Carleton College

Latin American Studies Concentration

Director: Associate Professor Jerome M. Levi

The Latin American Studies Concentration provides students with a framework for developing a deeper understanding of Latin American history, society, and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective, and is intended to complement a disciplinary major. Concentrators pursue a program of study combining language training with courses in the humanities and social sciences, culminating in an integrative seminar.

Requirements for the Concentration:

Concentrators must complete the following:

      HIST 170: Modern Latin America, 1810-present

      LTAM 200: Issues in Latin American Studies

One additional survey course, selected from:

      POSC 221: Latin American Politics

      SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 242: Introduction to Latin American Literature

      LTAM 398: Foro Latinoamericano

And 30 credits in electives

Concentrators must also complete Spanish 204 or equivalent. Electives may be chosen from the following list, with at least 12 credits drawn from arts and literature and twelve from social sciences and history. No more than three courses from the student's major may apply to the concentration, and no more than three in the same discipline. Up to twelve credits may be comparative or Latino in focus (indicated by an asterisk on the list below). Up to 18 credits from approved off-campus programs may be counted as electives.

Elective Courses:

Group I: Arts and Literature

      MUSC 243: Music of the Caribbean

      SPAN 207: Exploring Hispanic Culture

      SPAN 242: Introduction to Latin American Literature

      SPAN 245: Hybrid Cultures* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 246: Introduction to Mexican Literature (Morelia)

      SPAN 248: Drama and Performance in Latin America (Morelia) (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 252: Telling Stories: The Short Story in Latin America (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 255: Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflict (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 260: Forces of Nature

      SPAN 326: Writers in Exile (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 334: Texts and Nations: 19th Century Latin America

      SPAN 336: Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 340: Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in Latin American Narrative

      SPAN 344: Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 348: New Trends in Latin American Poetry, 1950-2000 (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 350: Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SPAN 360: Topics in Hispanic Literature: Difference, Identity and Representation in Latin America* (not offered in 2003­2004)

Group II: Social Sciences and Humanities

      ECON 240: Economics of Developing Countries*

      HIST 169: Colonial latin America, 1492-1810

      HIST 170: Modern Latin America

      HIST 272: The Emergence of Modern Mexico

      HIST 276: African Slavery in Latin America from the Middle Passage to Abolition

      POSC 221: Latin American Politics

      POSC 233: The Global Resurgence of Democracy*

      POSC 322: Political Economy of Latin America

      POSC 386: Comparing Mexico and China* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      RELG 227: Liberation Theologies* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SOAN 130: Population and Food in the Global System* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SOAN 234: Ecology, Economy, and Culture* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SOAN 259: Comparative Issues in Native North America* (not offered in 2003­2004)

      SOAN 302: Anthropology and Indigenous Rights*

      SOAN 312: Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World Development* (not offered in 2003­2004)