Courses

Latin American Studies Core Curriculum

  • ANTH103H: Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 cr.)
  • MCLG/LS 358: Latin American Civilization through Literature and Film 3 cr. or SPAN 359 Spanish American Civilization through Literature and Film (3 cr.)
  • SPNS 331 (SPAN 312L): Contemporary Latin America (3 cr.)
  • SPNS 432 (SPAN 450L): Latin American Literature (3 cr. (R–6))
  • SPNS 494 (SPAN 494): Seminar Variable cr. (R–12) (When topic is related to Latin American literature such as Latin American drama, poetry, novel, short story, Argentinian literature, 19th Century Latin American Literature)
  • HSTR 230H: Colonial Latin America (3 cr.)
  • HSTR 231H: Modern Latin America (3 cr.)
  • HSTR 334 (HIST 385): Latin America: Reform and Revolution (3 cr.)
  • HSTR 335 (HIST 486): Latin America: Workers and Labor History (3 cr.)
  • HSTR 435 (HIST 485): Latin American Human Rights and the Politics of Memory (3 cr.)
  • HSTR 437: U.S.-Latin American Relations (UDW) (3 cr.)
  • PSCI 325 (PSC 325): Politics of Latin America (3 cr.)
  • PSCI 327 (PSC 327): Politics of Mexico (3 cr.)
  • PSCI 432 (PSC 430): Inter–American Relations (3 cr.)
  • PSCI 463 (PSC 463S): Development Administration
  • SW 323: Women and Social Action in the Americas (3 cr.)
  • ANTH 354: Mesoamerican Prehistory (3 cr.)
  • EVST 410: Environmental Justice in Latin America (credits variable)

***Span 494: Seminar: Latin American Literature offers a variety of topics in Latin American literature. Recent topics have included: Latin American Drama/ Latin American Poetry/ Latin American novel/ Literature of the Boom/ XIX Century Latin American literature/ Argentinean literature/ The Latin American historical novel/ The Latin American Short Story/The Southern Frontier/ Argentinean Literature.

*** Political Sciences 496: Development Administration is an approved Latin American Studies course only when taught in Mexico as part of the Summer Study Abroad Program organized by the Political Sciences Department.