Winter registration is fast approaching! Join Latin American and Caribbean Studies faculty members this winter for a diverse range of coursework.
Latin American History Courses
HSTAA 105: The Peoples of the United States
Instructor: James N Gregory
MWF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | SIG 134
5 credits (DIV, SSc, W) | SLN: 15649
Course Description
History of diverse peoples who have come together through conquest and immigration since 1500, including Native Americans, Europeans, Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans. Explores contributions of many peoples with special attention to changing constructions of race and ethnicity and evolving understandings of what it means to be American.
HSTLAC 482: The History of Brazil: Colonial Period to the Present
Instructor: Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva
TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SMI 313
5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 15722
Course Description
Colonial foundations; the first and second empires; the old and new republics; current problems; prospects for the future.
Contemporary Latin American Courses
JSIS A 324 / LSJ 322: Human Rights in Latin America
Instructor: Angelina Snodgrass Godoy
MW | 10-11:20 a.m. | SIG 134
5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 16252, 16931
Course description
Overview of human rights issues and their recent evolution in Latin American history; military dictatorships; contemporary challenges in the region’s democracies. Human rights concerns in relation to broader sociopolitical context.
JSIS A 342 / POL S 342: Government and Politics of Latin America
Instructor: Livia Azevedo Lima
TTh | 2:30-4:20 p.m. | WFS 201
5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 16260, 19602
Course description
Analyzes the political dynamics of change in Latin America, comparing various national approaches to the political problems of modernization, economic development, and social change.
Latin American Electives
CHSTU 101: The Chicano/Mexican Ethnic Experience in the United States
Instructor: Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola
MW | 2:30-4:20 p.m. | JHN 102
5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 12520
Course description
Examines the Chicano/Mexican American experience, with a focus on past and contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status.
CHSTU 332: Chicano Film and Narrative
Instructor: Lauro H Flores
TTh | 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | THO 134
5 credits (DIV, SSc, A&H) | SLN: 12525
Course description
Provides a historical overview of the evolution of Chicano culture through film. Critically examines the portrayal and self-portrayal of Chicanos in film and selected works of narrative. Taught in English.
CHSTU 359 / POL S 359: U.S. Latino Politics
Instructor: Sophia J Wallace
MW | 10:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m. | MGH 231
5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 12526, 19614
Course description
Examines historical and current political incorporation of Latinos in the United States. Topics include Latino voting and voter mobilization, office seeking and representation, Latino public opinion, and public policy formation on “Latino issues.”
CHSTU 466: Chicano Literature: Fiction
Instructor: Lauro H Flores
TTh | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | CMU 226
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 12529
Course description
Examines nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fiction, as well as contemporary works in attempts to trace the development of Chicano fiction in the proper historical trajectory. Taught in English.
C LIT 321: Studies in Literature of the Americas
Instructors: Elizabeth Hochberg, Lauro H Flores
TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | FSH 108
TTh | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | CMU 226
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 22245, 11897
Course Description
Emphasizes connections between twentieth century literature of the United States and Canada and current literature of Latin America. Emphasizes that, despite obvious differences, much is shared in terms of culture and national sensibility across the two continents.
SPAN 324: Coffee Cultures: Food, Politics, and Society
Instructor: Ana M. Gomez-Bravo
TTh | 2:30-3:50 p.m. | SAV 164
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20560
Course Description
Coffee cultures in a multicultural Hispanic world. Examines how coffee helped create public spaces where political movements, cultural trends, and entire literary generations were shaped. Also examines growing traditions related to the coffee plant, as well as related rituals, foodways, and material culture.
Language courses
PORT 103: Elementary Portuguese
Instructors: Eduardo Viana Da Silva, Felipe Carneiro de Figueredo
MTWThF | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | DEN 156
TTh | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | DEN 113
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19665, 22033
SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish
Instructor: Jorge Gonzalez-Casanova
MTWThF | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | LOW 112
MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | LOW 105
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20530, 22445
Course Description
Intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Review of Spanish grammar. Oral practice based on literary and cultural readings. Second in a sequence of three.
SPAN 317: Spanish and Latin American Literature in English Translation
Instructor: Elizabeth Hochberg
TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | FSH 108
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20557
Course Description
Spanish and Latin American literature in English translation, with consideration of their background and influence.
SPAN 597: Literary Problems: Spanish-American Colonial Literature
Instructor: Raquel Albarrán
W | 2:30-5:20 p.m. | MEB 245
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20579