Latin American Studies Core Courses:

GEOG 226   Geography of Latin America (3 credits)

HIST 135   Introduction to Latin American History (3 credits)

POSC 426  Latin American Political Systems (3 credits)

SPAN 326  Latin American Civilization and Culture (3 credits)

LAMS 491/SPAN 491  Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

Anthropology courses dealing with Latin America:

ANTH 251   Introduction to Ethnic Arts

ANTH 265   High Civilizations of the Americas (3 credits)

ANTH 323   Prehistory of South America

ANTH 337   South American Indians

ANTH 338   Arts and Crafts of Native South America

ANTH 351   Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (3 credits)

ANTH 380   Peoples and Cultures of Mexico and Central America

History courses dealing with Latin America:

HIST 331/BAMS 331   History of the Caribbean I

HIST 332/BAMS 332   History of the Caribbean II

HIST 336   Topics in Latin American History

HIST 349   Modern Latin America: 1800-present

HIST 430  Seminar in Twentieth Century Latin American Revolutions

HIST 477   Seminar in Latin American History

Political Science courses dealing with Latin America:

POSC 431   Latin American Politics: Countries

POSC 450   Topics in Latin American Politics

Spansh courses dealing with Latin American literature:

SPAN 303   Survey of Spanish-American Literature I

SPAN 304   Survey of Spanish-American Literature II

SPAN 355   Special Topics (taught abroad)

SPAN 415   Latin American Literature in its Political Context

SPAN 430   Latin American Novel and Cinema

SPAN 447   Contemporary Hispanic Fiction by Women

SPAN 455   * Selected Authors, Works and Themes

SPAN 460   * Topics: Contemporary Hispanic Literature 1936-Present

SPAN 462   * Topics: Hispanic Short Fiction

SPAN 464   Contemporary Spanish American Literature by Women

SPAN 475   * Topics: Hispanic Culture and Civilization

Elective courses for Latin American Studies major may be selected from the courses listed above or from the following:

ARTH 232   Art of Latin America

ARTH 338   Mayan Art and Architecture

ARTH 419   *Seminar in Spanish Art of the Golden Age

ARTH 440   Seminar in Latin American Art

ECON 311   Economics of Developing Countries  (Prerequisites: ECON 151, ECON 152)

FREN 459   Negritude, Antillanite, Creolite (Prereq: Any two 300-level French literature courses)

PORT 207   Brazil: Past and Present

PORT 216   Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

PORT 316   Intensive Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

SOCI/CRJU 322   Crowds, Cults, and Revolutions

SPAN 207   Contemporary Latin America I  OR SPAN 307 Contemporary Latin America II (taught abroad)

WOMS 250   Topics in International Women’s Studies: Latin America

*When topic deals with Latin America