scheme to a scheme of alleged electoral competition. Additionally, the course will analyze the formation of the political elite, the "Revolutionary Family", the origins of the state party and the construction of authoritarian presidencialism.