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 a capstone experience, the Latin American Forum.
Requirements for the Concentration:
HIST 170 Modern Latin America, 1810-present
LTAM 200 Issues in Latin American Studies
LTAM 398 Latin American Forum
One additional survey course, selected from:
POSC 221 Latin American Politics (not offered in 2005-2006)
SOAN 250 Ethnography of Latin America
SPAN 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature
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: Introduction to U.S. Latino Literature* (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 246 Introduction to Mexican Literature: Mexican Short Story
SPAN 248 Drama and Performance in Latin America (Morelia) (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 252 Telling Stories: The Short Story in Latin America (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 255 Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflict (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 258 Topics in Hispanic Literature: The Spanish Civil War
SPAN 260 Topics in Hispanic Literature: Forces of Nature (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 326 Writers in Exile (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 334 Texts and Nations: Nineteenth Century Latin America (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 336 Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 338 Spanish Images of the Indian in Spanish American Literature
SPAN 340 Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in Latin American Narrative (not offered in 2005-2006)
SPAN 344 Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre
SPAN 358 Topics in Hispanic Literature: The Spanish Civil War
SPAN 350 Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (not offered in 2005-2006)
Group II: Social Sciences and Humanities
ECON 240 Economics of Developing Countries*
HIST 169 Colonial Latin America, 1492-1810
HIST 170 Modern Latin America 1810-Present
HIST 272 The Emergence of Modern Mexico
HIST 276 African Slavery in Latin America from the Middle Passage to Abolition (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 221 Latin American Politics (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 233 The Global Resurgence of Democracy* (not offered in 2005-2006)
POSC 322 Political Economy of Latin America
RELG 227 Liberation Theologies* (not offered in 2005-2006)
SOAN 130 Population and Food in the Global System*
SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture*
SOAN 250 Ethnography of Latin America
SOAN 251 Community Development, and Cultural Empowerment
SOAN 259 Comparative Issues in Native North America* (not offered in 2005-2006)
SOAN 302 Anthropology and Indigenous Rights*
SOAN 312 Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World Development* (not offered in 2005-2006)
SOAN 395 Idioms of Inequality: Ethnicity, Gender, and Exchange in Latin America