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.