{"id":2901,"date":"2026-02-13T23:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:21:27","slug":"spring-2026-course-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/news\/spring-2026-course-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2026 Course List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please consult the MyPlan links for course times and locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/HSTLAC280\/\">HSTLAC 280 Drug Wars in Latin America<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 12:30 &#8211; 2:20\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (DIV, SSc) | 15134<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analyses &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; in Latin America as political, economic, and socio-cultural construct. Investigates local, regional and global dynamics rendering some mood-altering substances as legal while subjecting others to prohibitionist policies at different historical times. Explores racial, class and gender logics shaping these processes. Examines how informal economies are well entrenched within longstanding, transnational institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/JSISA323\/\">HSTLAC 323 Inter-American Relations<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 2:30 &#8211; 4:20\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (DIV, SSc) | 15135\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explores the Americas&#8217; evolving political, economic, and social relationships since the 1900s. Focuses on state policies of genocide, extraction, and colonial occupation, as well as social practices of migration and transnational movements of resistance and solidarity. Examines how race, gender, labor, and class have shaped inter-American dynamics, moving beyond U.S.-focused perspectives to highlight Latin America&#8217;s role in reshaping the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/JSIS%20201?id=d0dc22df-ea11-4523-823f-bb350d8cb86d&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIwBMNAnADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWaSgGYAbAF8QYoA\">JSIS 201: The Making of the Twenty-First Century<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Scott L. Montgomery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MWF | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | RAI 121\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 1:30 &#8211; 2:20 | SAV 164<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | THO 202<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | CMU 243<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN 15562, 15563, 15564, 15565\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provides 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<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/JSIS%20A%20486?id=2fa1fbc8-b5e6-4162-9f49-0e7763163314&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22'JSIS%20A'%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">JSIS A 486 Film and Cultural Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Jonathan Frederick Warren<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 12:30 &#8211; 2:20 | CMU 226<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H, SSc) | SLN: 15618<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Covers an interdisciplinary exploration of Latin American and Caribbean cultural productions including documentary, film, and photography. Examines their intersections with politics and social life during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/JSISA492\/\">JSIS A 492 Latin American Studies Seminar<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">T | 11:30 &#8211; 2:20 | MGH 085\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (SSc, W) | 15619<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/CHSTU%20200?id=fed11285-8209-4b1c-9260-00e50ae30bc6&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22CHSTU%20%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">CHSTU 200 Latinos in the United States: Patterns of Racial, Ethnic, and Socio-Economic and Political Inequality\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 1:30 &#8211; 3:20 | OUG 141\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (DIV, SSc) | 12221\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies broad patterns of inequality formed by historical forces, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, immigration, and social capital. Analyzes rapid growth and adjustment of old and newly established Latino communities, resulting from transnational migration from Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/CHSTU%20405?id=5ae36499-3325-4938-84a4-40f60aad79a1&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22CHSTU%20405%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">CHSTU 405 Advanced Chicano Studies in Social Science<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 9:30 &#8211; 11:20 | THO 231<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN 12222<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced study of historical, cultural, social, political, and economic experiences of Chicanas\/os and Latinas\/os in the US across the Americas and diaspora through social science theories and methods. Topics include ethnicity, gender, labor, the military, family, migration, diasporic and transborder communities, indigeneity, social movements, global health, the law, politics, and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20338?id=9eb391b3-068e-455c-a722-15a4a6c41f3f&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22SPAN%20338%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">SPAN 338 Reporting Cultures in Twenty-First Century Latin America<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Samuel J Jaffee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 12:30 &#8211; 2:20 | SAV 138<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN 19800<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Study of twenty-first-century literary and cultural journalism and docu-fiction. Explores cultural and narrative reportage with a social purpose, and personal profiles of individual experiences in Latin American societies. Taught in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/LSJ%20381?id=f6c15f24-e28d-4d0e-9eb4-619c5819525b&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIwBMAnAGwA0yY62YACllCmSljSUArAAYAviHFA\"><strong>LSJ 381: Contemporary Issues In Rights <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Sebastian Rubiano-Galvus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 3:30 &#8211; 4:50 | SAV 260<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN 16364<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Environmental justice in the US and Latin America. This course will introduce students to environmental justice debates and literature, with particular emphasis on the US and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p><b>Language Courses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20201?id=a0d194c5-ea97-4074-90e2-963725aa3576&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22spanish%20%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor:\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | SAV 138<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19785<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20202?id=88f62e15-732b-4e91-a723-c7cadc54e3a2&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22spanish%20%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D\">SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor:\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | ECE 042<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19786<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20203?id=a0eb327e-c531-4ff3-a4e1-9c0a498c73b8&amp;sectionFilters=%7B%22queryString%22%3A%22spanish%20%22%2C%22selectedDays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22startTime%22%3A%220630%22%2C%22endTime%22%3A%222230%22%2C%22openOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noEnrollmentRestrictionsOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22noTbaOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22pceOnly%22%3Afalse%2C%22instructorSearch%22%3Afalse%2C%22terms%22%3A%5B%2220262%22%5D%2C%22inPerson%22%3Afalse%7D&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAJwBMAzADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWalAAwBfEMKA\">SPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | SAV 138<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19787<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20101?id=6327b471-23a3-4cd1-9f8f-7378d472ec5e\">SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | SAV 136<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H)\u00a0 | 19778<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Language laboratory is required. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20102?id=4a1cb916-1b77-463f-a959-ea06ece2edbb\">SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | DEN 258<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19779\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20102?id=4a1cb916-1b77-463f-a959-ea06ece2edbb&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIxUAcAbADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWaSgGYAviBFA\">SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | DEN 258<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19780<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20103?id=92d1e99e-6b93-4eef-8d36-fdde3db6e793&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIwCsVADADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWaSgCYAbCIC%2BIcUA\">SPAN 103 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 9:30 &#8211; 10:20 | SAV 138<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19781<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20103?id=92d1e99e-6b93-4eef-8d36- fdde3db6e793&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIwCsVADADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWaSjQDMNAL4gxQA\">SPAN 103 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 &#8211; 11:20 | AND 201<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19782<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/SPAN%20103?id=92d1e99e-6b93-4eef-8d36-fdde3db6e793&amp;states=N4Ig7gDgziBcLADrgJYDsAmB7MAJApigOYAWALsrAIwCsVADADTJjrZgAKWUKZKWaSjQDMNAL4gxQA\">SPAN 103 Elementary Spanish<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Inma M Raneda-Cuartero<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | ECE 026<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 19783\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/PORT%20201?id=3c763e49-68ed-472f-98c4-a13193eec9b5\">PORT 201 Intermediate Portuguese<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 &#8211; 12:20 | SAV 164<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 18916\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modern texts, compositions, conversation, and a systematic review of grammar. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myplan.uw.edu\/course\/#\/courses\/PORT%20301?id=2bf5d17e-3ad1-422f-a5cf-b9d6bdae661a\">PORT 301 Advanced Portuguese<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30 &#8211; 1:20 | SAV 164<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | 18917\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Description\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emphasizes oral skills while continuing to refine reading comprehension and written expression. Aims to develop abilities to successfully deal with comprehension and production of oral texts of an academic and professional n<\/span><br \/>\n<br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latin American and Caribbean Studies Please consult the MyPlan links for course times and locations. HSTLAC 280 Drug Wars in Latin America Instructor: Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva TTh | 12:30 &#8211; 2:20\u00a0 5 credits (DIV, SSc) | 15134 Course Description\u00a0 Analyses &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; in Latin America as political, economic, and socio-cultural construct. 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