Latin American Studies (LAS)
LAS 301 Key Ideas and Issues in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Broad introductory course to acquaint students with the main areas of interest in Latin American studies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 306N.3
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310 General Topics in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics that serve as an introduction to Latin America within the framework of different disciplines. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: Latin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience. A broad survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past, stressing both that area's achievements and its enduring problems. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310K, 346K, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 1), 366 (Topic 2: Latin America before 1810). Same as: HIS 310K
Topic 2: Latin American Civilization: The National Experience. A broad survey of the political, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310L, 346L, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 2), 366 (Topic 3: Latin America since 1810). Same as: HIS 310L
Topic 3: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology. Introduction to ancient Mesoamerica from the time of emerging social inequality in the formative period until the Spanish conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the sixteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 1: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 314C, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 3).
Topic 4: Anthropology of Latin America. Provides a framework for understanding contemporary concerns in Latin America.
Topic 5: Film and History in Latin America: Colonial Period. Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Colonial), 310M, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Colonial), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 310M
Topic 6: Film and History in Latin America: Modern Period. Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Modern), 310N, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Modern), 310 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 310N
Topic 7: Liberation in the African Diaspora. Examination of liberation and freedom struggles in the African diaspora, focusing on common intellectual, political, and social currents among the diaspora's various groups. Course focuses on three major themes: abolitionism, Pan-Africanism and national liberation, and hip hop. Particular emphasis will be on the ideas associated with these movements, and the major organizations and intellectual currents in all three. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315S, 317E (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315S
LAS 310.1 Latin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience 3 Hours
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A broad survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past, stressing both that area's achievements and its enduring problems. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310K, 346K, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 1), 366 (Topic 2: Latin America before 1810).
Same as: HIS 310K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310.2 Latin American Civilization: The National Experience 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A broad survey of the political, social, and cultural aspects of the Latin American past. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310L, 346L, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 2), 366 (Topic 3: Latin America since 1810).
Same as: HIS 310L
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310.5 Film and History in Latin America: Colonial Period 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Colonial), 310M, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Colonial), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 310M
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310.6 Film and History in Latin America: Modern Period 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to selected subjects in Latin American history and culture through film, readings, documentaries, class discussion, and lectures. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Modern), 310N, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Film History in Latin America: Modern), 310 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 310N
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310.7 Liberation in the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of liberation and freedom struggles in the African diaspora, focusing on common intellectual, political, and social currents among the diaspora's various groups. Course focuses on three major themes: abolitionism, Pan-Africanism and national liberation, and hip hop. Particular emphasis will be on the ideas associated with these movements, and the major organizations and intellectual currents in all three. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315S, 317E (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315S
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310C Afro-Brazilian Diaspora 3 Hours
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Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315, Comparative Literature 305D, Latin American Studies 310C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315, C L 305D
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310D Early Mesoamerican Religions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the study of indigenous religions in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, from approximately 250 BC - AD 1700. Examine the role of religion and ritual in daily life, as well as the lines of evidence available today for understanding them. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310I, History 310E, Latin American Studies 310D, Religious Studies 311 (Topic: Early Mesoamerican Religion), 316M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 310I, HIS 310E, R S 316M
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310I Latinx Digital Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how Latinx communities (traditionally figured as on the wrong side of the "digital divide") have embraced, mobilized, and sometimes usurped emerging digital tools and spaces to forge community and create new forms of culture, memory, and activism. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 319, English 319L, Latin American Studies 310I, Mexican American Studies 318E, 319 (Topic: Latinx Digital Worlds). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 319, E 319L, MAS 318E
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 310R Latin America and the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An exploration of the different social, economic, political, and cultural structures and concerns that came to both divide and unite the western hemisphere (North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean) following independence from Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: Latin America and the US), 310R, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Latin America and the US), 310R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 310R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 315 Introductory Topics in Latin American Social Sciences 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 310 and 315 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: Anthropology of Latin America. Provides a framework for understanding contemporary concerns in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 315 (Topic 1). Same as: ANT 310L.3
Topic 2: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology. Introduction to ancient Mesoamerica from the time of emerging social inequality in the formative period until the Spanish conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the sixteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 1: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 314C, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 3: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 315 (Topic 2). Same as: ANT 314C
Topic 3: Introduction to Jewish Latin America. Historical and cultural analysis of how Jews constructed lives and communities in predominantly Hispanic, Catholic countries of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic:Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 311E, Jewish Studies 311 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 305D, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic 3), Religious Studies 313 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 313E . Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 311E, J S 305D, R S 313E
LAS 315.1 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Provides a framework for understanding contemporary concerns in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 315 (Topic 1).
Same as: ANT 310L.3
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 315.2 Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to ancient Mesoamerica from the time of emerging social inequality in the formative period until the Spanish conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the sixteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic 1: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 314C, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 3: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology), 315 (Topic 2).
Same as: ANT 314C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 315.3 Introduction to Jewish Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical and cultural analysis of how Jews constructed lives and communities in predominantly Hispanic, Catholic countries of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic:Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 311E, Jewish Studies 311 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 305D, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic: Intro to Jewish Latin America), 315 (Topic 3), Religious Studies 313 (Topic: Introduction to Jewish Latin America), 313E . Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 311E, J S 305D, R S 313E
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 316C Latinx Material Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss utilizing material culture as a method of analysis to highlight histories of oppression, struggles towards liberation, and the politics of everyday Latinx life in the U.S.. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 311C, Latin American Studies 316C, Mexican American Studies 318J, 319 (Topic: Latinx Material Cultures). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 311C, MAS 318J
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 316L Introduction to Religions of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a survey of religious practice across Latin America and the Caribbean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316K, 317E (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), Latin American Studies 310 (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), 316L, Religious Studies 316K (Topic: Intro Relig/Lat Amer/Carib), 316L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 316K, R S 316L
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 319 Geography of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Adaptations to population growth and spatial integration in cultural landscapes of great natural and ethnic diversity; problems of frontiers and cities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 319
Core Curriculum: 080
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
LAS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Latin American Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in Latin American studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
LAS 322 Topics in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics vary each semester to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional hours are required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Hispanic Images and Counterimages. The critical analysis of Hispanic images in media. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 1), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 9), Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-hour film screening a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing, Radio-Television-Film 314 or 316, and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Latino Audiences. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 3: Mass Media and Ethnic Groups. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Feature Writing. Procedures in gathering material for feature stories, with stress on newspaper articles; analysis of reader appeal; study of feature story structure; development of style by practice in writing feature stories. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 327, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 4), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 6). Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and a passing score on the College of Communication Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test.
Topic 5: The Brazilian Left, 1900 to the Present. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Comparative Cultural Studies: Brazil), 321 (Topic: Brazilian Left: 1900 to Present), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 5). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Recent Brazil, 1919 to the Present. American Studies 321 (Topic: Recent Brazil, 1919 to the Present) and Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 7: International Communication: Third World Issues. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 8: Diversity Newsmagazine. A multicultural approach to the production of broadcast-quality minidocumentaries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305, 317, 318, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 9: Business in Emerging Markets. Only one of the following may be counted: International Business 372 (Topic 2), 373, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 2). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Minorities and the Media. Issues concerning minority or nondominant groups within the United States. Survey of minority communication problems: alienation, fragmentation, media and Internet access; criticism and feedback for minority groups based on racial/ethnic background, age, sex, disability, social or economic class, and sexual orientation. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 341H, 341J, 341M, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 10), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 22), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Minorities and the Media), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 21). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Narrative Journalism. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 335, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 11: Latino Community Journalism), 322 (Topic 11: Narrative Journalism), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 4: Latino Community Journalism), 374 (Topic 4: Narrative Journalism). Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 12: Latinos and Media. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 13: Latin American Theatre and Drama. Same as: T D 357T.1
Topic 14: Journalism in Latin America. Study of the practice of journalism in Latin America. Survey of the region, including historical, political, economic, cultural, ethnic, and geographical aspects. Journalism 367E and Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a major in journalism, or consent of instructor.
Topic 15: Indigenous Languages of the Americas. Examines various aspects of languages in the Americas, including their linguistic structures, the cultural domains in which they exist, and their histories of language contact and change. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LIN 350.6 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Business in Brazilian Life and Culture. Cultural aspects of business practices in Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 16), 370P (Topic: Cultural Aspects of Doing Business in Brazil), Portuguese 367P (Topic 1), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Cultural Aspects of Doing Business in Brazil). Additional prerequisite: Portuguese 327C or 362, and 330L.
Topic 17: Spanish for Health Care Professions. Designed to exercise fluency in both spoken and written language in health care situations. Focus on the complex grammatical concepts and cultural issues that affect professional activities in Spanish-speaking communities. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 17), Spanish 367K (Topic 7), 367P (Topic 1). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C (or 327G), 328C, and 330L.
Topic 18: Business in Hispanic Life and Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 18), 370S (Topic 19), Spanish 350 (Topic 10), Spanish 367P (Topic 2). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C (or 327G) and 328C.
Topic 19: Afro-Caribbean Diasporas. Analysis of the socio-cultural contexts of the African diaspora in the Americas, with a specific focus on the African diaspora in the islands of the Caribbean. Designed to analyze the cultural, social, and philosophical contributions of these diasporic populations and the ways they build social and cultural agency in their specific national or diasporic contexts. African and African Diaspora Studies 345N and Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345N Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Journalism and Press Freedom in Latin America. Focus on journalism in Latin America with an emphasis on the struggle for democracy and press freedom in the region through country-by-country survey of historical, political, economic, cultural, ethnic and geographical aspects. Examination of the evolution of professional journalism in Latin America, including topics such as the legal framework for freedom of expression, ethical principles, concentration of media ownership and the emergence of digital media. Knowledge of Spanish language is recommended, but it is not a requirement. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 354F, 367E, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 14), 322 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: J 354F
Topic 21: Measuring Racial Inequality. Analysis of racial inequality through social statistics. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350, 372F (Topic: Measuring Racial Inequality), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Measuring Racial Inequality), 322 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 020 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 322.10 Minorities and the Media 3 Hours
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Issues concerning minority or nondominant groups within the United States. Survey of minority communication problems: alienation, fragmentation, media and Internet access; criticism and feedback for minority groups based on racial/ethnic background, age, sex, disability, social or economic class, and sexual orientation. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 341H, 341J, 341M, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 10), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 22), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Minorities and the Media), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 21).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322.11 Narrative Journalism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 335, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 11: Latino Community Journalism), 322 (Topic 11: Narrative Journalism), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 4: Latino Community Journalism), 374 (Topic 4: Narrative Journalism). Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322.13 Latin American Theatre and Drama 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: T D 357T.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322.15 Indigenous Languages of the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines various aspects of languages in the Americas, including their linguistic structures, the cultural domains in which they exist, and their histories of language contact and change. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LIN 350.6
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322.19 Afro-Caribbean Diasporas 3 Hours
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Analysis of the socio-cultural contexts of the African diaspora in the Americas, with a specific focus on the African diaspora in the islands of the Caribbean. Designed to analyze the cultural, social, and philosophical contributions of these diasporic populations and the ways they build social and cultural agency in their specific national or diasporic contexts. African and African Diaspora Studies 345N and Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322.20 Journalism and Press Freedom in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on journalism in Latin America with an emphasis on the struggle for democracy and press freedom in the region through country-by-country survey of historical, political, economic, cultural, ethnic and geographical aspects. Examination of the evolution of professional journalism in Latin America, including topics such as the legal framework for freedom of expression, ethical principles, concentration of media ownership and the emergence of digital media. Knowledge of Spanish language is recommended, but it is not a requirement. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 354F, 367E, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 14), 322 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J 354F
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322D Religions of the Caribbean 3 Hours
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Examine the histories and politics of religious practices in the Greater Caribbean, encompassing the islands and Central American coasts as well as the continental diasporas, from Vodou and Rastafari to popular Hinduism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean) 345G, Anthropology 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 323D, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 322D, Religious Studies 366 (Topic: Religions of the Caribbean), 366 (Topic 2), 366D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345G, ANT 323D, R S 366D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322E Latino Migrations and Asylum 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 364D, 374 (Topic: Latino Migrations and Asylum), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Latino Migrations and Asylum), 322E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 364D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322F Latino Migration and Human Trafficking 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Critically examine the complexity and intersectionality of Latino migration and human trafficking from global, regional, and local perspectives. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Latino Migrtn/Human Traffic), 322F, Mexican American Studies 364G, 374 (Topic: Latino Migrtn/Human Traffic), Sociology 321K (Topic: Latino Migrtn/Human Traffic), 322T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 364G, SOC 322T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322G Black Freedom Movement 3 Hours
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Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360I, 372C (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), 324D, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Black Freedom Movement), 322G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360I, AMS 324D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322L Empires: Aztec and Spanish 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the daily life of people in the Mexica (commonly known as Aztec) empire after the Spanish conquest. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 310L (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards), 310L (Topic 9), 326O, Latin American Studies 315 (Topic: Aztecs and Spaniards), 322L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 326O
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322M Colonial Encounters in Mesoamerica 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study European-indigenous encounters in Mesoamerica, a geographic and cultural area spanning north-central Mexico through western Honduras, between approximately 1450-1750. Examine strategies of contact, accommodation, and resistance that indigenous communities and European colonizers used to communicate with each other and negotiate the conduct of daily life in colonial society. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323T, History 346E, Latin American Studies 322M, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Mesoamerican Encounters), 366M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323T, HIS 346E, R S 366M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322N African Religion in the New World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the contributions of scholars and artists who engage African diaspora religions in their work through multiple conceptual approaches. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345P, 370 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 374E (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 322N, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Afr Religion in New World), 366 (Topic: African Religion in New World), 366N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345P, R S 366N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 322Q Afro-Latinidades in the United States and Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345T, 370 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), 374E (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am), 322Q, Mexican American Studies 364K, 374 (Topic: Afro-Latinidades US/Lat Am). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345T, MAS 364K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324G Sexuality in Global Perspective 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, power, and labor in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 324V, Latin American Studies 324G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 335 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324V, WGS 335.14
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L Topics in Latin American Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics vary each semester to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. An introductory survey that includes glyph recognition and interpretation according to the latest developments in decipherment. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 302 or consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Indians of Mexico and Guatemala. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Indians of South America. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Contemporary Mexico. Mexico in the contemporary period and recent past; the political economy of Mexico and its effects on ordinary people, nationalism, the family, and the urban and rural experience; United States-Mexican relations. Anthropology 324L (Topic: Contemporary Mexico) and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Andean Archaeology. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Caribbean Social Forms. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Maya Research, 1900 to the Present. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Origin of Complex Societies in South America. Review of the antecedents of sedentism and early civilizations in highland and lowland South America, ending with pre-Inca kingdoms in the central Andes. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 302.
Topic 9: Inca Society and Peasants of the Andes. A functional analysis of Inca society, followed by a study of the Andean peasantry over time to the present day. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 302.
Topic 10: The Civilization of the Maya. Maya prehistory and history: the archaeological record, codices and inscriptions, and Spanish conquest writings. Same as: ANT 360K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: The Civilizations of Ancient Mexico. Mexican cultures from earliest prehistory to the European conquest. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 302 and six semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science.
Topic 12: Family and Households. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Colonial Latin American Archaeology. Focuses on the Spanish colonies in Latin America. Anthropology 327D and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 327D
Topic 14: The Politics of Race and Violence in Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345L, 374E (Topic 2), Anthropology 324L (Topic 37), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: Global Indigenous Issues. Explores contemporary issues of indigenous peoples around the world through films, literature, and social science readings and focuses on how indigenous peoples are actively working to oppose their oppression and create sustainable futures. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues), 324L (Topic 53), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues) 324L (Topic 15). Same as: ANT 324L.53
Topic 16: Mexican Immigration Cultural History. Examines the history of Mexican immigration to the United States, and provides an overview of migratory patterns dating back to the late prehistoric period through contemporary times. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 12), 322P, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 16), Mexican American Studies 364F, 374 (Topic: Mexican Immigration Cultural History). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322P, MAS 364F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Black Women and the State. Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 360E, ANT 324L.78, WGS 340.7 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: Inca World. Explores how Inca civilization developed, how the Incas grew from a small highland state into a mighty empire, and how a small number of Spaniards and their allies were able to bring the Inca dynasty to an end. Read accounts of the Incas written in the first years of Spanish colonial rule, and review the latest archaeological discoveries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 74), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 18). Same as: ANT 324L.74 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Globalization in Latin America. Critically examine the globalization phenomenon in Latin America, focusing on history and ethnography. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324O, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324L (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324O Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Mexican American Indigenous Heritage. The prehistory, history, and contemporary racial understanding of Mexican Americans. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 10), 322Q, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Mexican Amer Indig Heritage), 324L (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322Q, MAS 374.23 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 21: Cultures in Contact. History of the interactions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas with Africans, Asians, and Europeans over the past five hundred years. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326L, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Cultures in Contact), 324L (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 326L Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 22: Arab Latin Americas. Examine the ways in which Arab immigrant identities have been negotiated and co-opted socially, but also institutionally, in various countries in the Western Hemisphere. Only one of the following may be counted Anthropology 324L (Topic: Arab Latin Americas), 324L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 22). Same as: ANT 324L.75 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Global Black Feminisms. Examine Black feminist theories and practices around the world from a transnational and comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345W, 370 (Topic: Global Black Feminisms), Anthropology 325S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345W, ANT 325S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 24: Mesoamerican History and Oral Tradition. Study Mesoamerican indigenous documents and oral traditions to reconstruct different aspects of the life and culture of the past and present populations of Mesoamerica. Apply a methodological approach to the study of indigenous primary sources from Mesoamerica, written during the Late Postclassic (c. 1200-1524 CE) and the beginning of the Colonial period, including oral tradition. Explore religion, socio-political organization, territory and territoriality, economy, gender roles, and the norms and values of everyday life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Mesoamerican History Oral Trad), 326S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 326S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 25: Maya Collapse. Explore different aspects of Classic Maya daily life, their relationship with the environment, and the factors that influenced the transformation of the Maya civilization at the end of the Classic period. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Maya Collapse), 361M, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 361M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 324L.10 The Civilization of the Maya 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Maya prehistory and history: the archaeological record, codices and inscriptions, and Spanish conquest writings.
Same as: ANT 360K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.13 Colonial Latin American Archaeology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on the Spanish colonies in Latin America. Anthropology 327D and Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 327D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.15 Global Indigenous Issues 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores contemporary issues of indigenous peoples around the world through films, literature, and social science readings and focuses on how indigenous peoples are actively working to oppose their oppression and create sustainable futures. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues), 324L (Topic 53), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Global Indigenous Issues) 324L (Topic 15).
Same as: ANT 324L.53
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.16 Mexican Immigration Cultural History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the history of Mexican immigration to the United States, and provides an overview of migratory patterns dating back to the late prehistoric period through contemporary times. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 12), 322P, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 16), Mexican American Studies 364F, 374 (Topic: Mexican Immigration Cultural History). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322P, MAS 364F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.17 Black Women and the State 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360E, ANT 324L.78, WGS 340.7
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.18 Inca World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores how Inca civilization developed, how the Incas grew from a small highland state into a mighty empire, and how a small number of Spaniards and their allies were able to bring the Inca dynasty to an end. Read accounts of the Incas written in the first years of Spanish colonial rule, and review the latest archaeological discoveries. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 74), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Inca World), 324L (Topic 18).
Same as: ANT 324L.74
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.19 Globalization in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Critically examine the globalization phenomenon in Latin America, focusing on history and ethnography. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324O, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Globalization in Latin Amer), 324L (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324O
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.20 Mexican American Indigenous Heritage 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The prehistory, history, and contemporary racial understanding of Mexican Americans. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 10), 322Q, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Mexican Amer Indig Heritage), 324L (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322Q, MAS 374.23
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.21 Cultures in Contact 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of the interactions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas with Africans, Asians, and Europeans over the past five hundred years. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326L, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Cultures in Contact), 324L (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 326L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.22 Arab Latin Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the ways in which Arab immigrant identities have been negotiated and co-opted socially, but also institutionally, in various countries in the Western Hemisphere. Only one of the following may be counted Anthropology 324L (Topic: Arab Latin Americas), 324L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 22).
Same as: ANT 324L.75
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.23 Global Black Feminisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Black feminist theories and practices around the world from a transnational and comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345W, 370 (Topic: Global Black Feminisms), Anthropology 325S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345W, ANT 325S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.24 Mesoamerican History and Oral Tradition 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study Mesoamerican indigenous documents and oral traditions to reconstruct different aspects of the life and culture of the past and present populations of Mesoamerica. Apply a methodological approach to the study of indigenous primary sources from Mesoamerica, written during the Late Postclassic (c. 1200-1524 CE) and the beginning of the Colonial period, including oral tradition. Explore religion, socio-political organization, territory and territoriality, economy, gender roles, and the norms and values of everyday life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Mesoamerican History Oral Trad), 326S, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 326S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324L.25 Maya Collapse 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore different aspects of Classic Maya daily life, their relationship with the environment, and the factors that influenced the transformation of the Maya civilization at the end of the Classic period. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Maya Collapse), 361M, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 361M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324Q Daily Life in Mesoamerica 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the daily life of people in Mesoamerica, from the earliest inhabitants in the region to the myriad ways that Precolumbian life and archaeology affect the lives of people today. Only one of the following may count: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Daily Life in Mesoamerica), 324R, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Daily Life in Mesoamerica), 324Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: ANT 324R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 324S Jewish Cuba 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 325V, Jewish Studies 365 (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 365 (Topic 16), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 324S, Religious Studies 366 (Topic: Jewish Cuba), 366E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 325V, J S 365.16, R S 366E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325 Topics in Latin American Sociology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Society of Modern Mexico. Family, community, industrialization, and urbanization in modern Mexico. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 1), Sociology 335, Urban Studies 338S, 354 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Social Change in Developing Nations. Overview of changing social structure in the Third World. Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 2) and Sociology 324K may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 324K Additional prerequisite: Forty-five hours of coursework.
Topic 3: Politics and Culture of Contemporary Mexico. Introduction to the contemporary Mexican political system and the ways in which political change and democratization are recasting the political and civic culture of contemporary Mexico. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 4: Politics and Society in Latin America. Introduction to present-day Latin American politics and society with a focus on drug-trafficking and urban destitution in Brazil; party politics, protest, and collective violence in Argentina; the current political situation in Venezuela; and migration from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States. Also includes a general overview of revolutions and revolutionary movements in Latin America, and the effects of United States intervention in the region during the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 325 (Topic: Politics and Society in Latin America), Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 4), Sociology 321K (Topic: Politics and Society in Latin America), Sociology 321P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 321P Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Consumption in Latin America. Study of the role consumption plays in social, economic, and political relations in Latin America, as well as contesting ideas about this role. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 325 (Topic: Consumption in Latin America), Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 5), Sociology 321C, Sociology 321K (Topic: Consumption in Latin America). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 321C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Latinx Sociology. Explore how institutions have shaped the gendered, racial, and class-based experiences of Latinxs from a sociological perspective, including historical patterns of Latinx migration to the United States, contestations over racial classifications, and problematic issues surrounding the term Latino. Review more recent studies that show how different institutions shape the Latinx experience and demonstrate how gendered, racial, and classed forces have shaped various Latinx communities. Examine Latinx agency and how Latinx communities have sought to reconfigure and push back on these social forces. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Latinx Sociology), 324L, Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 6), Mexican American Studies 350L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 350L, SOC 324L Additional prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.
LAS 325.2 Social Change in Developing Nations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of changing social structure in the Third World. Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 2) and Sociology 324K may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 324K
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five hours of coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325.4 Politics and Society in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to present-day Latin American politics and society with a focus on drug-trafficking and urban destitution in Brazil; party politics, protest, and collective violence in Argentina; the current political situation in Venezuela; and migration from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States. Also includes a general overview of revolutions and revolutionary movements in Latin America, and the effects of United States intervention in the region during the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 325 (Topic: Politics and Society in Latin America), Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 4), Sociology 321K (Topic: Politics and Society in Latin America), Sociology 321P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 321P
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325.5 Consumption in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the role consumption plays in social, economic, and political relations in Latin America, as well as contesting ideas about this role. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 325 (Topic: Consumption in Latin America), Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 5), Sociology 321C, Sociology 321K (Topic: Consumption in Latin America). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 321C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325.6 Latinx Sociology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how institutions have shaped the gendered, racial, and class-based experiences of Latinxs from a sociological perspective, including historical patterns of Latinx migration to the United States, contestations over racial classifications, and problematic issues surrounding the term Latino. Review more recent studies that show how different institutions shape the Latinx experience and demonstrate how gendered, racial, and classed forces have shaped various Latinx communities. Examine Latinx agency and how Latinx communities have sought to reconfigure and push back on these social forces. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Latinx Sociology), 324L, Latin American Studies 325 (Topic 6), Mexican American Studies 350L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 350L, SOC 324L
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325E Geographies of Latin American to United States Migration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the contemporary complex multi-scalar origins, patterns, and processes of Latin American and Caribbean migration and settlement in the United States. Through a place-specific, spatially contextualized, and historically situated approach, explore the collective and individual experiences of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees from select nations including: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba. Analyze the multi-layered factors shaping diverse Latin American migratory patterns and processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 322L, 356T (Topic: Geog of Lat American-U.S. Migr), Latin American Studies 325E, 330 (Topic: Geog of Lat American-U.S. Migr). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 322L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 325S Statistical Analysis of Social Disparities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of racial inequality through social statistics. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325S, 350, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 21), 325S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 325S
Core Curriculum: 020
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 326 Topics in Latin American Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one laboratory hour a week if required.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Music of Mexico and the Caribbean. Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Attention will be given to music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin. Mexico and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean receive special attention. Class meetings will be divided into lecture/discussion segments, videos, listening, and performance instruction/demonstration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338F, 374F (Topic 22), Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 1), Music 334 (Topic 1). Core Curriculum: 050 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Music of Latin America. Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338D, 374F (Topic: Music of Latin America), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Latin America), 326 (Topic 2), Music 334 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 338D, MUS 334.2 Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 3: Music of Brazil and Argentina. An introduction to Brazilian and Argentine music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts. Uses course readings, lectures, listening assignments, performance attendance, and movie screenings to analyze themes including nationalism and ethnicity, globalization and development, and democracy and social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Brazil and Argentina), 326 (Topic 3), Music 334 (Topic 3). Core Curriculum: 050 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Music of the Andean Countries. Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explores the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of the Andean Countries), 326 (Topic 4), Music 334 (Topic 4). Same as: MUS 334.4 Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 5: The Music of the African Diaspora. The musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Subjects include the shifting meanings of "black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338E, 374F (Topic 8), Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 5), Music 334 (Topic: Music of the African Diaspora), 334 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 050 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 326.2 Music of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider Latin American music within a broad cultural and historical framework. Latin American musical practices are explored illustrating the many ways that aesthetics and society are embodied in and negotiated through performance. Concepts include diaspora, colonialism, mestizaje, hybridity, migration and globalization. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338D, 374F (Topic: Music of Latin America), Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of Latin America), 326 (Topic 2), Music 334 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 338D, MUS 334.2
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 326.4 Music of the Andean Countries 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the music of Andean countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Explores the role music plays in shaping historical and modern Andean societies, as well as how music comments upon national culture, society, and politics, with particular attention to the ways in which musicians and musical movements continue to influence Andean societies. Subjects include pre-Columbian and colonial music making; music representative of the tripartite indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage of Andean countries; aesthetics, identity, and musical expression; ritual, religion, and the politics of musical performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Music of the Andean Countries), 326 (Topic 4), Music 334 (Topic 4).
Same as: MUS 334.4
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 326C Music of Brazil and Argentina 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to Brazilian and Argentine music from samba, capoeira, and forro to tango, cumbia villera, and chacarera; examines such music making within its various historical, social, and political contexts. Uses course readings, lectures, listening assignments, performance attendance, and movie screenings to analyze themes including nationalism and ethnicity, globalization and development, and democracy and social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 3), 326C, Music 334 (Topic 3).
Same as: MUS 334.3
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 326D The Music of the African Diaspora 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The musical legacy of the African slave trade in the Americas, the social contexts in which black musical forms have developed, and their varied forms. Subjects include the shifting meanings of "black music" in various contexts; the notion of hybridity; the uses of African influenced music as a political or oppositional tool; and African ethnic groups represented prominently in the New World, the traditions they brought with them, and the ways they have been adapted to new ends. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338E, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 5), 326D, Music 334 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 338E, MUS 334.5
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 326M Music of Mexico and the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of Mexican and Caribbean traditional and commercial music, with some discussion of classical music as well. Attention will be given to music of indigenous, African, European, and mixed origin. Mexico and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean receive special attention. Class meetings will be divided into lecture/discussion segments, videos, listening, and performance instruction/demonstration. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 338F, Latin American Studies 326 (Topic 1), 326M, Music 334 (Topic 1).
Same as: AFR 338F, MUS 334.1
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327 Topics in Latin American Art History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Chicano Art Histories and Futures. Mexican American art since the 1960s, with an emphasis on the visual production and exhibition of identity inside and outside the Chicano civil rights movement and the politics of U.S. multiculturalism. An introduction to a broad range of art history written to date--including recent feminist and queer interventions--as a means of envisioning a supposed "post-Chicano" or "post-racial" moment. Art History 341L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341L Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 2: Modern Art of Mexico. Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness. Art History 341K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341K Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 3: Mesoamerican Art and Culture. Mesoamerican art, architecture, and its archaeological context, with emphasis on the social function of art and visual culture in ancient Mesoamerica up to the time of European contact. Art History 347L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347L Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 4: Contemporary Latin American Art, 1960 to the Present. Painting, sculpture, media art, and environments.
Topic 5: Maya Art and Architecture. Introduction to the artistic traditions of the ancient Maya, tracing their development up to the time of European contact. Students will examine various important themes of Maya culture including history, ritual, and cosmology as revealed in sculpture, hieroglyphs, painting, and architectural design. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323V, 324L (Topic: Maya Art and Architecture), Art History 347M, Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 5), Geography 322M, 356T (Topic: Maya Art/Architecture). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 323V, ARH 347M, GRG 322M Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 6: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Peru. The growth of civilization in South America from the earliest decorated textiles, pottery, and ceremonial buildings to the imperial Inca style. Art History 347K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347K Core Curriculum: 050
Topic 7: Art Cinemas of the Americas. Examine art cinemas from the Spanish-speaking Americas from the 1950s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341S, 361 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), 327 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341S
Topic 8: Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico. Exploration of the historical and aesthetic linkages and affinities between filmmakers and photographers working in greater Mexico, including prominent visitors and Americans of Mexican descent. Considers how Mexican culture is represented but also how borders between Mexico and the wider world--as well as among media--were blurred or brought into sharper focus by these exchanges. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341R, 361 (Topic: Apertures: Film & Photo Mexico), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mexico), 327 (Topic 8), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 359 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341R, RTF 359.11
Topic 9: Contemporary Latin American Art. Development and sources of art in the Caribbean and Central and South America from the 1960s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341P, 361 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), 327 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341P
Topic 10: Architecture and Sculpture in the Maya World. Explore the ancient world of the Maya through the lens of architecture and sculpture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322V, Art History 347R, 370 (Topic: Arch/Sculpture in Maya World), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322V, ARH 347R Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 11: Aztec Art and Civilization. An introduction to the art, symbolism, and visual culture of the ancient Aztecs. Subjects include the representations of history and mythology in architecture, stone monuments, and pictorial manuscripts. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 347N, 370 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), 327 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 347N Core Curriculum: 050
LAS 327.1 Chicano Art Histories and Futures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mexican American art since the 1960s, with an emphasis on the visual production and exhibition of identity inside and outside the Chicano civil rights movement and the politics of U.S. multiculturalism. An introduction to a broad range of art history written to date--including recent feminist and queer interventions--as a means of envisioning a supposed "post-Chicano" or "post-racial" moment. Art History 341L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341L
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.10 Architecture and Sculpture in the Maya World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ancient world of the Maya through the lens of architecture and sculpture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322V, Art History 347R, 370 (Topic: Arch/Sculpture in Maya World), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322V, ARH 347R
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.11 Aztec Art and Civilization 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the art, symbolism, and visual culture of the ancient Aztecs. Subjects include the representations of history and mythology in architecture, stone monuments, and pictorial manuscripts. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 347N, 370 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Aztec Art and Civilization), 327 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 347N
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.2 Modern Art of Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness. Art History 341K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341K
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.3 Mesoamerican Art and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mesoamerican art, architecture, and its archaeological context, with emphasis on the social function of art and visual culture in ancient Mesoamerica up to the time of European contact. Art History 347L and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 347L
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.5 Maya Art and Architecture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the artistic traditions of the ancient Maya, tracing their development up to the time of European contact. Students will examine various important themes of Maya culture including history, ritual, and cosmology as revealed in sculpture, hieroglyphs, painting, and architectural design. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323V, 324L (Topic: Maya Art and Architecture), Art History 347M, Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 5), Geography 322M, 356T (Topic: Maya Art/Architecture). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323V, ARH 347M, GRG 322M
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.6 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Peru 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The growth of civilization in South America from the earliest decorated textiles, pottery, and ceremonial buildings to the imperial Inca style. Art History 347K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 347K
Core Curriculum: 050
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.7 Art Cinemas of the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine art cinemas from the Spanish-speaking Americas from the 1950s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341S, 361 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Art Cinemas of the Americas), 327 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341S
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.8 Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of the historical and aesthetic linkages and affinities between filmmakers and photographers working in greater Mexico, including prominent visitors and Americans of Mexican descent. Considers how Mexican culture is represented but also how borders between Mexico and the wider world--as well as among media--were blurred or brought into sharper focus by these exchanges. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341R, 361 (Topic: Apertures: Film & Photo Mexico), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mexico), 327 (Topic 8), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 359 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341R, RTF 359.11
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 327.9 Contemporary Latin American Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development and sources of art in the Caribbean and Central and South America from the 1960s to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341P, 361 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Contemporary Latin Amer Art), 327 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341P
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328 Topics in Latin American Arts, Literature, Film, and Dance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 322 and 328 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Latin American Studies 328 and 370P may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Latin American Studies 328 and 370S may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; some topics may require additional hours.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Samba to Hip Hop: Brazilian Popular Music. Examines the role of popular music in relationships of power with subordination and the impact of music as a form of cultural expression. Same as: PRC 320E.1
Topic 2: Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture. Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 2), 370P (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 2), Portuguese 375 (Topic 7). Same as: PRC 320E.2
Topic 3: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds. Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345D, 372G (Topic 8), 374E (Topic: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 3), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345D, PRC 320E.3 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Jewish Voices from Latin America. An introduction to Jewish writers from Brazil and Latin America, with an emphasis on those whose works portray the situation of the Jewish communities in their respective cities and countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 15), 363E, Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 4), 370S (Topic 32), Spanish 355 (Topic 3), 355D, Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 1). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Mediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean. Analyzes the relationship between literature and media technologies in contemporary Caribbean cultures. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345Q, 370 (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), 372G (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 5), 370S (Topic 28), Spanish 350E, Spanish 350K (Topic 5), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345Q, SPC 320C.2 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Race and Visual Culture in Latin America. Examine race and visuality in several countries of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Race/Visual Culture Lat Am), 328 (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Race/Visual Culture Lat Am). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Spanish Storytelling. Explore the Spanish storytelling tradition, with a focus on famous Spanish language authors who have enjoyed a broad reception in the English-speaking world. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Spanish Storytelling), 328 (Topic 8) Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Spanish Storytelling), 320C (Topic 4). Same as: SPC 320C.4 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: Spectacular Brazil. Explore the global, historical, thematic, and performative aspects of Brazilian culture using cultural texts, film, popular music, art, and photography. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 328 (Topic 9), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: PRC 321 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: The United States in Latin American Culture. Explore how Latin American and Latinx writers and artists have used the United States and globalization tropes, not just to come to terms with politics, popular culture, crime, technology, gender, and race, but also to talk about themselves. Only one of the Following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Gringomania: U.S. In Lat Am), 328 (Topic 10), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Gringomania: U.S. In Lat Am), 320C (Topic 5). Same as: SPC 320C.5 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Modern Brazil. Explore modern Brazilian urban culture and the processes and contexts that led to the modernization of Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Modern Brazil), 328 (Topic 11), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Modern Brazil), 325. Same as: PRC 325 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Jews of the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Explore the cultural history of Jews in the United States, Latin America, and Canada through a representative sample of short literary texts, film clips, and musical recordings. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 320C, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 33), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 12), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 320C, J S 363.33, SPC 320C.6 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Latinx Caribbeans: Culture and Diaspora in the United States. Explore prominent Latinx poets, writers, performers, and media artists connected to several diaspora communities from the Hispano-, Franco-, and Anglophone Caribbean in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), 328 (Topic 13), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), 320C (Topic 7). Same as: SPC 320C.7 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Music, Power, and Politics in Latin America. Analyze how popular music and more sound-related media in Latin America have played central roles in the expression of global citizenship, national and transnational identities, social justice, race, gender, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 14), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Music/Power/Politics in Lat Am), 320C (Topic 8). Same as: SPC 320C.8
Topic 15: Indigenous Relations. Explore the multi-layered relations of Indigenous Peoples to the land in the context of late twentieth- and early-twenty-first century Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 15), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Indigenous Matters), 320C (Topic 9). Same as: SPC 320C.9 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Cuba in Question. Explore Cuba's peoples, cultures, ethnicities, and the social and historical processes that go far beyond the common media stereotypes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Cuba in Question), 346C, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Cuba in Question), History 347D, 363K (Topic: Cuba in Question), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Cuba in Question), 328 (Topic 16), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Cuba in Question), 320C (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 346C, HIS 347D, SPC 320C.10 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Queer/Trans Performance. Explore the ways performance serves as an alternative space of expression and worldmaking, a site of activism and resistance, and a creative outlet for queer and trans people in specific socio-cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 17), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: T D 357T.14, WGS 335.32 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 328.1 Samba to Hip Hop: Brazilian Popular Music 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the role of popular music in relationships of power with subordination and the impact of music as a form of cultural expression.
Same as: PRC 320E.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.10 The United States in Latin American Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how Latin American and Latinx writers and artists have used the United States and globalization tropes, not just to come to terms with politics, popular culture, crime, technology, gender, and race, but also to talk about themselves. Only one of the Following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Gringomania: U.S. In Lat Am), 328 (Topic 10), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Gringomania: U.S. In Lat Am), 320C (Topic 5).
Same as: SPC 320C.5
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.11 Modern Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore modern Brazilian urban culture and the processes and contexts that led to the modernization of Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Modern Brazil), 328 (Topic 11), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Modern Brazil), 325.
Same as: PRC 325
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.12 Jews of the United States, Canada, and Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the cultural history of Jews in the United States, Latin America, and Canada through a representative sample of short literary texts, film clips, and musical recordings. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 320C, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 33), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 12), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 320C, J S 363.33, SPC 320C.6
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.13 Latinx Caribbeans: Culture and Diaspora in the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore prominent Latinx poets, writers, performers, and media artists connected to several diaspora communities from the Hispano-, Franco-, and Anglophone Caribbean in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), 328 (Topic 13), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Latino Carib Cult/Diasp in US), 320C (Topic 7).
Same as: SPC 320C.7
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.14 Music, Power, and Politics in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze how popular music and more sound-related media in Latin America have played central roles in the expression of global citizenship, national and transnational identities, social justice, race, gender, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 14), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Music/Power/Politics in Lat Am), 320C (Topic 8).
Same as: SPC 320C.8
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.15 Indigenous Relations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the multi-layered relations of Indigenous Peoples to the land in the context of late twentieth- and early-twenty-first century Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 15), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Indigenous Matters), 320C (Topic 9).
Same as: SPC 320C.9
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.16 Cuba in Question 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Cuba's peoples, cultures, ethnicities, and the social and historical processes that go far beyond the common media stereotypes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372G (Topic: Cuba in Question), 346C, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Cuba in Question), History 347D, 363K (Topic: Cuba in Question), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Cuba in Question), 328 (Topic 16), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Cuba in Question), 320C (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 346C, HIS 347D, SPC 320C.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.17 Queer/Trans Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the ways performance serves as an alternative space of expression and worldmaking, a site of activism and resistance, and a creative outlet for queer and trans people in specific socio-cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 17), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: T D 357T.14, WGS 335.32
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.2 Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 2), 370P (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 2), Portuguese 375 (Topic 7).
Same as: PRC 320E.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.3 Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345D, 372G (Topic 8), 374E (Topic: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 3), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345D, PRC 320E.3
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.5 Mediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyzes the relationship between literature and media technologies in contemporary Caribbean cultures. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345Q, 370 (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), 372G (Topic: Lit and Media in Caribbean), Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 5), 370S (Topic 28), Spanish 350E, Spanish 350K (Topic 5), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345Q, SPC 320C.2
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.6 Race and Visual Culture in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine race and visuality in several countries of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Race/Visual Culture Lat Am), 328 (Topic 6), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Race/Visual Culture Lat Am).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.8 Spanish Storytelling 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the Spanish storytelling tradition, with a focus on famous Spanish language authors who have enjoyed a broad reception in the English-speaking world. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Spanish Storytelling), 328 (Topic 8) Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic: Spanish Storytelling), 320C (Topic 4).
Same as: SPC 320C.4
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328.9 Spectacular Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the global, historical, thematic, and performative aspects of Brazilian culture using cultural texts, film, popular music, art, and photography. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 328 (Topic 9), Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Spectacular Brazil), 321. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PRC 321
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 328C Transnational Latinx Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 328C, Mexican American Studies 347C, 374 (Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 340 (Topic 89). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 347C, WGS 340.89
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Latin American Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in Latin American studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
LAS 330 Topics in Latin American Geography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 322 and 330 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: The Spanish Background of Hispanic America. Prehistoric and Roman origins of Mediterranean land use and settlement; late medieval economy and institutions; conquest and the transformation of Spanish culture in the New World, with emphasis on colonial Mexico. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Landscapes of Mexico and Caribbean America. The natural regions and cultural landscapes of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Same as: GRG 341K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: South America: Nature, Society and Sustainability. Field study of environmental and social change in selected landscapes in South America, such as protected areas; places of food production; transportation routes; migrant landscapes; urban areas; sites of cultural and historical importance; and issues of human rights. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 323K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Mapping Latin America. Discuss the role of maps in the creation of Latin America as a specific sort of place. As such, allows familiarity with a broad overview of Latin American history from Pre-Columbian civilizations to the modern period. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 343E, 356T (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 356T (Topic 12), History 363E, 363K (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 363K (Topic 4), Latin American Studies 330 (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 330 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 343E, HIS 363E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Vulnerability to Natural Hazards. An interdisciplinary approach, set right at the nexus of both physical and human geography, to studying the types of natural disasters that occur throughout Earth with a focus on tropical areas. Explore a region's susceptibility to natural disasters by studying the physical phenomena that incite specific hazards so that their spatial distribution can be outlined. Utilize theoretical frameworks that can expose the social causes of human vulnerability, the political repercussions of disasters, and how disaster response varies from country to country depending on varying political stances and economic conditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 334C, 334L, Latin American Studies 330 (Topic: Environment Hazards Latin America/Caribbean), 330 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 334L Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Sustainable Maya Geographies - Past to Future. Explore landscapes, conservation, and human-environment dynamics in the Maya region of Central America from more than 10,000 years ago to modern times. Compare sustainable practices from the past with those of indigenous Maya communities today to guide the future. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326M, Geography 324M, 356T (Topic: Sust Maya Geog: Past to Future), Latin American Studies 330 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 326M, GRG 324M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 330.2 Landscapes of Mexico and Caribbean America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The natural regions and cultural landscapes of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
Same as: GRG 341K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 330.3 South America: Nature, Society and Sustainability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Field study of environmental and social change in selected landscapes in South America, such as protected areas; places of food production; transportation routes; migrant landscapes; urban areas; sites of cultural and historical importance; and issues of human rights. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 323K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 330.4 Mapping Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss the role of maps in the creation of Latin America as a specific sort of place. As such, allows familiarity with a broad overview of Latin American history from Pre-Columbian civilizations to the modern period. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 343E, 356T (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 356T (Topic 12), History 363E, 363K (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 363K (Topic 4), Latin American Studies 330 (Topic: Mapping Latin America), 330 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 343E, HIS 363E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 330.5 Vulnerability to Natural Hazards 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An interdisciplinary approach, set right at the nexus of both physical and human geography, to studying the types of natural disasters that occur throughout Earth with a focus on tropical areas. Explore a region's susceptibility to natural disasters by studying the physical phenomena that incite specific hazards so that their spatial distribution can be outlined. Utilize theoretical frameworks that can expose the social causes of human vulnerability, the political repercussions of disasters, and how disaster response varies from country to country depending on varying political stances and economic conditions. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 334C, 334L, Latin American Studies 330 (Topic: Environment Hazards Latin America/Caribbean), 330 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 334L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 330.6 Sustainable Maya Geographies - Past to Future 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore landscapes, conservation, and human-environment dynamics in the Maya region of Central America from more than 10,000 years ago to modern times. Compare sustainable practices from the past with those of indigenous Maya communities today to guide the future. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 326M, Geography 324M, 356T (Topic: Sust Maya Geog: Past to Future), Latin American Studies 330 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 326M, GRG 324M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 331 Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the variability of landscapes, climatic regions, and anthropogenic activities found throughout Latin America and the insular Caribbean to explore the complex issues related to water resource accessibility. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 356 (Topic: Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean), 356D, Latin American Studies 330 (Topic: Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean), 331. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 356D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337L Issues in Third World Development 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore important issues in the politics of developing countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic 17), 366F, Latin American Studies 337L, 337M (Topic: Iss in Third-World Development). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 366F
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337M Topics in Latin American Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics vary each semester to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Civil-Military Relations in Latin America. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division government.
Topic 2: Parties, Elections, and Democracy in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: Politics of Development in Latin America), 337M (Topic 2), 337M (Topic 16), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics of Development in Latin America), 337M (Topic 2), 337M (Topic 16). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 3: Politics in South America. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 4: United States-Mexican Border Relations. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 5: Introduction to Latin American Government and Politics. An introductory survey of Latin American political systems: governmental organization, political processes, and current problems. Same as: GOV 328L Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 6: Political Development in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Government 365N (Topic 4) and Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 7: Comparative Racial Politics. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division government.
Topic 8: Latino Politics. Explore the political experiences of the United States Latino populations. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 370K (Topic 2), 371L, Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 8), 337S, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 9: The Military in Politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365G, 365N (Topic 3); Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 9); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 365G, REE 335.10 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 10: Political Transition in Europe and Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic 11), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 10). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 11: Politics of Mexico. Survey of twentieth century politics in Mexico with an emphasis on political and economic development. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: Politics of Mexico), 337M (Topic 6), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics of Mexico), 337M (Topic 11).
Topic 12: Law and Democracy in Latin America. Explores many of the challenges to the rule of law across Latin America and how they affect the quality of democracy in the region. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: Law and Democracy in Latin America), 337M (Topic 7), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Law and Democracy in Latin America), 337M (Topic 12).
Topic 13: International Politics of Latin America. Analysis of Latin America's political and economic relations with respect to external actors since the late twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: International Politics of Latin America), 337M (Topic 8), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: International Politics of Latin America), 337M (Topic 13).
Topic 14: Politics, Economy, and Society of Contemporary Brazil. An introduction to Brazil with a focus on domestic politics; economic development and management; social relations and social policy issues; and foreign policy. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: Politics, Economy, and Society of Contemporary Brazil), 337M (Topic 9), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics, Economy, and Society of Contemporary Brazil), 337M (Topic 14).
Topic 15: Politics of New Democracies. Examination of the process of democratization and factors related to its success. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic 13), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics of New Democracies), 337M (Topic 15), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Politics of New Democracies), 335 (Topic 22). Additional prerequisite: For government majors, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Politics of Development in Latin America. Examines the struggle for development in Latin America during the last century. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337M (Topic: Politics of Development in Latin America), 337M (Topic 2), 337M (Topic 16), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics of Development in Latin America), 337M (Topic 2), 337M (Topic 16). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
LAS 337M.5 Introduction to Latin American Government and Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introductory survey of Latin American political systems: governmental organization, political processes, and current problems.
Same as: GOV 328L
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337M.9 The Military in Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365G, 365N (Topic 3); Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 9); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365G, REE 335.10
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337O Law and Democracy in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore many of the challenges to the rule of law across Latin America and how they affect the quality of democracy in the region. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337D, 337M (Topic 7), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 12), 337O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337D
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337P International Politics of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze Latin America's political and economic relations with respect to external actors. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337E, 337M (Topic 8), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 13), 337P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337E
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337Q Politics, Economy, and Society of Contemporary Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine major economic, political, and sociological developments in Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337F, 337M (Topic 9), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 14), 337Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337F
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337R The Politics of Development in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the struggle for development in Latin America. Government 337G and Latin American Studies 337R may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337G
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337S Latino Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the political experiences of the United States Latino populations. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 370K (Topic 2), 371L, Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 8), 337S, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 371L, MAS 374.15
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 337T The Politics of Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore Mexico's political and economic development. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 337C, 337M (Topic 6), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 11), 337T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 337C
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 355 Topics in Latin American Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics vary each semester to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Development Problems and Policies in Latin America. Analysis of the economies of Latin America. Issues may include the structure and functioning of cities, rural-urban migration, the sectoral composition of GDP and employment, and determinants of growth. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 355, Latin American Studies 355 (Topic 1), Urban Studies 351 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ECO 355 Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C- in each.
Topic 2: Political Economy of Central America. Background of economic problems; analyses of theories of development and underdevelopment; the evolution of contemporary political problems and their relationship to economic development in Central America. Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K (or 303) and 304L (or 302) with a grade of at least C in each, and six semester hours of upper-division social science or consent of instructor.
LAS 355.1 Development Problems and Policies in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of the economies of Latin America. Issues may include the structure and functioning of cities, rural-urban migration, the sectoral composition of GDP and employment, and determinants of growth. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 355, Latin American Studies 355 (Topic 1), Urban Studies 351 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ECO 355
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C- in each.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 359H Honors Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An interdisciplinary discussion and writing seminar. Lectures and supervised individual research and writing of a substantial paper on a special topic. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, and consent of instructor and the Latin American studies honors adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366 Topics in Latin American History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics vary each semester to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Race and Class in the History of Brazil. The interrelationship of economic class and racial or ethnic factors from the beginning of the slave trade to the present. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Colonial Latin America. Basic survey course, designed as an introduction to Latin American history in the colonial period. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310K, 346K, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 1: Latin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience), 366 (Topic 2). Same as: HIS 346K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Modern Latin America. Continuation of History 346K and Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 2). Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374E (Topic: Modern Latin America), 374E (Topic 5), History 310L, 346L, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 2: Latin American Civilization: The National Experience), 366 (Topic 3). Same as: HIS 346L Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Black Movements in the Caribbean. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Coffee and Slaves. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial Latin America. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Colonial Spanish America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 19), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Colonial Spanish America), 366 (Topic 7). Same as: HIS 350L.19 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920. An analytical examination of the initial decade of the Mexican Revolution, the first of the twentieth-century nationalist social revolutions; examines through lectures and discussion the historical antecedents and the political, economic, social, and intellectual elements of the upheaval. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America. An introduction to recent Latin American history, with emphasis on phenomena that explain the apparent social unrest and political instability of the region. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346L, 366N (Topic: Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 9). Same as: HIS 346S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Inventing the New World. An examination of the process of cultural and social transformation that occurred over five centuries beginning with the emergence of the New World of the Americas. History 366N (Topic: Inventing the New World) and Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 10) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Negotiation and Conflict: Slavery in Brazil. The uncertain institution of slavery that permeated all aspects of social life in Brazil for more than three hundred years; negotiations by masters and slaves to define the terms of their relationship; situations in which conflict became overt and involved force. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Modern Brazil. The social, economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped modern Brazil. Same as: HIS 328M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Revolution in Modern Latin America. Comparison of the Mexican and Cuban revolutions and of their challenges to inter-American relations. Same as: HIS 346R Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Latin American Cities, 1830-1930. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: History of Modern Central America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 42), 363K (Topic: History of Modern Central America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 15). Same as: HIS 350L.42 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Culture and Identity in Colonial Mexico. Same as: HIS 350L.44 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: The Cuban Revolution and the United States. The special economic and political relationship between the United States and Cuba from 1898 to 1967; and how the 1959 revolution affected the Cold War relationships between East and West, North and South. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346T, 366N (Topic: The Cuban Revolution and the US), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: The Cuban Revolution and the US), 366 (Topic 17). Same as: HIS 346T Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: History of the Caribbean. Overview of Caribbean history from 1492 to the present. Topics include contact between European and native cultures, piracy, slavery, colonialism and decolonization, and revolutions. Same as: HIS 350L.62 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Twentieth-Century Rural Latin America. Examines causes of some of the unresolved conflicts affecting Latin America today, including the social-agrarian relationships linking landlords and campesinos; the role of the state and the impact of official ideologies involving indigenous people; religion and the Catholic Church; the history of rural institutions; and the success or failure of land reforms. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346V, 363K (Topic: Twentieth-Century Rural Latin America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 19). Same as: HIS 346V Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Colonial Latin America through Objects. Examines objects, such as paintings, reliquaries, monstrances, and churches from colonial Latin America in order to understand colonial culture. Includes critical reading of original texts. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346J, 363K (Topic: Colonial Latin America through Objects), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 20). Same as: HIS 346J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 21: Church and State in Latin America. History of Church-state relations and religious politics in modern Latin America, with emphasis on the nineteenth to early twentieth-century periods. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346W, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 21), Religious Studies 368 (Topic 1), 368D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 346W, R S 368D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 22: Reimagining Cuba, 1868-Present. Explores Cuban-United States relations from the nineteenth century to the present, including issues of empire and transnationalism, and social change engagements between Cuba and the United States before and after the Cuban Revolution. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345M, 374E (Topic 4), History 347C, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345M, HIS 347C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Dictatorship, Dirty War, and Democracy in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Dictator/Dirty War in Latin America), 350L (Topic 66), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Dictator/Dirty War in Latin America), 366 (Topic 23). Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 24: Rethinking the Conquest of Mexico. Explores the "conquest" of Mexico and the social, cultural, political, and economic processes which were set in motion by the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico), 350L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico), 366 (Topic 24), Tutorial Course 357 (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico). Same as: HIS 350L.75 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 25: The Religious Tradition in Latin America. Explores the different ways in which religion has helped to define the political, social, and philosophical structures of Latin America from colonial times to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 76), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 25), Religious Studies 368 (Topic 3), 368E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 26: Visual and Material Culture in Colonial Latin America. Focuses on the visual and material culture of colonial Spanish America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Visual and Material Culture in Colonial Latin America), 350L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Visual and Material Culture in Colonial Latin America), 366 (Topic 26). Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 27: Cultural Citizenship in the United States and Latin America. An introduction to the history of relations between the United States and Latin America. Designed to prepare each student for a potential experience in Latin America (or with Latino communities in the United States) such as study abroad, research, and/or community engagement. Only one of the following may be counted: History 361Q, 363K (Topic 1), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 361Q Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 28: Argentina: Populism and Insurrection. An overview of principal trends and issues in Argentine history from independence to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363C, 363K (Topic 2), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 363C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 29: Religion, Conquest, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America. Focuses on the histories of the Catholic Church and religious devotion in colonial Latin America between 1521 and 1821. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363D, 363K (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 29), Religious Studies 368 (Topic 4), 368F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 363D, R S 368F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 31: Afro-Latin America. Examines the historical experiences of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean beginning in the slavery era, and focuses on the histories of Afro-Latin Americans after emancipation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345E, 372G (Topic 10), History 350L (Topic 68), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345E, HIS 350L.68 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 32: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century. Questions the geographical category of Latin America by examining the kinds of trends and forces of the nineteenth century that contributed to its conceptual emergence and to its growing political, economic, and cultural significance on the global stage. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century), 350L (Topic 86), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century), 366 (Topic 32). Same as: HIS 350L.86 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 34: The Bible in the Colonial Americas. Varied perspectives on the central role played by the Old Testament in the construction of colonial cultures in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 355, 375 (Topic 6), History 363F, 363K (Topic 5), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 34), Religious Studies 366 (Topic 3), 366C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: CTI 355, HIS 363F, R S 366C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 35: When Christ was King. The history of Catholicism in twentieth-century Mexico, often seen as Latin America's most "Catholic" nation. Only one of the following may be counted: History 347P, 350L (Topic: When Christ was King), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: When Christ was King), 366 (Topic 35), Religious Studies 368 (Topic: When Christ was King), 368C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 347P, R S 368C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 36: Urban Slavery in the Americas. Examines urban slavery in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350P, 374E (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), American Studies 370 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 370 (Topic 55), History 347N, 350L (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 366 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350P, AMS 370.55, HIS 347N Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 37: Chile: From Revolution to Counterrevolution. An examination of the key political, social, and economic events that underpin contemporary Chilean society. Only one of the following may be counted: History 347R, 350L (Topic: Chile: Revultn to Cnterrevlutn), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Chile: Revultn to Cnterrevlutn), 366 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 347R Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 38: Latin America in the Sixties. Explore the impact of the Cuban revolution in Latin American politics, gender roles, and women's participation in public life during the sixties. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), 363T, 366N (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), 366 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 363T Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 39: Life and Politics in Contemporary Mexico. Examine an overview of life and politics in contemporary Mexico. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363J, 363K (Topic: Life/Politics Contemp Mexico), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Life/Politics Contemp Mexico), 366 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 363J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 40: Politics of Food in Latin America. Examine food production, food consumption, and socio-cultural identities in Latin America through comparative and multidisciplinary research. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Politics of Food in Latin Amer), 366F, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Politics of Food in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 366F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 41: Sexuality and Gender in Latin America. Explore gender as a broad analytical tool to understand key problems concerning social organization, power relations, and inequality in contemporary Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366N (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366P, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 41), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 340 (Topic 91). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 366P, WGS 340.91 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 43: Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean. Examine the role that debt has played in the formation of colonial and neocolonial practices in the Caribbean region. Take a broad approach to the concept of debt in order to explore the financial and monetary dynamics of debt, but also the political and cultural implications of debt. Focus in particular on debt as justification in the furtherance of colonialism throughout the Caribbean. Engage in a historical examination of the United States' colonial projects and military interventions in the region throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345O, 374E (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), American Studies 321 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 321O, History 345O, 363K (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 366 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345O, AMS 321O, HIS 345O Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 44: Race Against Empire: Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345K, 374E (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), History 366N (Topic: Race Against Empire: Americas), 374Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), 366 (Topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345K, HIS 374Q Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 45: History of Modern Mexico, 1940-present. Introduction to the history of modern Mexico from the close of the Mexican Revolution (1940) to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 352G, 366N (Topic: Hist Modern Mexico, 1940-Pres), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 352G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 46: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940. Explore the initial decade of the Mexican Revolution, the first of the twentieth-century nationalist social revolutions. Examine the historical antecedents and the political, economic, social, and intellectual elements of the upheaval. Only one of the following may be counted: History 352F, 352L, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 8), 366 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 352F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 47: Mexican Americans in Texas History. Introduction to the historical experience of Mexican-American persons in Texas. Only one of the following may be counted: History 320T (Topic 1), 350R (Topic: Mexican Amers in Texas History), 350R (Topic 36), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 47), Mexican American Studies 320J, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Mexican Amers in Texas History). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 320T.1, MAS 320J Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
LAS 366.12 Modern Brazil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The social, economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped modern Brazil.
Same as: HIS 328M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.13 Revolution in Modern Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Comparison of the Mexican and Cuban revolutions and of their challenges to inter-American relations.
Same as: HIS 346R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.15 History of Modern Central America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 42), 363K (Topic: History of Modern Central America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 15).
Same as: HIS 350L.42
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.16 Culture and Identity in Colonial Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: HIS 350L.44
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.17 The Cuban Revolution and the United States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The special economic and political relationship between the United States and Cuba from 1898 to 1967; and how the 1959 revolution affected the Cold War relationships between East and West, North and South. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346T, 366N (Topic: The Cuban Revolution and the US), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: The Cuban Revolution and the US), 366 (Topic 17).
Same as: HIS 346T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.18 History of the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of Caribbean history from 1492 to the present. Topics include contact between European and native cultures, piracy, slavery, colonialism and decolonization, and revolutions.
Same as: HIS 350L.62
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.19 Twentieth-Century Rural Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines causes of some of the unresolved conflicts affecting Latin America today, including the social-agrarian relationships linking landlords and campesinos; the role of the state and the impact of official ideologies involving indigenous people; religion and the Catholic Church; the history of rural institutions; and the success or failure of land reforms. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346V, 363K (Topic: Twentieth-Century Rural Latin America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 19).
Same as: HIS 346V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.2 Colonial Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic survey course, designed as an introduction to Latin American history in the colonial period. Only one of the following may be counted: History 310K, 346K, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 1: Latin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience), 366 (Topic 2).
Same as: HIS 346K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.20 Colonial Latin America through Objects 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines objects, such as paintings, reliquaries, monstrances, and churches from colonial Latin America in order to understand colonial culture. Includes critical reading of original texts. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346J, 363K (Topic: Colonial Latin America through Objects), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 20).
Same as: HIS 346J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.21 Church and State in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of Church-state relations and religious politics in modern Latin America, with emphasis on the nineteenth to early twentieth-century periods. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346W, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 21), Religious Studies 368 (Topic 1), 368D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 346W, R S 368D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.22 Reimagining Cuba, 1868-Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores Cuban-United States relations from the nineteenth century to the present, including issues of empire and transnationalism, and social change engagements between Cuba and the United States before and after the Cuban Revolution. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345M, 374E (Topic 4), History 347C, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345M, HIS 347C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.24 Rethinking the Conquest of Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the "conquest" of Mexico and the social, cultural, political, and economic processes which were set in motion by the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico), 350L (Topic 75), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico), 366 (Topic 24), Tutorial Course 357 (Topic: Rethinking Conquest of Mexico).
Same as: HIS 350L.75
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.27 Cultural Citizenship in the United States and Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the history of relations between the United States and Latin America. Designed to prepare each student for a potential experience in Latin America (or with Latino communities in the United States) such as study abroad, research, and/or community engagement. Only one of the following may be counted: History 361Q, 363K (Topic 1), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 361Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.28 Argentina: Populism and Insurrection 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An overview of principal trends and issues in Argentine history from independence to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363C, 363K (Topic 2), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 363C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.29 Religion, Conquest, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focuses on the histories of the Catholic Church and religious devotion in colonial Latin America between 1521 and 1821. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363D, 363K (Topic 3), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 29), Religious Studies 368 (Topic 4), 368F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 363D, R S 368F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.3 Modern Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Continuation of History 346K and Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 2). Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374E (Topic: Modern Latin America), 374E (Topic 5), History 310L, 346L, Latin American Studies 310 (Topic 2: Latin American Civilization: The National Experience), 366 (Topic 3).
Same as: HIS 346L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.31 Afro-Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the historical experiences of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean beginning in the slavery era, and focuses on the histories of Afro-Latin Americans after emancipation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345E, 372G (Topic 10), History 350L (Topic 68), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345E, HIS 350L.68
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.32 Latin America in the Nineteenth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Questions the geographical category of Latin America by examining the kinds of trends and forces of the nineteenth century that contributed to its conceptual emergence and to its growing political, economic, and cultural significance on the global stage. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century), 350L (Topic 86), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century), 366 (Topic 32).
Same as: HIS 350L.86
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.34 The Bible in the Colonial Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Varied perspectives on the central role played by the Old Testament in the construction of colonial cultures in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 355, 375 (Topic 6), History 363F, 363K (Topic 5), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 34), Religious Studies 366 (Topic 3), 366C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: CTI 355, HIS 363F, R S 366C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.35 When Christ was King 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history of Catholicism in twentieth-century Mexico, often seen as Latin America's most "Catholic" nation. Only one of the following may be counted: History 347P, 350L (Topic: When Christ was King), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: When Christ was King), 366 (Topic 35), Religious Studies 368 (Topic: When Christ was King), 368C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 347P, R S 368C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.36 Urban Slavery in the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines urban slavery in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350P, 374E (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), American Studies 370 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 370 (Topic 55), History 347N, 350L (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Urban Slavery in the Americas), 366 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350P, AMS 370.55, HIS 347N
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.37 Chile: From Revolution to Counterrevolution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An examination of the key political, social, and economic events that underpin contemporary Chilean society. Only one of the following may be counted: History 347R, 350L (Topic: Chile: Revultn to Cnterrevlutn), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Chile: Revultn to Cnterrevlutn), 366 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 347R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.38 Latin America in the Sixties 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the impact of the Cuban revolution in Latin American politics, gender roles, and women's participation in public life during the sixties. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), 363T, 366N (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Latin America in the Sixties), 366 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 363T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.39 Life and Politics in Contemporary Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine an overview of life and politics in contemporary Mexico. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363J, 363K (Topic: Life/Politics Contemp Mexico), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Life/Politics Contemp Mexico), 366 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 363J
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.40 Politics of Food in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine food production, food consumption, and socio-cultural identities in Latin America through comparative and multidisciplinary research. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Politics of Food in Latin Amer), 366F, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Politics of Food in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 366F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.41 Sexuality and Gender in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore gender as a broad analytical tool to understand key problems concerning social organization, power relations, and inequality in contemporary Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366N (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366P, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 41), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 340 (Topic 91). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 366P, WGS 340.91
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.43 Debt and Colonialism in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the role that debt has played in the formation of colonial and neocolonial practices in the Caribbean region. Take a broad approach to the concept of debt in order to explore the financial and monetary dynamics of debt, but also the political and cultural implications of debt. Focus in particular on debt as justification in the furtherance of colonialism throughout the Caribbean. Engage in a historical examination of the United States' colonial projects and military interventions in the region throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345O, 374E (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), American Studies 321 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 321O, History 345O, 363K (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Debt/Colonialism Caribbean), 366 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345O, AMS 321O, HIS 345O
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.44 Race Against Empire: Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345K, 374E (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), History 366N (Topic: Race Against Empire: Americas), 374Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Race Against Empire: Amers), 366 (Topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345K, HIS 374Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.45 History of Modern Mexico, 1940-present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the history of modern Mexico from the close of the Mexican Revolution (1940) to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 352G, 366N (Topic: Hist Modern Mexico, 1940-Pres), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 352G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.46 The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the initial decade of the Mexican Revolution, the first of the twentieth-century nationalist social revolutions. Examine the historical antecedents and the political, economic, social, and intellectual elements of the upheaval. Only one of the following may be counted: History 352F, 352L, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 8), 366 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 352F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.47 Mexican Americans in Texas History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the historical experience of Mexican-American persons in Texas. Only one of the following may be counted: History 320T (Topic 1), 350R (Topic: Mexican Amers in Texas History), 350R (Topic 36), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 47), Mexican American Studies 320J, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Mexican Amers in Texas History). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 320T.1, MAS 320J
Core Curriculum: 060
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.7 Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Colonial Spanish America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 19), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Colonial Spanish America), 366 (Topic 7).
Same as: HIS 350L.19
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366.9 Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to recent Latin American history, with emphasis on phenomena that explain the apparent social unrest and political instability of the region. Only one of the following may be counted: History 346L, 366N (Topic: Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 9).
Same as: HIS 346S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366C Nationalisms in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345I, 374E (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), History 363K (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), 371Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Nationalism in Caribbean), 366C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345I, HIS 371Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 366D Race, Rebellion and Revolution in the Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345J, 374E (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), History 363K (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), 372Q, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Race/Rebellion/Rev Caribbean), 366D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345J, HIS 372Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370P Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature, Culture, Civilization, and Linguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Taught in Portuguese. Latin American Studies 322 and 370P may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Portuguese 611D, 611S, 612, 312L, or 516; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Brazil: An Introduction. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in Portuguese.
Topic 2: Introduction to Literatures and Cultures. Overview of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures, including the arts and popular expressions from a multidisciplinary perspective. Among the regions studied are Brazil, Portugal, and related areas in Africa. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 2) and Portuguese 328C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: POR 328C Additional prerequisite: Portuguese 311C and 314C, 611D, 311J and 314J, or 611S (or 312L or 516).
Topic 3: Contemporary Brazilian Film. Explores recent filmmaking in Brazil as an art form and as a method of articulating important aspects and concerns of contemporary Brazilian society. Topics include cinema and development, modernization, national and regional identity, race, social exclusion, violence, and neoliberalism. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 3), Portuguese 350F (Topic 1), 350K.
Topic 4: Brazilian Film and Culture. Students will be given a critical overview of Brazilian cinema, from the silent era to the present day, with an emphasis on the late twentieth- and early twenty-first-centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 4), Portuguese 350F (Topic 2), Portuguese 350K.
Topic 5: Gender, Sexuality, and Labor in Brazilian Culture. Introduction to the vast spectrum of working women characters, including maids, prostitutes, teachers, factory workers, doctors, street vendors, and unpaid housewives, in Brazilian literature and film, in order to examine the roles of race and gender in shaping the stereotypes surrounding women's labor in modern Brazil. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 5) and Portuguese 375 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture. Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 6) and Portuguese 375 (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Portuguese 327C and one of the following: 328C, 330L, or Portuguese Civilization 320E.
Topic 7: Race and Slavery in Brazil. Focus on the differing meanings and values attributed by major Brazilian writers to the national "race." Topics include images of slavery and slaves in the Brazilian abolitionist literature; fictional and self-representational literature by Afro-Brazilian authors; the debate around the "Black Aesthetic"; and finally, the representation of Afro-Brazilians in other media such as film, painting, television, and popular music (samba, hip-hop, funk). Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370P (Topic: The Color of Progress: Race and Slavery in Brazil), 370P (Topic 7), Portuguese 348 (Topic 1), 375 (Topic: The Color of Progress: Race and Slavery in Brazil).
Topic 8: Afro-Brazilian Diaspora. Examines Afro-Brazilians in the post-abolition (1888 and after) era and the strategies deployed by cultural producers and participants in social movements to overcome the barriers to the achievement of political power and self-determination.
Topic 9: Brazilian and African Dialogues. A general introduction to the colonial and post-colonial experiences of Portuguese-speaking Africa. Overview of the socio-political and economic experiences of the lusophone African countries under colonialism. Examination of the armed struggle and the combative literary outpourings that impacted morale in the fight for independence.
Topic 10: United States Latino Literatures and Cultures in Context. Examines the United States Latino literary and cultural production from a multidisciplinary perspective, through literature, film, music, and performance. Analyzes the literatures and experiences of Brazilian American writers and artists in their historical and cultural specificities. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 10) and Portuguese 354 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: POR 354 Additional prerequisite: Portuguese 327C (or 362).
Topic 11: Sociolinguistics. Explores the interrelationship of language and society with reference to the Portuguese-speaking world. Examines how socio-economic , political, and anthropological factors like race, social class, gender, age, and identity influence linguistics forms. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 11) and Portuguese 353 may not both be counted. Three hours a week for one semester. Same as: POR 353 Additional prerequisite: Portuguese 327C or 362, and 330L.
Topic 12: Afro-Brazilians: Literature, Culture, Political Agency. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370P (Topic: Afro-Brazilians: Literature, Culture, Political Agency), 370P (Topic 12), Portuguese 341 (Topic: Afro-Brazilians: Literature, Culture, Political Agency), 341 (Topic 1).
Topic 13: Cultural Differences Between the United States and Brazil. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370P (Topic: Cultural Differences between USA and Brazil), 370P (Topic 13), Portuguese 341 (Topic: Cultural Differences between USA and Brazil), 341 (Topic 2).
LAS 370P.10 United States Latino Literatures and Cultures in Context 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the United States Latino literary and cultural production from a multidisciplinary perspective, through literature, film, music, and performance. Analyzes the literatures and experiences of Brazilian American writers and artists in their historical and cultural specificities. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 10) and Portuguese 354 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: POR 354
Pre/Corequisites: Portuguese 327C (or 362).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370P.11 Sociolinguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the interrelationship of language and society with reference to the Portuguese-speaking world. Examines how socio-economic , political, and anthropological factors like race, social class, gender, age, and identity influence linguistics forms. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 11) and Portuguese 353 may not both be counted. Three hours a week for one semester.
Same as: POR 353
Pre/Corequisites: Portuguese 327C or 362, and 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370P.2 Introduction to Literatures and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures, including the arts and popular expressions from a multidisciplinary perspective. Among the regions studied are Brazil, Portugal, and related areas in Africa. Latin American Studies 370P (Topic 2) and Portuguese 328C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: POR 328C
Pre/Corequisites: Portuguese 311C and 314C, 611D, 311J and 314J, or 611S (or 312L or 516).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S Topics in Hispanic Literature, Culture, Civilization, and Linguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Taught in Spanish. Latin American Studies 322 and 370S may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 311 and 314, or 311J and 314J, or 611D or 612 or 312L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Hispanic Literature in Translation. English 349L (Topic: Hispanic Literature in Translation) and Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent; for others, upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Contemporary Spanish American Fiction in Translation. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, Rhetoric and Composition 306 and English 316K or their equivalents, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in either English or rhetoric and composition; for others, upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 3: Civilization of Spanish America. Survey of the social and cultural evolution of the Spanish American countries. Conducted in Spanish. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 611D, 612, or 312L.
Topic 4: Introduction to Spanish American Literature through Modernism. Main literary trends and principal writers in Spanish America from the sixteenth century through Modernism. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 611D, 612, or 312L.
Topic 5: Introduction to Spanish American Literature since Modernism. Main literary trends and principal writers in Spanish America since Modernism. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 611D, 612, or 312L.
Topic 6: Spanish-Language Literature of the Southwest. The study of culturally valuable Chicano literary texts; related readings in Mexican and other Hispanic works. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 612 or 312L.
Topic 7: The Mexican Revolution. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.
Topic 8: Contemporary Spanish American Drama. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, or the equivalent.
Topic 9: Contemporary Spanish American Poetry. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L.
Topic 10: Contemporary Spanish American Prose. Novels, short stories, and essays from different regions of Hispanic America. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L.
Topic 11: Comparative Structure of English and Spanish. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G, 345L and three additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.
Topic 12: Translation Principles and Practice. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G, 345L, and three additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.
Topic 13: Essay in Mexican Thought and Culture. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.
Topic 14: Interpretation Principles and Practice. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G, 345L, and three additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.
Topic 15: Literary Translation: Analysis and Criticism. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G, 345L, and three additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.
Topic 16: Writing the Conquest. The forging of Spanish-American civilization and many of its persistent dilemmas seen through the examination of an exuberant and original body of narrative texts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 16), Spanish 350 (Topic: Writing the Conquest), 374K (Topic 1). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L.
Topic 17: Indigenous Voices in Latin American Literature. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 17), Spanish 350 (Topic 4), 356 (Topic 1). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C (or 327G) and three hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish or Spanish Civilization.
Topic 18: Latin American Civilization: The New World. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.
Topic 19: Business in Hispanic Life and Culture. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.
Topic 20: Mexican and Mexican American Ballads. Examines the corrido genre in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special focus on its pivotal role in the Mexican Revolution and in the collision between cultures in the border zone. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.
Topic 22: The Imagined Andes. Overview of literature and culture of the Andean regions. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: The Imagined Andes), 370S (Topic 22), Spanish 350 (Topic 12), 356 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C (or 327G) and three hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish or Spanish Civilization.
Topic 23: Violence in Contemporary Mexican Culture. Studies the representation of violence in contemporary literary and cultural production in Mexico in order to understand social, political, and cultural implications of current violence there. Taught in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 23), Spanish 355 (Topic 6), Spanish 355F, and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 355F, WGS 340.20 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 24: Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema. Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 350C, WGS 335.6 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 25: Latin American Film and Culture. Overview of Latin American cinema from the silent era to present, with an emphasis on the last forty years. Subjects covered include: the development of the film industry (particularly in Argentina and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s); the "New Wave" of Latin American cinema in the 1960s; and contemporary trends. Taught in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 25), Spanish 350 (Topic: Latin American Film and Culture), 350K (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L.
Topic 26: Latin American Literature and Film. Studies, in a broad sense, the connections between Latin American cinema and literature, through extensive readings and in-class movie exhibitions. A number of renowned literary works by Latin American authors and their film versions will be analyzed with a comparative approach. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 26), Spanish 350 (Topic: Latin American Literature and Film), 350K (Topic 4), 352 (Topic: Literature and Cinema in Spanish America). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 325K, 325L, 326K, or 326L.
Topic 27: Introduction to Literatures and Cultures. Overview of Iberian and/or Latin American literatures and cultures, including the arts and popular expressions, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Among the regions studied are Spain; North, Central, and South America; the Caribbean; and related areas in Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 27), Spanish 328, 328C. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 3), 370S (Topic 27), Spanish 322K, 328C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 328C Additional prerequisite: Spanish 311 and 314, 611D, or 311J and 314J (or 612 or 312L).
Topic 28: Mediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean. Analyzes the relationship between literature and media technologies in contemporary Caribbean cultures. Examination of the notion and uses of Caribbean mediascapes; in other words, the uses of media technologies derived from film, television, the internet and YouTube, and the ways they are used and read in the Spanish Caribbean. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 5), 370S (Topic 28), Spanish 350K (Topic 5), Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 2).
Topic 29: Indigenous Voices: From Nezahualcoyotl to Radio. Examines how Indigenous writers, intellectuals, and cultural producers have creatively established their own voices through writing and other forms of media. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Indigenous Voices), 370S (Topic 29), Spanish 350 (Topic: Indigenous Voices), 350K (Topic 6).
Topic 30: Fantastic Fiction from Latin America. Analysis of short stories by Latin American writers that in some way represent an alternative to realism. Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 30) and Spanish 355 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 31: Nonfiction Narratives from Latin America. Study of nonfiction works written in contemporary Latin America as experimental narrative forms that offer insight about current political, social, and economic problems of the region. Examination of these realities through readings and careful analysis of the works of popular nonfiction Latin American writers.
Topic 32: Jewish Voices from Latin America. Overview of popular Jewish writers from Brazil and Spanish America, with special emphasis on those who portray in their work the situation of the Jewish communities of their respective cities and countries. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 15), 363E, Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 4), 370S (Topic 32), Spanish 355 (Topic 3), 355D, Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: J S 363E, SPN 355D Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 33: Sex and Sexuality in Latin America. Examines different representations of sex, sexuality, and eroticism in the various cultures of Latin America. These concepts do not refer to explicit or provocative texts or images in books, films, or photographs alone. On the contrary, they include a vast gamut of life, love, pain, and social conflict. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Sexo/Sexualidad en Latinoamerica), 370S (Topic 33), Spanish 352 (Topic: Sexo/Sexualidad en Latinoamerica), 355 (Topic 4).
Topic 34: Revolutionary Imagination in Latin American Cultures. Explores literary expressions in Latin America that reflect a dissident or transgressive imaginary published during the revolutionary period (1960-1990). Examination of how different sociohistorical experiences require new narrative forms, and innovative ways of exploring and codifying collective community identities. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Revolutionary Imagination in Latin American Literature), 370S (Topic 34), Spanish 352 (Topic: Revolutionary Imagination in Latin American Literature), 355 (Topic 5).
Topic 35: Literature and Exile in the Spanish Caribbean. Explore literary texts (e.g., poetry, chronicles, narratives, and short stories) that describe exile as a trope. Examine themes, such as literature, culture and colonialism, nationality and belonging (i.e., nation, transnation, and post-nation), nature, the sensorial and subjectivity, identity politics (i.e., race, gender, and sexuality), and the ethics of writing. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 35), Spanish 354C, 377C (Topic: Lit/Exile in Span Caribbean). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 354C Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 36: East/West/New World Encounters. Survey of works mostly in the Latin American and Hispanic literary tradition in which images or themes related to the East (Asia, Eastern Africa, the Middle East) are developed. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Visions of the East in Latin American Writing), 370S (Topic 36), Spanish 352 (Topic: Visions of the East in Latin American Writing), 355 (Topic 7).
Topic 37: Memory and Writing in Caribbean Culture. Studies literary works from the greater Caribbean basin (with a focus on Cuba and Puerto Rico) in which the act of remembering is emphatically dramatized and described. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Writing and Memory in Caribbean Literature), 370S (Topic 37), Spanish 355 (Topic 8), 375 (Topic: Writing and Memory in Caribbean Literature).
Topic 38: Literary Figurations in the Multimedia Age. Focuses on the figurations of sounds and images in literary language in the context of the multimedia environment of modern and contemporary Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Literary Figurations in the Multimedia Age), 370S (Topic 38), Spanish 352 (Topic: Literary Figurations in the Multimedia Age), 355 (Topic 9).
Topic 39: Journalism and Human Rights in Latin America. Explore the traditional definitions of Human Rights and the way those definitions have taken shape in the last two decades in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 39), Spanish 353C, 377C (Topic: Journalism/Human Rights Am Lat). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 353C Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 41: Contemporary Mesoamerican Indigenous Literatures. Examines the early Mesoamerican mythological narrative, Popol Wuj, as well as twentieth-century Central American texts. Explores ethnicity, class, gender, and traditional cultures as main factors in regional negotiations of identity constructions. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Contemporary Indigenous Literature), 370S (Topic 41), Spanish 352 (Topic: Contemporary Indigenous Literature), 356 (Topic 3).
Topic 42: African Diasporas. Analysis of the sociocultural contexts of the African diaspora in the Americas with particular focus on the Caribbean and Brazil. Focuses on the contributions of the African diasporic populations and the stylistic strategies through which they constructed their social, political, and cultural agency. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean), 370S (Topic 42), Spanish 358 (Topic 1), 375 (Topic: African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean).
Topic 43: United States Latino Literatures and Cultures in Context. Examines the United States Latino literary and cultural production from multidisciplinary perspectives, such as literature, film, music, and performance. Analysis of the literatures and experiences of United States Latino writers and artists in their historical and cultural specificities. Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 43) and Spanish 359 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 359 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 44: Contemporary Caribbean Literature. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Contemporary Caribbean Literature), 370S (Topic 44), Spanish 352 (Topic: Contemporary Caribbean Literature), 352 (Topic 4). Additional prerequisite: Spanish 611D, 612, or 312L.
Topic 45: Brevity in Spanish-Language Literature and Film. Explore the work of Spanish and Spanish American filmmakers, prose writers, and poets who have accepted the challenge of expressing themselves in a brief span of time. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems), 370S (Topic 45), Spanish 355 (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems), 358C, 377C (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 358C Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 46: Latin American Film and Culture. Review Latin American cinema from the silent era to present, with an emphasis on the last forty years. Discuss the development of the film industry (particularly in Argentina and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s), the "New Wave" of Latin American cinema in the 1960s, and contemporary trends. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 25), 370S (Topic 46), Spanish 350D, 350K (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 350D Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 47: Latin American Literary and Artistic Environmental Activism. Explore literary and artistic works that engage in questions of environmental care and justice in the context of twentieth- and twenty-first century Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Environmental Engagements), 370S (Topic 47), Spanish 350I, 355 (Topic: Environmental Engagements). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 350I Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 48: Migrations and Exiles in Latin American Literature and the Arts. Explore how internal and international displacement and migration have been represented in Latin American arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 48), Spanish 355I, 377C (Topic: Migrations/Exiles In Lat Am). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 355I Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Topic 49: The Imagined Andes. Examine the ways in which the cultural, social, and geographical space of the Andes has been "imagined" through literary texts, visual and audiovisual artworks by writers and artists from Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 49), Spanish 377C (Topic: The Imagined Andes), 358F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SPN 358F Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
LAS 370S.23 Violence in Contemporary Mexican Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the representation of violence in contemporary literary and cultural production in Mexico in order to understand social, political, and cultural implications of current violence there. Taught in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 23), Spanish 355 (Topic 6), Spanish 355F, and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 355F, WGS 340.20
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.24 Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 350C, WGS 335.6
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.27 Introduction to Literatures and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of Iberian and/or Latin American literatures and cultures, including the arts and popular expressions, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Among the regions studied are Spain; North, Central, and South America; the Caribbean; and related areas in Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 27), Spanish 328, 328C. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 3), 370S (Topic 27), Spanish 322K, 328C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 328C
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 311 and 314, 611D, or 311J and 314J (or 612 or 312L).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.32 Jewish Voices from Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of popular Jewish writers from Brazil and Spanish America, with special emphasis on those who portray in their work the situation of the Jewish communities of their respective cities and countries. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 15), 363E, Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 4), 370S (Topic 32), Spanish 355 (Topic 3), 355D, Spanish Civilization 320C (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J S 363E, SPN 355D
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.35 Literature and Exile in the Spanish Caribbean 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore literary texts (e.g., poetry, chronicles, narratives, and short stories) that describe exile as a trope. Examine themes, such as literature, culture and colonialism, nationality and belonging (i.e., nation, transnation, and post-nation), nature, the sensorial and subjectivity, identity politics (i.e., race, gender, and sexuality), and the ethics of writing. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 35), Spanish 354C, 377C (Topic: Lit/Exile in Span Caribbean). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 354C
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.39 Journalism and Human Rights in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the traditional definitions of Human Rights and the way those definitions have taken shape in the last two decades in Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 39), Spanish 353C, 377C (Topic: Journalism/Human Rights Am Lat). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 353C
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.43 United States Latino Literatures and Cultures in Context 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the United States Latino literary and cultural production from multidisciplinary perspectives, such as literature, film, music, and performance. Analysis of the literatures and experiences of United States Latino writers and artists in their historical and cultural specificities. Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 43) and Spanish 359 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 359
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.45 Brevity in Spanish-Language Literature and Film 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the work of Spanish and Spanish American filmmakers, prose writers, and poets who have accepted the challenge of expressing themselves in a brief span of time. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems), 370S (Topic 45), Spanish 355 (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems), 358C, 377C (Topic: Short Films/Stories/Poems). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 358C
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.46 Latin American Film and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review Latin American cinema from the silent era to present, with an emphasis on the last forty years. Discuss the development of the film industry (particularly in Argentina and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s), the "New Wave" of Latin American cinema in the 1960s, and contemporary trends. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 25), 370S (Topic 46), Spanish 350D, 350K (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 350D
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.47 Latin American Literary and Artistic Environmental Activism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore literary and artistic works that engage in questions of environmental care and justice in the context of twentieth- and twenty-first century Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Environmental Engagements), 370S (Topic 47), Spanish 350I, 355 (Topic: Environmental Engagements). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 350I
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.48 Migrations and Exiles in Latin American Literature and the Arts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how internal and international displacement and migration have been represented in Latin American arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 48), Spanish 355I, 377C (Topic: Migrations/Exiles In Lat Am). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 355I
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 370S.49 The Imagined Andes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the ways in which the cultural, social, and geographical space of the Andes has been "imagined" through literary texts, visual and audiovisual artworks by writers and artists from Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Peru. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 49), Spanish 377C (Topic: The Imagined Andes), 358F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SPN 358F
Pre/Corequisites: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 378 Capstone Course in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 379 Conference Course in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Supervised individual study of selected problems in Latin American studies. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the undergraduate adviser in Latin American studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Conference Course.
Topic 2: Semester in Peru.
Topic 3: Semester in Brazil.
Topic 4: Semester in Costa Rica.
Topic 5: Semester in Mexico.
LAS 679H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual reading of selected works for one semester, followed in the second semester by the writing of an honors thesis. Conference course for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For Latin American Studies 679HA, Latin American Studies 359H, admission to the Latin American Studies Honors Program, and written consent of the Latin American Studies Honors Program adviser; for 679HB, Latin American Studies 679HA.
Restrictions: For honors candidates in Latin American studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
LAS 381 Topics in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A varied selection of topics each semester, taught by different faculty members and visiting professors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: International Migration. May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization in the sociology degree program. Same as: SOC 389K.4
Topic 2: Latin American Demography.
Topic 3: Modernization and Change in Latin America.
Topic 4: Mexican Americans.
Topic 5: Health and Development in Latin America.
Topic 6: Housing Practices and Public Policy in Latin America. May be counted toward the political sociology, development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 395D (Topic 5), 396P (Topic 13), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 6). Same as: SOC 396P.13
Topic 8: International Business Fellows Seminar. Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6), International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Studies 380, Public Affairs 388K (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380. Same as: ANS 391.6, MES 380, REE 380
Topic 9: The Brazilian Left, 1900 to the Present. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 10: Recent Brazil, 1919 to the Present. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 11: Information Resources on, and Services for, Hispanic Americans. Information needs of Hispanic Americans; roles of academic, public, and school libraries in meeting those needs.
Topic 12: Information Resources on Latin America. Historical survey of sources of information on Latin America: bibliographical literature from and about Latin America during the colonial, national, and contemporary periods; various types of book and nonbook sources of information available to contemporary scholars. Additional prerequisite: Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese and consent of instructor.
Topic 13: Internal and External Third-World Communication Issues. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 14: Introduction to the Sociology of Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 14), Sociology 395D (Topic 2), 396P (Topic 10). May be counted toward the political sociology/development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program. Same as: SOC 396P.10
Topic 15: Local Economic Development.
Topic 16: Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 17: Development Communication. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 2: Development Communication), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 17), 384 (Topic 2), Radio-Television-Film 387D (Topic: Development Communication). Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Topic 18: New Approaches to Third-World Development.
Topic 19: Political Economics of International Communication. Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 19) and Radio-Television-Film 393P (Topic: Political Economics of International Communication) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Topic 20: Regional Planning in Latin America.
Topic 21: Business in Emerging Markets. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Business in Developing Countries), 381 (Topic 21), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic: Business in Developing Countries), 384 (Topic 1).
Topic 22: Documentary Tradition of Latin America. Study of still photographic and video documentary work by Latin Americans about Latin America. Production of photographic essays on Latin American culture. Journalism 395 (Topic 4) and Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 22) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester. Same as: J 395.4
Topic 23: Poverty and Marginality in the Americas. Review of the past and present ethnographic analyses of the nature and experiences of poverty and marginality in Latin America and in the United States. Examines some of the most controversial issues and debates, and explores emerging research topics north and south of the border. May be counted toward the sociology department's political sociology, development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Poverty and Marginality in the Americas), 381 (Topic 23), Sociology 395D (Topic: Poverty and Marginality in the Americas), 396P (Topic 17). Same as: SOC 396P.17
Topic 24: Contemporary Brazilian Art. Examine art and activism in contemporary Brazil to explore how artists are relating to, reflecting on, and resisting the democratic erosion in the country. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 381 (Topic: Contemporary Brazilian Art), 381 (Topic 1), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Contemporary Brazilian Art), 381 (Topic 24). Same as: ARH 381.1 Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in art history and consent of the graduate advisor.
Topic 25: Brazilian Cultural Theory. Explore some of the most influential subjects and theories that have informed contemporary scholarship on the politics of Brazilian literary and cultural production. Only one of the following may be counted: Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures 388 (Topic: Brazilian Cultural Theory), 388C, Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: 25), 392S (Topic: Brazilian Cultural Theory). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ILA 388C Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Topic 26: Cultural Tropicalities. Examine the centrality of Brazil, and the New World in general, in the context of global controversial meanings, symbology, memory, and knowledge of the inter-tropical cultural and geographic zone. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 382 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures 388 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), 388D, Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), 381 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ILA 388D Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
LAS 381.1 International Migration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
May be counted toward either the demography specialization or the race and ethnicity specialization in the sociology degree program.
Same as: SOC 389K.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.11 Information Resources on, and Services for, Hispanic Americans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Information needs of Hispanic Americans; roles of academic, public, and school libraries in meeting those needs.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.12 Information Resources on Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Historical survey of sources of information on Latin America: bibliographical literature from and about Latin America during the colonial, national, and contemporary periods; various types of book and nonbook sources of information available to contemporary scholars.
Pre/Corequisites: Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.14 Introduction to the Sociology of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 14), Sociology 395D (Topic 2), 396P (Topic 10). May be counted toward the political sociology/development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program.
Same as: SOC 396P.10
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.15 Local Economic Development 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.16 Maya Hieroglyphic Writing 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.19 Political Economics of International Communication 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 19) and Radio-Television-Film 393P (Topic: Political Economics of International Communication) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.20 Regional Planning in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.22 Documentary Tradition of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of still photographic and video documentary work by Latin Americans about Latin America. Production of photographic essays on Latin American culture. Journalism 395 (Topic 4) and Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 22) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J 395.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.23 Poverty and Marginality in the Americas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Review of the past and present ethnographic analyses of the nature and experiences of poverty and marginality in Latin America and in the United States. Examines some of the most controversial issues and debates, and explores emerging research topics north and south of the border. May be counted toward the sociology department's political sociology, development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Poverty and Marginality in the Americas), 381 (Topic 23), Sociology 395D (Topic: Poverty and Marginality in the Americas), 396P (Topic 17).
Same as: SOC 396P.17
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.24 Contemporary Brazilian Art 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine art and activism in contemporary Brazil to explore how artists are relating to, reflecting on, and resisting the democratic erosion in the country. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 381 (Topic: Contemporary Brazilian Art), 381 (Topic 1), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Contemporary Brazilian Art), 381 (Topic 24).
Same as: ARH 381.1
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in art history and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.25 Brazilian Cultural Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore some of the most influential subjects and theories that have informed contemporary scholarship on the politics of Brazilian literary and cultural production. Only one of the following may be counted: Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures 388 (Topic: Brazilian Cultural Theory), 388C, Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: 25), 392S (Topic: Brazilian Cultural Theory). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ILA 388C
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.26 Cultural Tropicalities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the centrality of Brazil, and the New World in general, in the context of global controversial meanings, symbology, memory, and knowledge of the inter-tropical cultural and geographic zone. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 382 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures 388 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), 388D, Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Cultural Tropicalities), 381 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ILA 388D
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.6 Housing Practices and Public Policy in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
May be counted toward the political sociology, development and globalization specialization in the sociology degree program. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 395D (Topic 5), 396P (Topic 13), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 6).
Same as: SOC 396P.13
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381.8 International Business Fellows Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6), International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Studies 380, Public Affairs 388K (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380.
Same as: ANS 391.6, MES 380, REE 380
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 381F Methods for Social Science in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate Standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
LAS 382 Conference Course in Latin American Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual study to be arranged with a faculty member. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
LAS 383 Invisible Global Market 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Advertising 391L, Latin American Studies 383, Marketing 382 (Topic: Invisible Global Market), 382 (Topic: Invisible Global Marketing), 282, 382 (Topic 34), Middle Eastern Studies 382M, Public Affairs 388N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ADV 391L, P A 388N
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
LAS 384 Proseminar: Current Issues in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: Proseminar: Latin America in the Twentieth Century) and 384 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in Latin American studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L Topics in Latin American Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A varied selection of topics each semester, taught by different faculty members and visiting professors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Brazilian Public Policies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 384L.1 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser. Some reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is recommended.
Topic 2: Latin American Urban Politics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 384L.2 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser. Some reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is recommended.
Topic 3: Development Policy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 384M.6 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 4: Policy Analysis. Study of the nature and operation of the national policymaking process. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 384M.2 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 5: Politics and Society in the Third World. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 390L.15 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 6: Comparative Politics: Latin America. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 390L.18 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
LAS 384L.1 Brazilian Public Policies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 384L.1
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser. Some reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is recommended.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L.2 Latin American Urban Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 384L.2
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser. Some reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is recommended.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L.3 Development Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 384M.6
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L.4 Policy Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of the nature and operation of the national policymaking process. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 384M.2
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L.5 Politics and Society in the Third World 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 390L.15
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 384L.6 Comparative Politics: Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 390L.18
Pre/Corequisites: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields and consent of the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 386 Topics in Latin American History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A varied selection of topics each semester, to allow curriculum flexibility for faculty members and visiting scholars. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 388 Topics in Latin American Geography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Latin American Studies 381 and 388 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Regional Geography of Latin America. Topics include land and life in Central America; culture, environment and development in Latin America; recent trends in Latin American geography. Same as: GRG 385.1 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Indigenous Maps, Architecture, and Enculturation of Colonial Mexico. The encounter of Spanish and indigenous cultures and ecologies; regional diversity of agricultural, urban, and economic development from 1521 to 1810; ethnic transformation and new socioeconomic configurations. Same as: GRG 388C
Topic 3: Latin American Cultures, Environment, and Development. Exploration through Latin American examples of issues of cultural identity and territory, adaptive strategies, environmental impact, conservation, cultural survival, parks and people, and sustainable development. Same as: GRG 395D Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Environment and Health in Latin America. Issues related to health, health care, and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, considered with the recognition that health depends on the interactions of social, economic, and political factors as well as on health care services. Same as: GRG 380D
LAS 388.1 Regional Geography of Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics include land and life in Central America; culture, environment and development in Latin America; recent trends in Latin American geography.
Same as: GRG 385.1
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 388.2 Indigenous Maps, Architecture, and Enculturation of Colonial Mexico 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The encounter of Spanish and indigenous cultures and ecologies; regional diversity of agricultural, urban, and economic development from 1521 to 1810; ethnic transformation and new socioeconomic configurations.
Same as: GRG 388C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 388.3 Latin American Cultures, Environment, and Development 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration through Latin American examples of issues of cultural identity and territory, adaptive strategies, environmental impact, conservation, cultural survival, parks and people, and sustainable development.
Same as: GRG 395D
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 388.4 Environment and Health in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Issues related to health, health care, and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, considered with the recognition that health depends on the interactions of social, economic, and political factors as well as on health care services.
Same as: GRG 380D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 190K, 290K, 390K, 690K, 990K Proposal Preparation 1,2,3,6,9 Hours
1,2,3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Prepare proposal for the doctoral dissertation. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, consent of the graduate advisor, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 391 Topics in Latin American Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A varied selection of topics each semester, taught by different faculty members and visiting professors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of the Caribbean.
Topic 2: Mesoamerica.
Topic 3: Problems in Development in Latin America. Discussion seminar on the agrarian question, the urban question, "Lo Mexicano," and current changes in Mexico.
Topic 4: The Mayan Languages. Three lecture hours and five laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 5: Race and Ethnicity in American Society. Same as: ANT 389K.19
LAS 391.5 Race and Ethnicity in American Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Same as: ANT 389K.19
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 391K Topics in Latin American Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A varied selection of topics each semester, taught by different faculty members and visiting professors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Seminar on the Mexican Economy. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Topic 2: Current Issues in Latin American Economics. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 391K (Topic 2), Latin American Studies 391K (Topic: Current Economic Issues in Latin America), 391K (Topic 2). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Topic 3: Latin American Economic Models. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Topic 4: Entrepreneurship and Development in Latin America. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
LAS 391K.1 Seminar on the Mexican Economy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 391K.2 Current Issues in Latin American Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 391K (Topic 2), Latin American Studies 391K (Topic: Current Economic Issues in Latin America), 391K (Topic 2).
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 391K.3 Latin American Economic Models 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 391K.4 Entrepreneurship and Development in Latin America 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in economics and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in social science or business.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 392P Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature, Culture, Civilization, and Linguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 392S Topics in Hispanic Literature, Culture, Civilization, and Linguistics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Writing on the Edge: Literature and Incarceration. Explore the critical potential of literature to interrogate mass incarceration and its relationship to systemic inequalities, including access to education, as well as the limits and possibilities of prison writing as a social and restorative endeavor to reimagine society. Latin American Studies 392S (Topic: Writ on Edge: Lit & Incrcetion) and 392S (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate advisor.
LAS 392S.1 Writing on the Edge: Literature and Incarceration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the critical potential of literature to interrogate mass incarceration and its relationship to systemic inequalities, including access to education, as well as the limits and possibilities of prison writing as a social and restorative endeavor to reimagine society. Latin American Studies 392S (Topic: Writ on Edge: Lit & Incrcetion) and 392S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of the graduate advisor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 393L, 693L, 993L Qualifying Examination 3,6,9 Hours
3,6,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Prepare for qualifying examinations. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, consent of the graduate advisor, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 397R Secondary Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to be counted toward the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in Latin American studies and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
LAS 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in Latin American studies and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser; for 698B, Latin American Studies 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
LAS 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in Latin American studies and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
LAS 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral