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Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/b>
\nPlease consult the MyPlan links for course times and locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

ARCHY 304: Archaeology Of The Americas<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor TBD<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 10430<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nExplores the history of earliest Americans, beginning with crossing of land bridge between Asia and North America and eventual spread over the Americas. Highlights prehistory and best examples of western hemisphere’s states and empires. Covers Mexico, Yucatan, Peru, southwestern and eastern United States, Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n

ART H 309: Topics in Art History<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor Jennifer A. Baez<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 10521<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nART AND ENCOUNTER IN SPANISH AMERICA\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CHSTU 101: The Chicano\/Mexican Ethnic Experience in the United States<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor Lupe Alberto Flores<\/span>
\n5 Credits (SSc and DIV) | SLN 12437<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nExamines the Chicano\/Mexican American experience, with a focus on past and contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status.<\/span><\/p>\n

GEOG 230: Geographies of Global Inequality<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: TBD<\/span>
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN 15209, 15210, 15211, 15212<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nAddresses increasing global inequalities by focusing on shifting spatial division of labor and the role of the international development industry in shaping economic and social inequality. Examines relationships between economic globalization, development industry, and rising global inequality: reviews the history and record of the international development project, and asks what it means to say that Western, advanced economies are not the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n

HSTCMP 251: Latinx, Colonialism, And Borders: Becoming Latinx In the United States<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Ileana Rodriguez-Silva<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 15654<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nProvides a historical understanding from the mid-twentieth century to major global issues today. Focuses on interdisciplinary social science theories, methods, and information relating to global\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS 201: The Making of the Twenty-First Century<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: David Bachman<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 16111<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nProvides a historical understanding from the mid-twentieth century to major global issues today. Focuses on interdisciplinary social science theories, methods, and information relating to global processes, and on developing analytical and writing skills to engage complex questions of causation and effects of global events and forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS A 342\/ POL S 342: Government and Politics of Latin America<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Roberto Dondisch<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 16162<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nAnalyzes the political dynamics of change in Latin America, comparing various national approaches to the political problems of modernization, economic development, and social change.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS B 361: Migrant Justice: Contemporary Movements For Change<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Angelina Snodgrass Godoy<\/span>
\n5 credits (Div, SSc) | SLN 16196<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nExplores migrant justice efforts, focusing on the contemporary United States in a global context. Analyzes challenges faced by migrants from around the world in the contemporary United States and the efforts made to address them. Investigates research and advocacy efforts in promoting migrant rights, utilizing recent developments, such as current border policies and their ongoing impacts, as case studies<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS D 451: Cultural Geography of Latin America<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor Jose Alavez<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 16219<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nInterdisciplinary senior seminar examining how physical and social geographies are culturally constructed and interconnected with subjectivities and power in Latin America. Topics include identity formation grounded in particular territories and the social constitution of space via an interplay of material and cultural forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 340: Introduction to Latin American Poetry<\/b><\/a>
\n3 credits (A&H) | SLN 20529<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nTraces the oral, musical, and written traditions of Latin American poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 461: Topics in Latin American Cultural Studies<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor Jose Francisco Robles<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN 20538<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nExamines Latin American society and its cultural production. Major movements in the development of Latin American society and intellectual life as reflected in music, the visual arts, literature, etc. Specific topics vary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Language Courses\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

PORT 103: Elementary Portuguese III<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 19584<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nMethods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Covers all major elements of Portuguese grammar. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: TBD<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 20470, 21979, 22016<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nMethods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Language laboratory is required. First in a sequence of three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: TBD<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 20471, 20472<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nMethods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 103: Elementary Spanish III<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: TBD<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 20473, 20479, 20480, 20481<\/span>
\nCourse Descriptions\u00a0<\/b>
\nMethods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish I<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Inma Raneda-Cuartero<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 20491<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nIntensive 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 II<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Jorge Gonzalez-Casanova<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21961, 20496<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nIntensive 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 202: Intermediate Spanish III<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Sabrina Spannagel<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 20501, 20502<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nIntensive 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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