Latin American Studies Concentration
Coordinator: Professor Beverly Nagel
The Latin American Studies Concentration provides an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural framework for the study of Latin America.
Students take courses in the humanities and the social sciences and are strongly encouraged to participate in an approved off-campus program in Latin America.
Requirements for the Concentration:
No more than one course may be comparative (*).
Core Courses:
The student must complete Spanish 204 or equivalent. In addition the student must complete any two of the following four courses:
HIST 170: Modern Latin America
POSC 221: Latin American Politics
SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America
SPAN 242: Survey of Latin American Literature
Senior Seminar:
Supporting Courses:
Five of the following courses, at least two from each group. No more than three courses from the student's major may apply to the concentration, and no more than three may be in the same discipline. Only one elective may be comparative and only one a Latino course. Up to 18 credits from programs abroad may be applied to the concentration.
Group I: Arts and Literature
MUSC 243: Music of the Caribbean (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SPAN 242: Introduction to Latin American Literature
SPAN 246: Introduction to Mexican Literature (Morelia)(Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SPAN 248: Drama and Performance in Latin America (Morelia)
SPAN 255: Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflict (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SPAN 260: Topics in Hispanic Prose: Forces of Nature
SPAN 334: Texts and Nations: Nineteenth Century Latin America
SPAN 336: Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SPAN 340: Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in Latin American Narrative
SPAN 342: Latin American Prose: Psychological and Magical Realism in Latin American Narrative (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SPAN 344: Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre
SPAN 350: Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
Group II: Social Sciences and Humanities
ECON 240: Economics of Developing Countries *
HIST 170: Modern Latin America
HIST 272: Mexico in Historical Perspective (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
HIST 274: Brazil From Colonial to Modern Times (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
HIST 275: Twentieth Century Cuba
POSC 221: Latin American Politics
POSC 233: The Global Resurgence of Democracy *
POSC 322: Political Economy of Latin America (Not offered in 2000-2001.)
POSC 386: Comparing Mexico and China *
RELG 227: Liberation Theologies *(Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SOAN 130: Population and Food in the Global System *
SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America
SOAN 259: Comparative Issues in Native North America *(Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SOAN 302: Anthropology and Indigenous Rights *(Not offered in 2000-2001.)
SOAN 312: Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World Development *