{"id":2866,"date":"2025-06-03T23:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2025-06-11T00:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:05:55","slug":"fall-2025-course-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/news\/fall-2025-course-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 course list"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Join Latin American and Caribbean Studies faculty members this fall for a diverse range of coursework.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Latin America History Courses<\/b><\/p>\n

HSTLAC 185\/JSIS A 185: Race, Gender, And Class In Latin America And The Caribbean<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SMI 304<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 16521;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Explores the power struggles generated by imperial expansion, colonialism, and processes of nation-formation (1400 to the present) in the forging of Latin America and the Caribbean. Examines how gender, race, sex, and class became crucial means to sustain, navigate, and challenge domination as well as to imagine alternative futures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contemporary Latin American Courses<\/b><\/p>\n

JSIS A 354: Narcoculture: Propaganda And Publicity In The War On Drugs<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | ART 003<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 17019<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Representation of so-called narcos in inter-American media and culture since the 1970s. Students critically analyze U.S. films, Colombian soap operas, Mexican ballads, and state propaganda dedicated to portraying traffickers’ exploits. Centering on the ethical question of how to portray drug-related violence, introduces students to debates about censorship, propaganda, the public sphere, and spectacle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Latin American Electives<\/b><\/p>\n

AES 442: Undocumented Immigrant Communities\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | BAG 331A<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10172<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Sociological examination of the concepts of undocumented, citizen, and the structuring of (il)legality as they are situated in axes of power, specifically in racialized and gendered contexts. Topics include identity formation and experiences across communities, i.e., UndocuLatino, UndocuBlack, UndocuAsian and Pacific Islander, and UndocuQueer. Institutional outcomes in migration, law, labor, education, carceral spaces, and health.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHSTU 224: Life And Labor In The US-Mexico Borderlands<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: TBA<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | PAR 160<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 12824<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Focuses on inhabitants of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands since the nineteenth century. Emphasizes the fungible U.S.-Mexico border, industrialization of the Southwest and northern Mexico, cultures of migration, and the creation of “Greater Mexico.” Influence of labor and migration in gender constructions.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHSTU 330: Chicano\/Chicana Autobiography<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Lauro H. Flores<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 10:30-12:20 p.m. | CMU226<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits ( SSc) | SLN: 12825<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Explores the issue of Chicano, or Mexican American, identity. Examines statements of selfhood by Chicanos, studied in order to understand the relationship between individual and society in creating identity.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHSTU 342: Working Latinas And Latinos: Changing Sites of Identity In Daily Life<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 9:30-11:20 a.m. | CHL 015<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 12826<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Sociological examination of Latina\/o working lives. Focuses on inequalities and power relations that shape diverse socio-economic working experiences and social change across distinct Latino communities. Covers race and gender consciousness, informal\/formal work, labor recruitment, changing contexts of home and family, youth and children’s work, entrepreneurship, organizing, and immigration and labor legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHSTU 465\/SPAN 462: Contemporary Chicano Literature<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Lauro H. Flores<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | CMU 226<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 12827, 21718<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Examines one or more problems, themes, and\/or figures in the developing body of Chicano literature. Taught in English.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 317: Spanish And Latin American Literature In English Translation<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Samuel J. Jaffee<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | SAV 164<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21706<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Spanish and Latin American literature in English translation, with consideration of their background and influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 331: Themes In Mexican-American Studies<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Lauro H. Flores<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 10:30-12:20 p.m. | CMU 226<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc or A&H) | SLN: 21709<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Examination of significant historical and cultural themes of the Mexican-American experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 492: Individual Authors And Special Topics In Latin America Literature<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Jose Francisco Robles<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 137<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21721<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Focuses on an individual Latin American author or a special problem in Latin American literature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Language courses<\/b><\/h2>\n

PORT 202: Intermediate Portuguese<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 12:30 -1:20 p.m. | SAV 158<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20775<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Modern texts, compositions, conversation, and a systematic review of grammar. Second in a sequence of three. <\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: TBD<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | SAV 157<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | SAV 157<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21678, 216789<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Review of Spanish grammar. Oral practice based on literary and cultural readings. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Sabrina Spannagel Bradley<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | SAV 136<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 11:30-12:20 a.m. | SAV 137<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21692, 21693<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

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><\/p>\n

SPAN 203: Intermediate Spanish<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: TBD<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | SAV 164<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21694<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Review of Spanish grammar. Oral practice based on literary and cultural readings. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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