Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course immerses students into Caribbean and Latin American studies by introducing them to the history, society, politics, and culture of the region, through a cross-disciplinary and a multi-national approach. Taught in English. Open to all students. Cross-list: SPAN 158.

Long Title: WOMEN'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course will examine the historical development of women's social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean. We will explore how they are transforming the region through their diverse forms of political engagement. This is a lecture/seminar course that emphasizes writing and discussion. Cross-list: SWGS 373.

Long Title: FEMINIST AND QUEER THEORY IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of the body of Black feminist and queer theory that has emerged within the last forty years. We will examine these frameworks in order to understand how racial difference shapes gender and sexual identities. This is a seminar that emphasizes research and discussion. Cross-list: SWGS 374.

Long Title: LATINA AND AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ACTIVISM IN THE URBAN METROPOLIS

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will investigate the contemporary writings of Latina and African American women in urban spaces across the U.S. Understanding these women's experiences in relationship to each other will reveal the shared, yet distinct, trajectories that orient their struggle to resist poverty, racism, homophobia, and sexual and reproductive violence. Cross-list: SWGS 375.

Long Title: CHICANA AND LATINA EXPERIENCE THRU FILM

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar explores the Chicana and Latina experience in the U.S. We examine these women's response to each other and forces of conquest, capitalism, and patriarchy. Novels, oral life histories, film, and art will be used to interrogate these women's conceptualization and assertion of feminism, activism, and history. Cross-list: SWGS 376.

Long Title: LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CAPSTONE

Department: Latin American Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Students will write original seminar paper on Latin America incorporating reading and research in English and in the Spanish or Portuguese language sources; to be drawn from their research conducted during a study abroad semester in Latin America.