Latin American and Caribbean Studies Approved Courses

Art History

• AAH 163 - (263) Latin American & Caribbean Art of the 19th and 20th Century

Anthropology

• ANT 283 -  Peoples and Cultures of Latin America

History

• HST 135 -  Latinos(as) in US History
• HST 171 -  Europe and the Americas in the Era of Columbus
• HST 172 -  Reform and Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean
• HST 173 -  History of the Caribbean and Central America
• HST 270 -  History of Latin American Popular Culture
• HST 271 -  History of Mexico
• HST 272 -  History of Brazil
• HST 274 -  Social and Political Movements in Latin America
• HST 275 -  United States Foreign Relations and Modern Latin America
• HST 323 -  Race and Revolution
• HST 370 -  Special Topics in Latin American History
• HST 372 -  Sex, Race and Gender in Latin America
• HST 471 -  Seminar in Latin America: The Cuban Revolution

Modern Languages and Literatures

• FRN 304 -  Studies in the French Caribbean
• FRN 307 -  Negritude Movement: Point of Departure in Black African and Afro-Caribbean Literatures in French
• SPN 325 -  Staging Conflict: Studies in One-Act Mexican Theater
• SPN 326 -  Women Weaving Histories: Short Narratives by Latin American Female Writers
• SPN 327 -  The Nation at Home: Family and Nationhood in Spanish American Theater
• SPN 328 -  Inquiring Latin American Identities: Reading Context, Space & Cultural Artifacts
• SPN 329 -  Interruptions: The Paradox of Tradition in Spanish American Poetry
• SPN 330 -  Mexican Women’s Contemporary Short Fiction
• SPN 332 -  An Introduction to Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
• SPN 350 -  Visions and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter
• SPN 375 -  Dreams, Mirages and Delusions in Peninsular and Latin American Fiction
• SPN 376 -  Down to Earth: Cross-Cultural Explorations of the Hispanic World
• SPN 380 -  What’s Love Got to Do with It: Gender and Nation in Hispanic and US Latino Literatures
• SPN 400 -  Don Quixote
• SPN 401 -  Bodies and Power in Latin American Narrative
• SPN 402 -  Dressing Up the Canon: Cross-Dressing in Hispanic Literature and Film
• SPN 406 -  Film of the Mexican American Border
• SPN 417 -  Death and Revenge in the Southern Cone
• SPN 418 -  Of Cock Fights and Crowded Elevators: Readings in Contemporary Mexican Theater
• SPN 431 -  Colonial Latin America 1492-1800
• SPN 432 -  Islands Adrift: Race, Politics, and Diasporas in the Hispanic Caribbean
• SPN 433 -  Latin American Colonial Crossroads at the Movies

Modern Languages in Translation

• MLT 281 -  Screening Identities in Latin American Cinema
• MLT 282 -  North/South Relations and Diasporic Politics
• MLT 283 -  Beyond the Sunny Paradise: Literature and Politics in the Caribbean
• MLT 284 -  Popular Religion and Politics in Latin America
• MLT 287 -  Filming Margins: Cinema Verité and Social Realism in Latin America
• MLT 288 -  Torture and Dictatorship in Latin American Literature
• MLT 289 -  Literature of the Mexican-American Border
• MLT 293 -  Made in New York: Puerto Rican and Dominican Transnational Identities in American Literature & Cinema

Music

• AMU 133 -  Music of Latin America

Political Science

• PSC 236 -  Police, Security and Biopower
• PSC 243 -  Latin American Politics
• PSC 245 -  Populisms in Latin America & Beyond
• PSC 342 -  Challenges to Democratization in Latin America
• PSC 358 -  Wealth and Power Among Nations

Terms Abroad & Mini-Terms

With approval of Director, this course can count toward the Women and Gender Studies major or the Environmental Science and Policy major, in place of LACS.

• MLT 286T -  Gender and Identity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema
• TAB 321T - Buenos Aires Mini-Term