Latin American and Caribbean Studies Approved Courses

Art History

• AAH 163 - Latin American and Caribbean Art of the 19th and 20th Century
• AAH 360 - Seminar: Visual Culture, Race and Gender

Modern Languages and Literatures

Modern Languages in Translation

• MLT 281 - Screening Identities in Latin American Cinema
• MLT 283 - Beyond the Sunny Paradise: Caribbean literature and politics
• MLT 284 - Popular Religion and Politics in Latin America
• MLT 286T - Gender and Identity in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
• MLT 287 - Social Realism and Cinema 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
• MLT 297 - Performing Masculinities in Literature, Cinema, and Popular Culture

Music

• AMU 133 - Music of Latin America
• AMU 235 - Latin Percussion Workshop

Africana Studies

• AFR 100 - Introduction to Africana Studies

Anthropology

• ANT 227 - Policing the Americas: Law and Order in the Western Hemisphere
• ANT 237 - Gangs and Youth Violence
• ANT 244 - Urban Anthropology
• ANT 283 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America

History

• HST 135 - Latinos In/As U.S. History
• HST 171 - Europe, Africa, 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 372 - Sex, Race and Gender in Latin America
• HST 471 - Seminar in Latin America: The Cuban Revolution

Political Science

• PSC 236 - Police, Security and Biopower
• PSC 243 - Latin American Politics
• PSC 244 - The Politics of Extraction in the Americas
• PSC 245 - Populisms in Latin America & Beyond
• PSC 342R - Challenges to Democratization in Latin America
• PSC 358 - Wealth and Power Among Nations

Term Abroad & Mini-Terms

• MLT 286T - Gender and Identity in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
• SOC 323T - Survey of Brazilian Society
• TAB 321T Buenos Aires Mini-Term

• Note: With approval of Director, MLT 286T and TAB 321T can count toward the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies major or the Environmental Policy major, in place of LACS.