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