Econometrics is a discipline that deals with the empirical analysis of economic(or business) relationships, helping to validate or reject of the contribution of economic or business theories, offering appropriate statistic instruments for the comparison of theoretical hypothesis and finally, specifying models which pose good predictions.

To achieve this, econometrics entails theory and data with the purpose of quantifying and explaining the economic (business or international economics) relationships, using tools provided by statistics and mathematics.

This Course is focused on international trade policies and its consequences in Globalization. Understanding of international trade is an essential component of the training of an economist and provides the tools and the skills needed to understand and analyse the international business and economic environment. Besides the theoretical focus of the course and its emphasis on analytical techniques and tools, the course content is motivated with real and relevant problem.

This course has as its main objective the study of English for tourism business. Any professional in the tourism field should have a good command of the English language. Thus, this course is aimed, on the one hand, at the acquisition of skills in communicating in English and understanding written and oral texts; and, on the other hand, at the acquisition of vocabulary related to the tourism business field. Likewise, students will review the main grammatical aspects of the English language and the most useful communicative functions in the field of tourism business.

This course intends to explore current teaching theory and to examine ICT tools, activities and methods related to English as a Second Language teaching. Participants are expected to become familiar with some computer and online applications which they can incorporate into their own teaching.