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Courses

  • LTAM 110: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

    This fast-paced introductory Portuguese language course focuses on developing communication skills and emphasizes speaking, reading, and writing. Previous knowledge of Spanish is assumed in presentation of grammar and vocabulary. Prerequisites: Spanish 103 or permission of the instructor. 3 credit; S/CR/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Spring 2013 -- H. Kaufman

  • 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. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- S. López

  • LTAM 365: Development and Social Inclusion in Peru

    Although Peru has experienced a strong economic growth and increased political stability in recent years, some long-standing problems remain unresolved, in particular the improvement of social conditions for large segments of the population. While critically examining the terms "development" and "social inclusion" much used in current Peruvian politics to describe such situations, students' involvement in community service will provide concrete referents for class discussion. Classes are supplemented by visits to relevant sites and by lectures by local intellectuals. Prerequisites: Spanish 204 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Social Inquiry; offered Spring 2013 -- J Cerna-Bazan

  • LTAM 370: Brazil Culture and Politics

    This course will focus in depth on political and historical patterns of Brazil's economic, social, and cultural development from colonial times to its current democracy. The Brazil case study offers a wealth of lessons concerning the contradictions and possibilities of economic, social, and cultural development in the world today. We will explore these lessons through literature, music, architecture, and the arts as they speak to the perils of the country's insertion into global capitalism and to its political history which reflects the difficulties of creating and deepening democracy and building centers of political authority in the context of growing social inequalities and industrialization. Prerequisites: Latin American Studies 200. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Social Inquiry, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

  • LTAM 371: Brazil Research Seminar

    Brazil research on-site in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo during winter break. Writing and presentation of research projects during winter term. Prerequisite: Latin American Studies 370. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Social Inquiry, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

  • LTAM 398: Latin American Forum

    This colloquium will explore specific issues or works in Latin American Studies through discussion of a common reading, public presentation, project, and/or performance that constitute the annual Latin American Forum. Students will be required to attend two meetings during the term to discuss the common reading or other material and must attend, without exception, ALL events of the Forum which take place during fourth week of spring term (on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning). A short integrative essay or report will be required at the end of the term. Intended as capstone for Latin American Studies concentrators. 2 credit; S/CR/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- S. Lopez

  • 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 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 -- J. Cerna-Bazán, S. López, A. Montero

Related Courses

AMST 127 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Studies (not offered in 2012-2013)

AMST 226 Latinas in Hollywood (not offered in 2012-2013)

AMST 227 Beyond the Border: Latinos Across America (not offered in 2012-2013)

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

ECON 241 Growth and Development (not offered in 2012-2013)

ENGL 119 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Literature

HIST 169 Colonial Latin America 1492-1810

HIST 170 Modern Latin America 1810-Present

HIST 272 The Mexican Revolution

HIST 273 Go-Betweens and Rebels in the Andean World (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 276 The African Diaspora in Latin America (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 278 The Spanish Inquisition

MUSC 141 Global Popular Music

MUSC 243 Music of the Caribbean (not offered in 2012-2013)

POSC 221 Latin American Politics

POSC 323 Cuban Politics Seminar* (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture

SOAN 241 Guatemala Program: Mesoamerican Cultures (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 251 Guatemala Prog: Resource Mgmt, Community Develpmnt & Soc Change in Guatemala & Chiapas (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 259 Comparative Issues in Native North America (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 295 Guatemala Program: Field Methods and Individual Research Project (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 302 Anthropology and Indigenous Rights (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 207 Exploring Hispanic Culture

SPAN 220 Magical Realism in Latin American Narrative

SPAN 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature

SPAN 252 Love Stories in Latin American Prose (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 255 Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts

SPAN 260 Forces of Nature (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 262 Myth and History in Central American Literature

SPAN 263 History of Human Rights (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 266 Postwar Central American LIterature (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 269 Peru Program: Diversity, Conflict and Culture in Peru

SPAN 277 The Poem as Artifact: Art and Work in Contemporary Spanish American Poetry

SPAN 321 Murder as a Fine Art: The Detective Novel in Latin America

SPAN 330 The Invention of the Modern Novel: Cervantes' Don Quijote

SPAN 336 Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 342 Latin American Theater: Nation, Power, Gender (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 344 Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 350 Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 353 History and Subjectivity in Latin American Poetry (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 358 The Spanish Civil War

SPAN 360 Race and Nation in Caribbean Literature (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 366 Jorge Luis Borges: Less a Man Than a Vast and Complex Literature (not offered in 2012-2013)

SPAN 371 Yours Truly: The Body of the Letter