Latin American Studies (LTAM)
Director: Associate Professor Jerome M. Levi
Committee Members: Becky J. Boling, Jorge Brioso, José Cerna-Bazán, María E. Doleman, Andrew B. Fisher, Silvia L. López, Alfred P. Montero, Beverly Nagel, Diane Pearsall
The Latin American Studies Program provides a framework for studying the diverse societies of Latin America. With its cultural mosaic shaped by the meeting of Native American, European, African, and Asian peoples, and its profound geographic, social, and economic variations, Latin America presents rich opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study. By drawing upon the perspectives and methodologies of several disciplines, students are challenged to pursue a deeper understanding of the cultures, institutions, and experiences of Latin Americans. The program provides a forum for examining the intersection of issues of politics, economic development, ethnicity, gender, religion, and cultural expression.
Requirements for a Major:
Students complete a minimum of sixty-six credits in approved courses for the major. Majors must also demonstrate competence in Spanish by completing Spanish 205 or equivalent.
Required Courses: (The following core courses are required of all majors):
HIST 170: Modern Latin America, 1810-present
LTAM 200: Issues in Latin American Studies
LTAM 400: Integrative Exercise
In addition, majors are required to complete: Two 300-level Latin American literature courses, One 300-level History or Social Science course focused on Latin America, and 30 additional credits of electives.
Students are strongly encouraged to complete the 300-level history or social science course prior to writing their integrative exercise, and to select a 300-level course in a discipline appropriate to the focus of their anticipated comps topic. Students who complete this requirement with a 300-level history course must take at least one approved social science course as an elective.
Up to 27 credits from work in approved off-campus programs may be counted as electives for the major. Students may count up to 12 credits in comparative and/or U.S. Latino courses as electives. These courses are indicated by an asterisk on the list below. No more than four courses (twenty-four credits) in any one discipline may apply to the major.
Latin American Studies Courses
LTAM 130. Population and Food in the Global System Cross-listed with ENTS 130,SOAN 130. . This course focuses on issues of population growth, hunger, and world food supply. Topics to be considered include: dynamics of population growth and demographic change; food production systems and sustainable development in the Third World; socio-political and ecological causes of famine; and patterns of world food distribution. Special attention will be given to policies aimed at controlling population and increasing food production, and why they succeed or fail. No prerequisites. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 169. Colonial Latin America 1492-1810 Cross-listed with HIST 169. How did peoples from the Americas, the Iberian Peninsula, and Africa contribute to the creation of new colonial societies in Latin America and the Caribbean? The course examines the bewildering spectrum of indigenous societies Europeans and Africans encountered in the Americas, then turns to the introduction and proliferation of Hispanic institutions and culture, the development of mature colonial societies, and the increasing tensions and internal contradictions that plagued the region by the late 18th century. It asks how the colonized population managed to survive, adapt, and resist imperial pressures and examines the creation of new collective identities. 6 credits cr., HU,RAD, Fall—A. Fisher
LTAM 170. Modern Latin America 1810-Present Cross-listed with HIST 170. This course focuses on the legacy of colonial rule and asks how nascent nation-states dealt with new challenges of political legitimacy, economic development, and the rights of citizens. Case studies from the experiences of individual nations will highlight concerns still pertinent today: the ongoing struggle to extend meaningful political participation and the benefits of economic growth to the majority of the region's inhabitants, popular struggles for political, economic, and cultural rights, and the emergence of a civic society. 6 credits cr., HU,RAD, Winter—A. Fisher
LTAM 200. Issues in Latin American Studies This required course for Latin American Studies concentrators and majors explores issues pertinent to the study of Latin America, including an examination of what constitutes Latin American area studies and Latin America itself, the history of the field, the perception in and outside of academia, the way such perceptions shape public policy, the contributions of Latin America to the arts, culture, economics, and the changing nature of Latin American Studies in the face of globalization. Designed by the faculty in Latin American Studies, the course will include regular guest lectures from among these faculty. Prerequisites: History/Latin American Studies 170. 6 credits cr., ND, Spring—B. Nagel
LTAM 207. Exploring Hispanic Culture Cross-listed with SPAN 207. . Designed for the person who wants to develop greater fluency in speaking, writing, and reading Spanish in the context of a broad introduction to Hispanic culture. Short stories, plays, poems, films, and short novels are read with the goal of enhancing awareness of Hispanic diversity and stimulating classroom discussion. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., RAD,ND, Spring—S. Lopez
LTAM 221. Latin American Politics Cross-listed with POSC 221. . Comparative study of political institutions and conflicts in selected Latin American countries. Attention is focused on general problems and patterns of development, with some emphasis on U.S.-Latin American relations. 6 credits cr., SS, Spring—A. Montero
LTAM 227. Liberation Theologies Cross-listed with RELG 227. . An introduction to Black Theology, U.S. Hispanic Theology, Latin American Liberation Theology, and Feminist Theology through writings of various contemporary thinkers. Attention will be directed to the social settings out of which these thinkers have emerged, their critiques of "traditional" theologies, and the new vision of Christian life they are developing. Previous study of Christianity is recommended but not required. 6 credits cr., HU, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 233. The Global Resurgence of Democracy Cross-listed with POSC 233. . An introduction to the comparative study of democracy and its alternatives in the 20th century. The course will assess the fortunes of democracy in developed and lesser developed capitalist and post-communist countries in the 20th century. What factors explain the rise and fall of democracy in these cases? How do authoritarian regimes emerge, function, and decompose? What are the political, economic, social and psychological effects on societies that survive authoritarianism and make transitions to democracy? This course is particularly useful in preparing for the comps exam or writing a comps paper in comparative politics. 6 credits cr., SS, Winter—A. Montero
LTAM 234. Ecology, Economy, and Culture Cross-listed with ENTS 234,SOAN 234. . This course examines the ways in which economic goods are embedded in social relations. When does a thing become a commodity? What relationships exist between culture and ecology? Formulating an anthropological perspective for the interpretation of "economic facts," we will examine simularities and differences among hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, and peasants. We will also discuss the interpretation of traders in the brokering of culture, asymmetrical articulation of local and transnational economies, gender bias in classical exchange theory, Mauss on gift-giving and Marx on "commodity fetishism." Theoretical material will be illustrated with ethnographic examples from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 240. Economics of Developing Countries Cross-listed with ECON 240. . A study of the modernization process in less developed countries and of various approaches to it. The nature and determinants of development and underdevelopment are emphasized and contemporary domestic and international problems and policies are evaluated, from economic, political, social and human perspectives. Topics discussed include: desirability and disadvantages of development; population patterns and pressures; labor force quality; role of women; entrepreneurship; the informal sector; agricultural productivity and land reform; savings, taxes, capital formation and the dual economy; foreign aid, trade, investment, and multinationals; and case studies of countries and of alternative policies. 6 credits cr., SS, Spring—Staff
LTAM 242. Introduction to Latin American Literature Cross-listed with SPAN 242. An introductory course to reading major texts in Spanish provides an historical survey of the literary movements within Latin American literature from the pre-Hispanic to the contemporary period. Recommended as a foundation course for further study. Not open to seniors. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Winter—S. López
LTAM 244. Music of the Caribbean Cross-listed with MUSC 243. This course will introduce the musical traditions and socio-cultural contexts of a number of Caribbean nations, usually including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and the French Antilles. Both popular and African-derived sacred genres will be examined. While each island has unique and varied traditions, a number of themes relevant to Caribbean ethnomusicology will underlie each unit and tie them together. These include issues of acculturation, race, class, politics, nationalism, and globalization, and how these issues shape and are shaped by musical practices. Prerequisite: Familiarity with basic music terminology or permission of the instructor. 6 credits cr., AL, Winter—G. Diethrich
LTAM 245. Hybrid Cultures: Introduction to U.S. Latino Literature Cross-listed with SPAN 245. . The course will focus on the problem of identity in the writings of the four major groups of Latinos in the United States: Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, Dominican-Americans, and Nuyoricans. It will address the diversity of problems that surface depending on whether the writers are immigrants, first generation English speakers, native to the Southwest but marginalized from American culture, urban dwellers or rural pobladores, men or women, gay or straight. Since this course is offered in the Spanish section, an emphasis is placed on the problem of language (bilingualism and translation), its relation to a general American identity (American defined here as belonging to the Americas, not only the United States), and more broadly to what we have to understand as hybrid cultures. Conducted in English. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 246. Mexico Program: Introduction to Mexican Literature: The Mexican Short Story Cross-listed with SPAN 246. . A survey of the 20th century Mexican short story. This course begins with the narrative of the Mexican revolution, and then moves on to examine some key moments in Mexican literature and culture up to the present. Authors read include Mariano Azuela, Arreola, Rulfo, Elena Garro, Rosario Castellanos, and others. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficency. 6 credits cr., AL, Winter—J. Cerna-Bazán
LTAM 248. Morelia Program: Drama and Performance in Latin America Cross-listed with SPAN 248. Study of contemporary Latin American Theater as a field of experimentation. The course intends to familiarize the student with major trends in theater from Expressionism to Teatro colectivo. The discussions of representative modern plays reveals their multiple nature as spectacle and literature. For this reason, another facet of this study will be the actual theatrical experience. Depending on the season, students will have ample opportunity to attend performances of several plays in Morelia, Mexico. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 250. Ethnography of Latin America Cross-listed with SOAN 250. . This course explores the historical development and contemporary experience of selected peoples and cultures of Latin America. We will examine the historical and structural processes that have shaped contact among indigenous, European, and African peoples in Latin America during Conquest and the colonial period, under conditions of global economic expansion and state formation, and in present day urban centers and extractive/agricultural "frontiers." Special attention will be given to local-level transformations and resistance. Examples will be drawn principally from Mayan, Afro-Brazilian, Aymara-Quechua, and mestizo cultures. 6 credits cr., SS,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 251. Community Development, Cultural Empowerment and Social Change in Guatemala Cross-listed with SOAN 251. The first part of this course consists of a two-week field trip to Guatemala in early December. The field trip will begin in Guatemala City, and continue to the Guatemala highlands and Lake Atitlan region. The seminar will focus on the role of community groups, local governments, and non-governmental organizations in promoting cultural empowerment and a more equitable and sustainable path of economic and social development. During winter term on campus, the seminar will meet once a week, enabling students to complete research and give oral presentations on topics chosen during the fall term and researched during the December field trip. 6 credits cr., SS,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 252. Telling Stories: The Short Story in Latin America Cross-listed with SPAN 252. We will study collections of short stories by well-known Latin American authors such as Juan Rulfo, Cristina Peri Rossi, Isabel Allende, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, and Gabriel García Márquez. How does the short story differ from other narratives? What possibilities of form and content does the short story provide? We will explore how this genre represents contemporary issues in Latin America even as it gives shape to the desire to tell a good story. We will tell and write our own short stories to better understand the genre. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 255. Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts Cross-listed with SPAN 255,WGST 255. . This course will examine contemporary plays written by Latin American and U.S. Latina women from a woman centered perspective. Issues will range from women and political repression to a critique of gender roles. As we read the plays, we will consider both the literary qualities of dramatic texts and the semiotics of staging and its potential for public advocacy. Dramatists that may be included are Luisa Josefina Hernández, Elena Garro, Griselda Gambaro, Sabina Berman, Maruxa Vilalta, Marcela del Río, Albalucía Angel, Aida Bortnik and U.S. Latina playwrights María Irene Fornes and Margarita Tavera Rivera. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 259. Comparative Issues in Native North America Cross-listed with SOAN 259. . This course examines the cultural and historical situation of indigenous groups in the United States, Mexico, and Canada to develop a comparative perspective for understanding native peoples in North America. How have indigenous peoples variously coped with continuity and change? What strategies have they employed in pursuit of political sovereignty, economic survival, and cultural vitality? In answering these questions, we will explore the politics of representation regarding "the Indian" as a symbol in national consciousness; the negotiation of identity in inter ethnic contexts; patterns of resistance; the impact of European powers and state agendas; and the resurgence of tradition. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 260. Topics in Hispanic Literature: Forces of Nature Cross-listed with ENTS 260,SPAN 260. This course examines nature and its relationship to Latin American identity across the last 200 years, but with emphasis on the 20th century. Paradise regained and lost, monster or endangered habitat, nature plays a central role in Latin American development and its literature. Its literary image has varied greatly in the 19th and 20th centuries, at times suggesting the lost Garden of Eden, at other times mirroring human cruelty, and recently coming center stage in the ecological novel. Among the authors studied in this course are Sarmiento, Quiroga, Gallegos, Rulfo, Seplveda, Belli, and Montero. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Spring—B. Boling
LTAM 272. The Emergence of Modern Mexico Cross-listed with HIST 272. This course will explore the challenges that nation-builders in Mexico encountered in their attempt to forge and maintain an independent nation-state after achieving independence from Spain in 1821. An important theme of the course will be how national leaders and popular groups came to define Mexican national identity, particularly during and after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). The themes of the course should help frame similar inquiries about other post-colonial situations in Latin America and elsewhere. Prerequisite: History 169 or 170 or consent of the instructor. 6 credits cr., HU,RAD, Spring—A. Fisher
LTAM 276. African Slavery in Latin America: From the Middle Passage to Abolition Cross-listed with HIST 276. The course will examine Latin American slavery in a wide geographical context and ask how the study of slavery has evolved over the last several decades. It will cover areas of the region where slavery was the dominant institution of local society and areas where slavery played a more marginal role. Students will compare how scholars have addressed certain issues and questions over time (various labor regimes, slave resistance and rebellion, maroon communities, manumission and free people in slave societies, etc.) by reading older and more recent works in tandem. Prerequisite: History 169 or 170 or consent of the instructor. 6 credits cr., HU,RAD, Winter—A. Fisher
LTAM 302. Anthropology and Indigenous Rights Cross-listed with AFAM 302,SOAN 302. . This seminar examines the relationship between culture and human rights from an anthropological perspective. By asking "who are indigenous peoples?" and "what specific rights do they have?" this course introduces students to a comparative framework for understanding cultural rights discourse. Given the history of intolerance to difference, the seminar demonstrates the need to explore the determinants of violence, ethnocide, and exploitation routinely committed against the world's most marginalized peoples. At the same time, it also asks about the limits of tolerance, if human rights abuses are perpetrated under the banner of cultural pluralism. Students will analyze case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as issues that cross-cut these regions Prerequisite: Sociology/Anthropology 110, 111 or permision of the instructor; upper division coursework in anthropology, sociology, history or philosophy recommended. 6 credits cr., SS, Spring—J. Levi
LTAM 312. Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World "Development" Cross-listed with ENTS 312,SOAN 312. . This course focuses on the processes known as "development," the roles of various social actors in these processes, and the social, environmental, and human rights implications of these processes. We discuss the concept of development, the construction of an ideology of development, and the various theoretical perspectives on development within the fields of sociology and anthropology. Specific issues that we examine include: the political economy of agrarian change; gender issues in development; international development actors and institutions, and their roles in shaping the social and environmental impacts of development; the role of social movements and grassroots organizations in contesting development activities and in shaping new models and meanings of development; and strategies for sustainable, democratic development locally, nationally, and internationally. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 322. Political Economy of Latin America* Cross-listed with POSC 322. . A research seminar that focuses on politics and economic development in Latin American nations. Topics change annually and include: revolution, dependent development, democracy, etc. 6 credits cr., SS, Fall—A. Montero
LTAM 326. Writers in Exile Cross-listed with SPAN 326. Two countries and four writers will be the protagonists of our course: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, a refugee from the Cuban revolution living in London while trying to recover his lost city Habana through his writing; Reinaldo Arenas, another Cuban refugee dying of AIDS in New York while writing about his illness and exile; Spanish novelist Jorge Semprún, a deportee and survivor of a concentration camp established in Paris and writing in French; and Juan Goytisolo, a Spanish expatriated in Morocco, writing in Spanish and Arabic about his own country and the Muslim world. Prerequisite: Spanish 205 or equivalent. 6 credits cr., AL, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 331. Urban Politics in Latin America* Cross-listed with POSC 331. Democratic elections have finally begun to penetrate metropolitan Latin America, offering the urban poor new avenues for demand making. In this research seminar, we will explore how the changing rules of political competition affect urban struggles for land, racial equality, and municipal representation. Focus on mayoral elections, squatter politics, and social movements in several major cities. For students with previous coursework in Latin American or urban politics. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 334. Texts and Nations: 19th Century Latin America Cross-listed with SPAN 334. This course will focus on the literature written in the period following Latin American independence in the 19th century all the way to the Mexican revolution. The central organizing concept will be that of the nation as an imagined community that is created discursively and is intimately bound to the functioning of the state, the creation of a national identity, and ultimately the invention of the people (with all its gender and ethnic inflections). We will examine closely different kinds of primary texts: fiction, essays, poetry, newspaper articles, manifestoes. All primary and theoretical texts will be in Spanish. Selections from: Sarmiento, Bello, Echeverría, Hernández, Martí, Darío, del Casal, Rodó, Gómez de Avellaneda, Matto de Turner, Machado de Assis. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Fall—S. López
LTAM 336. Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America Cross-listed with SPAN 336. . In this course we will examine what the literary tradition has come to name "modernismo." We will cover the period between 1870 and 1910. We will study it in the context of the experience of modernity, that is the configuration of emergent cities, urban culture, mass media, technological innovation and the modernization of the figure of the writer. Particular attention will be given to the understanding of the modern in a non-European context and its relation to what we know today as modern Latin American identity. Selections from: Martí, Darío, Rodó, González Prada, Gutiérrez Nájera, Lugones, Agustini. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 338. Images of the Indian in Spanish American Literature Cross-listed with SPAN 338. After a historical survey of the relationship between national projects of social organization and the indigenous populations of the area, this course focuses on Indigenismo as a set of social discourses attempting to represent "the Indian", and on key works by Icaza (Ecuador), Asturias (Guatemala), Arguedas (Peru), and Castellanos (Mexico). While considering the specific literary quality of this writing, we will contrast its representation of "the Indian" with indigenous self-representation in oral-popular tradition and through intellectuals like Domitila Barrios, Rigoberta Menchú, Bernabe Condori and others, to better understand the relationship between official culture and its Other. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL, Fall—J. Cerna-Bazán
LTAM 340. Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in the Latin American Narrative Cross-listed with SPAN 340. . This course briefly examines the origins and development of the Latin American narrative and then focuses on the literary reaction to dictatorship and revolution. It stresses a critical reading and discussion of major works by Azuela, Castellanos, and Fuentes (Mexico), Asturias (Guatemala), and Allende (Chile). The emphasis is on Mexico and the literary interpretation of the Revolution of 1910 and the society that grew out of it. Prerequisite: a 240 level literature course is strongly recommended. 6 credits cr., AL, Winter—B. Boling
LTAM 344. Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre Cross-listed with SPAN 344,WGST 344. . The course will study texts (written by women) that deal critically with issues of gender, challenging implicit and explicit patriarchal values. Emphasis will also be placed on how these women have experimented with narrative and poetic genres to express their personal concerns and to deconstruct orthodox structures. Authors usually included: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Storni, Agustini, Castellanos, Poniatowska, Molloy, Valenzuela, Ferré, Garro, Peri Rossi, Allende. Prerequisite: Spanish 240 or a 300 level literature course is recommended. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 348. New Trends in Latin American Poetry, 1950-2000 Cross-listed with SPAN 348. Spanish American poets have brought to the text the interplay of writing with orality, popular culture, and other social discourses and semiotic systems. This course will examine poetic experimentation during the last decades of the 20th century in relation to a cultural universe dominated by visual and aural images (both traditional and modern) as well as by the new technologies of information. Authors read include Nicanor Parra, Enrique Lihn, Ernesto Cardenal, Rodolfo Hinostroza, Antonio Cisneros, José Emilio Pacheco, and Raúl Zurita. Prerequisite: Spanish 205 or equivalent. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 350. Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony Cross-listed with SPAN 350. . Postboom narratives question the nature of telling stories, from Rigoberta Menchú's testimony to Tomás Eloy Martínez's novelistic history of Eva Perón's embalmed body. Galeano, Alegría, Puig, Vega, and Esquivel combine fiction and reportage or recontextualize the romance and detective novels. Emerging with these narratives is the ecological novel which refashions the standard Latin American theme of "civilización y barbarie." What makes these texts literature? How has the craft of author changed, and what constitutes a postmodern narrative discourse? Prerequisite: Spanish 240 or a 300 level literature course is recommended. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 360. Topics in Hispanic Literature: Difference, Identity and Representation in Latin America Cross-listed with SPAN 360. Identity diversification is an ongoing process in Latin America, resulting from conflictive interactions between heterogeneous social groups, among which power is unevenly distributed. This course examines the ways in which literature incorporates specific manifestations of ethnic, racial, sexual, and gender difference against the background of territorial-geological, cultural, political and economic fragmentation of this region in the period 1950-2000. To examine specific forms of literary experimentation, narrative and poetry will be considered in relation to oral tradition, popular music, film, video and other cultural artifacts produced in such a heterogeneous context. Focus on Peruvian and Colombian literatures and cultures. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or proficiency. 6 credits cr., AL,RAD, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 386. Comparing Mexico and China* Cross-listed with POSC 386. This course will look at consequences of economic globalization in two very different countriesChina and Mexico. Students will debate propositions from literature on globalization, study real-world applications, and prepare for on-site research during December. The course will focus upon impacts of economic change on political liberalization, the role of government in regulating social/economic dislocation, and importance of international institutions (e.g., NAFTA, WTO) in shaping local responses. During the off-campus component, students will collect data and make observations in China or Mexico. During the winter, students will prepare a research paper and a group presentation organized as a consulting project. 6 credits cr., SS, Not offered in 2003-2004.
LTAM 395. Idioms of Inequality: Ethnicity, Gender, and Exchange in Latin America Cross-listed with SOAN 395. . Focusing on Indian as well as Hispanic cultures in Mexico, Central, and South America, this course will analyze the ways in which identity is processed through symbols of difference. It seeks to understand how ethnicity, gender, and exchange sometimes operate as means for achieving solidarity and complementarity, yet at other times function as the quintessential sources for inequality. Drawing ethnographic materials from Latin America, this course examines the meaning and significance of culturally variable expressions of inequality as modulated through critical social relations. An emphasis will be placed on highlighting salient theoretical debates through the interpretation of both classic and contemporary ethnographies. Prerequisites: Sociology/Anthropology 110, 111, upper division coursework in Latin American Studies, or permission of the instructor. 6 credits cr., SS, Fall—J. Levi
LTAM 398. Foro Latinoamericano This colloquium will explore specific issues or works in Latin American Studies through discussion of a common reading, public presentation, project, and/or performance. Students will be required to attend several meetings throughout the term, culminating in a forum with program faculty to discuss the common reading or other material. A short integrative essay or report will be required at the end of the term. Intended as capstone for senior Latin American Studies concentrators. 2 credits cr., S/CR/NC, ND, Winter,Spring—Staff
LTAM 400. Integrative Exercise Satisfactory completion of the major includes the writing of a thesis which attempts to integrate at least two of the various disciplines studied. A proposal must be submitted for approval early in the fall term of the senior year. The thesis in its final form is due no later than the end of the first week of spring term. An oral defense of the thesis is required. 6 credits cr., S/NC, ND, Fall,Winter,Spring—Staff