Latin American Studies Concentration
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 history, sociology and anthropology, literature and film in the Spanish department, political science, as well as other disciplines, culminating in a capstone experience, the Latin American Forum.
Students interested in exploring Latin American Studies as a possible concentration are strongly encouraged to enroll in at least one of several gateway courses early in their career at Carleton. Those designated courses are: History 170 Modern Latin America, 1810-present, Political Science 221 Latin American Politics, Sociology/Anthropology 250 Ethnography of Latin America, and Spanish 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature.
Requirements for the Concentration
- HIST 170 Modern Latin America, 1810-present (Not offered in 2016-2017)
- LTAM 300 Issues in Latin American Studies (Not offered in 2016-2017)
- LTAM 398 Latin American Forum
- One additional survey course, selected from:
- Concentrators must also complete Spanish 204 or equivalent
- 30 credits in electives
Electives may be chosen from the following list, with at least 12 credits drawn from the first list and twelve from the second. 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 elective credits may be comparative or Latino in focus (Economics 240, 241, Music 141, Religion 227, Sociology/Anthropology 203, 233, 234, 259, 302). Up to 18 credits from approved off-campus programs may be counted as electives. Credits in natural science courses taken in Latin America may be applied toward the electives requirement if the director approves. In most cases they will count under the Group II list.
Elective Courses:
Group I:
- CAMS 295 Cinema in Chile and Argentina: Representing and Reimagining Identity
- CAMS 295F Cinema in Chile and Argentina-FLAC
- CAMS 296 Cinema and Cultural Change in Chile and Argentina
- LTAM 382 Conflictive Development: Peru 1980 to Present
- SPAN 222 Two Voices: Gabriel García Márquez and Laura Restrepo
- SPAN 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature
- SPAN 265 Peru Program: Cultures in Transition: The Old and the New in Contemporary Peru
- SPAN 344 Women Writers in Latin America: Body and Text
- SPAN 356 The Political and Cultural History of the Cuban Revolution
- SPAN 371 Yours Truly: The Body of the Letter
- SPAN 377 History and Subjectivity in Latin American Poetry
Group II: