Latin American Studies Course Options

Core Courses (required of all majors):

LAS 140 Introduction to Latin American Studies

LAS 2XX*

LAS 3XX or 4XX**

*Students must take one LAS course at the 200 level from the following list: LAS/Hist 261, LAS/Soc 262, LAS 263/Hist 262, LAS/Pol 275.

**Students must take one LAS course at the 300 or 400 level from the following list: LAS 300, LAS 322/Span 206, LAS/Soc 331, LAS/Hist 361, LAS/Pol 412.

Elective Courses (select three of the following):

FYS 129 Music of Spain and Latin America

FYS 195 Tales of Torture and Terror

FYS 199-2 On the Road in Latin American Film

LAS 147 Contemporary Latin American Culture

LAS 148 Latin American Cinema

LAS/Econ 214 Latin American Economic History and Development

LAS 220 Topics in Latin American Literature

LAS 222/WS 221 Bridging the Borders: Latina and Latin American Women's Literature

LAS 223/AFS 236 Mapping Caribbean Identities

LAS 231/WS 231 Gender and Change in Africa and Afro-Latin America

LAS/Anth 232 Precolumbian Civilizations of Mesoamerica

LAS/Anth 236 Precolumbian Civilizations of South America

Pol 252 North-South Dialogue (only when course includes travel to Latin America)

LAS/Hist 261 Colonial Latin American History

LAS/Soc 262 Social Development of Latin America

LAS 263/Hist 262 Modern Latin American History

LAS/Hist 264 Brazil: Earthly Paradise to Industrial Giant

LAS/Soc 267 Society and Politics in Latin America

LAS/Pol 275 Latin American Politics

LAS 290 Learning and Serving in the Local Mexican Community

LAS 300 Special Topics in Latin American Studies

LAS 322/Span 206 The Hispanic Heritage in the United States

LAS 331/Soc 331 Reinventing Latin American Societies

LAS/Hist 361 The Mexican Revolution

LAS/Pol 412 Women and the Political Economy of Development

LAS 461 Individualized Study