Latin American Studies Concentration
Coordinator: 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 Spanish 204 or equivalent. In addition, students must complete two of the four core courses; a senior seminar; and five courses (30 credits) in electives, 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 may be in the same discipline. No more than two of the electives 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.
Core Courses:
Two of the following:
HIST 170: Modern Latin America
POSC 221: Latin American Politics
SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America
SPAN 242: Introduction to Latin American Literature
Senior Seminar:
Elective Courses:
Group I: Arts and Literature
MUSC 243: Music of the Caribbean (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 207: Exploring Hispanic Culture
SPAN 242: Introduction to Latin American Literature
SPAN 245: Hybrid Cultures*
SPAN 246: Introduction to Mexican Literature (Morelia)
SPAN 248: Drama and Performance in Latin America (Morelia) (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 252: Telling Stories: The Short Story in Latin America (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 255: Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflict
SPAN 260: The Artist and the City* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 326: Writers in Exile
SPAN 334: Texts and Nations: Nineteenth Century Latin America (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 336: Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America
SPAN 340: Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in Latin American Narrative (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 344: Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre
SPAN 348: New Trends in Latin American Poetry, 1950-2000
SPAN 350: Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SPAN 360: Topics in Hispanic Literature: Difference, Identity and Representation in Latin America* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
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 2002-2003.)
HIST 274: Brazil From Colonial to Modern Times (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
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 2002-2003.)
POSC 386: Comparing Mexico and China* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
RELG 227: Liberation Theologies* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SOAN 130: Population and Food in the Global System* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SOAN 234: Ecology, Economy, and Culture*
SOAN 250: Ethnography of Latin America
SOAN 259: Comparative Issues in Native North America* (Not offered in 2002-2003.)
SOAN 302: Anthropology and Indigenous Rights*
SOAN 312: Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World Development*