Latin American Studies Concentration (LTAMc)
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, 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
LTAM 200 Issues in Latin American Studies
LTAM 398 Latin American Forum
One additional survey course, selected from:
SOAN 250 Ethnography of Latin America (Not offered in 2012-2013)
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 the first list and twelve from 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 (American Studies 127, 226, 227, Economics 240, 241, Music 141, Politcal Science 233, 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:
AMST 127 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Studies (not offered in 2013-2014)
AMST 227 Beyond the Border: Latinos Across America (not offered in 2013-2014)
ENGL 119 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Literature (not offered in 2013-2014)
LTAM 100 The Politics of Memory in Latin American Literature
MUSC 141 Global Popular Music
MUSC 243 Musical Cultures of the Caribbean (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 207 Exploring Hispanic Culture (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 220 Magical Realism in Latin American Narrative (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 222 Two Voices: Gabriel García Márquez and Laura Restrepo
SPAN 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature
SPAN 255 Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 260 Forces of Nature
SPAN 262 Myth and History in Central American Literature (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 263 History of Human Rights (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 266 Postwar Central American LIterature
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 (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 336 Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 342 Latin American Theater: Nation, Power, Gender (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 350 Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 358 The Spanish Civil War (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 360 Race and Nation in Caribbean Literature (not offered in 2013-2014)
SPAN 366 Jorge Luis Borges: Less a Man Than a Vast and Complex Literature
SPAN 371 Yours Truly: The Body of the Letter (not offered in 2013-2014)
Group II:
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
ECON 241 Growth and Development (not offered in 2013-2014)
HIST 169 Colonial Latin America 1492-1810 (not offered in 2013-2014)
HIST 170 Modern Latin America 1810-Present
HIST 272 The Mexican Revolution (not offered in 2013-2014)
HIST 273 Go-Betweens and Rebels in the Andean World
HIST 276 The African Diaspora in Latin America (not offered in 2013-2014)
HIST 278 The Spanish Inquisition (not offered in 2013-2014)
LTAM 270 Chile's September 11th: History and Memory since the Coup
LTAM 365 Peru Program: Current Issues in Development and Social Movements in Peru
LTAM 370 Brazil Culture and Politics (not offered in 2013-2014)
POSC 221 Latin American Politics (not offered in 2013-2014)
POSC 322 Neoliberalism and the New Left in Latin America*
SOAN 203 Anthropology of Good Intentions
SOAN 233 Anthropology of Food (not offered in 2013-2014)
SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture (not offered in 2013-2014)
SOAN 241 Guatemala Program: Mesoamerican Cultures
SOAN 250 Ethnography of Latin America (not offered in 2013-2014)
SOAN 251 Guatemala Prog: Resource Mgmt, Community Develpmnt & Soc Change in Guatemala & Chiapas
SOAN 259 Comparative Issues in Native North America
SOAN 295 Guatemala Program: Field Methods and Individual Research Project
SOAN 302 Anthropology and Indigenous Rights (not offered in 2013-2014)