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LAS-140 Intro Latin American Studies
Study of Latin American and Caribbean societies focusing on history, culture, politics, and economics. Course explores the formation and development of these societies by looking at a number of topics, including the conquest of Amerindian civilizations, colonialism, neocolonialism, nationalism, revolution, modernization, social movements, democracy, and neoliberal globalization.
LAS-147 Contemporary Latin Amer Cult
Study of contemporary Latin American culture through the examination of its art-literature, music, film, painting, photography-viewed as an expression of the permanent conflict between the artist and his/her social environment. Course focuses on the interrelationships between the social, political, and intellectual factors that influenced the development of Latin American cultures and their unique artistic creations. Emphasis is also placed on the predominant view among Latin American intellectuals that the artist has the power and the obligation to effect change and modify society through art.
LAS-148 Latin American Cinema
Overview of Latin American cinema from the 1960s to the present. Students explore the use of film in Latin America as a means for analyzing and critiquing political, social, and economic issues. The course traces the evolution of film aesthetics in Latin America during the last four decades and examines filmmaking environments in representative countries with a strong film tradition.
LAS-214 Latin American Economic History and Development
Intensive examination of Latin America, using the framework of economic analysis and political economy to consider economic history, growth, and development. Economic theory provides the primary paradigm within which this region is studied, but consideration is also given to historical events that conditioned the economic outcomes. Reviews the pertinent theory and focuses on application of that theory to specific historical events. Prerequisites: Economics 103, 104 or 101.
LAS-220 Topics in Latin American Lit
Study of Latin American literature and related arts from varying perspectives. Taught in English.
LAS-222 Bridging the Borders: Latina and Latin American Women's Literature
Study of selected works in English by Latin American women and Latina women from the U.S. Course explores both connective links and dividing lines of women's lives in the context of a common cultural heritage that has evolved into multiple variants as a result of geographical, historical, economic, ethnic, and racial factors.
LAS-223 Mapping Caribbean Identities
Study of the evolution of the Caribbean people from colonial to post-colonial times through careful reading of literature. Course includes novels from the English, Spanish, and French Caribbean. A small and accessible body of postcolonial theory supplements the works of fiction. Focus is on the different political, economic, and cultural realities imposed on the various islands and their populations by the respective colonizing powers.
LAS-231 Gender and Change in Africa and Afro-Latin America
An exploration of the diversity of women's familial, political, economic and social realities and experiences in West Africa and the African Diaspora in South America and the Caribbean. Particular attention is given to the processes by which indigenous West African gender and cultural patterns and their inherent power relations have shifted since pre-colonial times and across the Atlantic into the New World. Finally, the course examines the concept of Diaspora and theories relative to processes of cultural change, resistance and retentions, as well as the role gender plays in these processes.
LAS-232 Precolumbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica
Introduction to the organization and development of Native American civilizations in Mexico and Central America. Evidence from archaeological and ethnographic research, Native texts and art, and Spanish Colonial writings is used to study religious beliefs, sociopolitical organization, economic relationships, and intellectual achievements of such groups as the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs. Period prior to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest is emphasized, but modern indigenous cultures are also studied.
LAS-236 Precolumbian Civilizations of South America
Introduction to the organization and development of Native American civilizations in South America. Evidence from archaeological and ethnographic research, Native texts and art, and Spanish Colonial writings is used to study religious beliefs, sociopolitical organization, economic relationships, and intellectual achievements of such groups as the Inka, Moche, and Chavin. Period prior to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest is emphasized, but modern indigenous cultures are also studied.
LAS-261 Colonial Latin American History
Exploration of Spanish and Portuguese America from its roots in Iberia and indigenous America through three centuries of change. During the period, Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans transformed their economies and cultures and created new societies.
LAS-262 Social Development of Latin America
Study of Latin American societies focusing on the development of democracy and social movements. Students learn about a variety of Latin American democratic and authoritarian experiences. The course examines both top down and bottom up approaches to the study of democracy.
LAS-263 Modern Latin American History
Survey of Latin American history from independence through the formation of national identity and the quest for modernity to dictatorship, democracy, and neoliberalism.
LAS-264 Brazil: Earthly Paradise to Industrial Giant
Major themes in Brazilian history from early Portuguese-indigenous relations, expanding frontiers, colonial society, and the development of African slavery, through nineteenth-century formation of national identity, to twentieth-century industrialization, political struggle, and cultural change.
LAS-267 Society and Politics in Latin America
Study of the sociopolitical evolution of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Dominican Republic. Course examine the tension between dictatorship and democracy, changing economic patterns of Dominican life, and the influence of the U.S. military interventions of 1916-1924 and 1965-1967 on the modern Dominican state. Emphasis is placed on how the Dominican Republic mirrors contemporary Caribbean socio-political development.
LAS-275 Latin American Politics
Introduction to Latin American politics. Focus is on political issues surrounding economic development in the Latin American context: political preconditions, policy choices of Latin American regimes and leaders, and political consequences of development in general, and of those policy choices in particular. Course also compares the political systems and development trajectories of Latin American countries to other countries in the world.
LAS-290 Learning and Serving in the Local Mexican Community
Study and exploration of the Mexican presence in the United States through readings, film, music, art and service learning. Students work 24 hours with a local Latino family throughout the semester to aid the family in learning English, help with its basic needs and generally acculturate to American society. Students learn basic English as a Second Language teaching techniques and experience the Mexican culture first-hand. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and permission of the instructor.
LAS-300 Topics in Latin American Studies
A study of Latin American societies as seen through the lenses of Anthropology, Political Science, Literature, History, Economics or Sociology
LAS-304 Film & Revolution in Latin America
Investigation of Latin American movies that urge revolutionary change. Special attention to films of the Cuban Revolution and to underground cinema, neorealist films, and indigenous film movements in other Latin American countries. Attention to the social and political context in which the films were made. Analysis of the contrasting presuppositions and assertions in revolutionary filmmakers’ theoretical writings, of the impact of their theories on their films, and of the evolution of revolutionary movies.
LAS-322 The Hispanic Heritage in the United States
Study of the Hispanic experience in the territory that is now the United States, from the early Spanish explorations to the present. This course examines the historical roots of the various groups that belong to this large and diverse segment of the U.S. population, looking at the issues that distinguish each group, as well as those that join all the groups under the Hispanic umbrella. Readings, films, guest speakers, and contact with the local Hispanic community provide sources of information for reflection on the ways in which the various groups have faced the challenges of integration into American society. This crosslisted course in Latin American Studies and Spanish is conducted in English. Students who take the course as Spanish 202 are required to fulfill some of the course work at the Spanish 202 level. For these students, a B- or higher in Spanish 201 is required.
LAS-331 Reinventing Latin American Societies
A study of the changing role of the state in twentieth-century Latin America. Course explores why Latin American states shifted from promoting national development to preparing the region for globalization. Issues of social movements, political control, citizenship, and neoliberalism are examined in the context of widespread economic, social and political structuring of Latin America societies. Prerequisite: LAS 140 or any other course with a focus on Latin America. (Same as SOC 331)
LAS-361 The Mexican Revolution
Study of the background, precursor movements, participants, events, and outcome of the violent social revolution, that swept the Mexican countryside between 1910 and 1917
LAS-364 Creating Social Difference in Brazilian History
Intensive study of Brazilian history with an emphasis on the creation of social difference, the formation of concepts of race and ethnicity, and the construction of colonial, imperial, and national identities. Exploring historiographical trends and recent scholarship, the course emphasizes topics such as early contact, colonial society, Indian and African slavery, immigration, religion and culture, and indigenism.
LAS-412 Women and Pol Economy of Dev
Examination of the central role that women in developing countries perform in the development process, as well as of the impact that development has on women. Analysis of the role that women play in household production, in the care of their families and their participation in both the formal and informal economies. Perspectives ranging from economists' efforts to accurately measure women's contributions to development, to political scientists' focus on the political power of women, to feminist critiques of mainstream development theories are employed. Prerequisites: Political Science 103 or permission of instructor.
LAS-460 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
LAS-461 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded S/U
LAS-462 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research not counting in the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
LAS-140 Intro Latin American Studies
Study of Latin American and Caribbean societies focusing on history, culture, politics, and economics. Course explores the formation and development of these societies by looking at a number of topics, including the conquest of Amerindian civilizations, colonialism, neocolonialism, nationalism, revolution, modernization, social movements, democracy, and neoliberal globalization.
LAS-147 Contemporary Latin Amer Cult
Study of contemporary Latin American culture through the examination of its art-literature, music, film, painting, photography-viewed as an expression of the permanent conflict between the artist and his/her social environment. Course focuses on the interrelationships between the social, political, and intellectual factors that influenced the development of Latin American cultures and their unique artistic creations. Emphasis is also placed on the predominant view among Latin American intellectuals that the artist has the power and the obligation to effect change and modify society through art.
LAS-148 Latin American Cinema
Overview of Latin American cinema from the 1960s to the present. Students explore the use of film in Latin America as a means for analyzing and critiquing political, social, and economic issues. The course traces the evolution of film aesthetics in Latin America during the last four decades and examines filmmaking environments in representative countries with a strong film tradition.
LAS-214 Latin American Economic History and Development
Intensive examination of Latin America, using the framework of economic analysis and political economy to consider economic history, growth, and development. Economic theory provides the primary paradigm within which this region is studied, but consideration is also given to historical events that conditioned the economic outcomes. Reviews the pertinent theory and focuses on application of that theory to specific historical events. Prerequisites: Economics 103, 104 or 101.
LAS-220 Topics in Latin American Lit
Study of Latin American literature and related arts from varying perspectives. Taught in English.
LAS-222 Bridging the Borders: Latina and Latin American Women's Literature
Study of selected works in English by Latin American women and Latina women from the U.S. Course explores both connective links and dividing lines of women's lives in the context of a common cultural heritage that has evolved into multiple variants as a result of geographical, historical, economic, ethnic, and racial factors.
LAS-223 Mapping Caribbean Identities
Study of the evolution of the Caribbean people from colonial to post-colonial times through careful reading of literature. Course includes novels from the English, Spanish, and French Caribbean. A small and accessible body of postcolonial theory supplements the works of fiction. Focus is on the different political, economic, and cultural realities imposed on the various islands and their populations by the respective colonizing powers.
LAS-231 Gender and Change in Africa and Afro-Latin America
An exploration of the diversity of women's familial, political, economic and social realities and experiences in West Africa and the African Diaspora in South America and the Caribbean. Particular attention is given to the processes by which indigenous West African gender and cultural patterns and their inherent power relations have shifted since pre-colonial times and across the Atlantic into the New World. Finally, the course examines the concept of Diaspora and theories relative to processes of cultural change, resistance and retentions, as well as the role gender plays in these processes.
LAS-232 Precolumbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica
Introduction to the organization and development of Native American civilizations in Mexico and Central America. Evidence from archaeological and ethnographic research, Native texts and art, and Spanish Colonial writings is used to study religious beliefs, sociopolitical organization, economic relationships, and intellectual achievements of such groups as the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs. Period prior to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest is emphasized, but modern indigenous cultures are also studied.
LAS-236 Precolumbian Civilizations of South America
Introduction to the organization and development of Native American civilizations in South America. Evidence from archaeological and ethnographic research, Native texts and art, and Spanish Colonial writings is used to study religious beliefs, sociopolitical organization, economic relationships, and intellectual achievements of such groups as the Inka, Moche, and Chavin. Period prior to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest is emphasized, but modern indigenous cultures are also studied.
LAS-261 Colonial Latin American History
Exploration of Spanish and Portuguese America from its roots in Iberia and indigenous America through three centuries of change. During the period, Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans transformed their economies and cultures and created new societies.
LAS-262 Social Development of Latin America
Study of Latin American societies focusing on the development of democracy and social movements. Students learn about a variety of Latin American democratic and authoritarian experiences. The course examines both top down and bottom up approaches to the study of democracy.
LAS-263 Modern Latin American History
Survey of Latin American history from independence through the formation of national identity and the quest for modernity to dictatorship, democracy, and neoliberalism.
LAS-264 Brazil: Earthly Paradise to Industrial Giant
Major themes in Brazilian history from early Portuguese-indigenous relations, expanding frontiers, colonial society, and the development of African slavery, through nineteenth-century formation of national identity, to twentieth-century industrialization, political struggle, and cultural change.
LAS-267 Society and Politics in Latin America
Study of the sociopolitical evolution of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Dominican Republic. Course examine the tension between dictatorship and democracy, changing economic patterns of Dominican life, and the influence of the U.S. military interventions of 1916-1924 and 1965-1967 on the modern Dominican state. Emphasis is placed on how the Dominican Republic mirrors contemporary Caribbean socio-political development.
LAS-275 Latin American Politics
Introduction to Latin American politics. Focus is on political issues surrounding economic development in the Latin American context: political preconditions, policy choices of Latin American regimes and leaders, and political consequences of development in general, and of those policy choices in particular. Course also compares the political systems and development trajectories of Latin American countries to other countries in the world.
LAS-290 Learning and Serving in the Local Mexican Community
Study and exploration of the Mexican presence in the United States through readings, film, music, art and service learning. Students work 24 hours with a local Latino family throughout the semester to aid the family in learning English, help with its basic needs and generally acculturate to American society. Students learn basic English as a Second Language teaching techniques and experience the Mexican culture first-hand. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and permission of the instructor.
LAS-300 Topics in Latin American Studies
A study of Latin American societies as seen through the lenses of Anthropology, Political Science, Literature, History, Economics or Sociology
LAS-304 Film & Revolution in Latin America
Investigation of Latin American movies that urge revolutionary change. Special attention to films of the Cuban Revolution and to underground cinema, neorealist films, and indigenous film movements in other Latin American countries. Attention to the social and political context in which the films were made. Analysis of the contrasting presuppositions and assertions in revolutionary filmmakers’ theoretical writings, of the impact of their theories on their films, and of the evolution of revolutionary movies.
LAS-322 The Hispanic Heritage in the United States
Study of the Hispanic experience in the territory that is now the United States, from the early Spanish explorations to the present. This course examines the historical roots of the various groups that belong to this large and diverse segment of the U.S. population, looking at the issues that distinguish each group, as well as those that join all the groups under the Hispanic umbrella. Readings, films, guest speakers, and contact with the local Hispanic community provide sources of information for reflection on the ways in which the various groups have faced the challenges of integration into American society. This crosslisted course in Latin American Studies and Spanish is conducted in English. Students who take the course as Spanish 202 are required to fulfill some of the course work at the Spanish 202 level. For these students, a B- or higher in Spanish 201 is required.
LAS-331 Reinventing Latin American Societies
A study of the changing role of the state in twentieth-century Latin America. Course explores why Latin American states shifted from promoting national development to preparing the region for globalization. Issues of social movements, political control, citizenship, and neoliberalism are examined in the context of widespread economic, social and political structuring of Latin America societies. Prerequisite: LAS 140 or any other course with a focus on Latin America. (Same as SOC 331)
LAS-361 The Mexican Revolution
Study of the background, precursor movements, participants, events, and outcome of the violent social revolution, that swept the Mexican countryside between 1910 and 1917
LAS-364 Creating Social Difference in Brazilian History
Intensive study of Brazilian history with an emphasis on the creation of social difference, the formation of concepts of race and ethnicity, and the construction of colonial, imperial, and national identities. Exploring historiographical trends and recent scholarship, the course emphasizes topics such as early contact, colonial society, Indian and African slavery, immigration, religion and culture, and indigenism.
LAS-412 Women and Pol Economy of Dev
Examination of the central role that women in developing countries perform in the development process, as well as of the impact that development has on women. Analysis of the role that women play in household production, in the care of their families and their participation in both the formal and informal economies. Perspectives ranging from economists' efforts to accurately measure women's contributions to development, to political scientists' focus on the political power of women, to feminist critiques of mainstream development theories are employed. Prerequisites: Political Science 103 or permission of instructor.
LAS-460 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
LAS-461 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research counting toward the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded S/U
LAS-462 Individualized Study-Research
Individualized research not counting in the minimum requirements in a major or minor, graded A-F
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