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Required Courses (6 semester hours) Semester Hours LALS 201 Perspectives on Latin America 3 LALS 401 Capstone Course in Latin America and Latino Studies ...3 Electives (12 semester hours): Select 12 semester hours (four courses) of electives from the interdepartmental list below. These four electives courses will be completed in at least two different academic departments. Courses will be selected with the help and approval of a program advisor so the selection reflects cohesive structure that is articulated to the students major concentration. AnthropologyANTH 150 Native Latin Americans 3 Earth and Environmental ScienceEUGS 208 Land and Life in Latin America 3 Economics and FinanceECON 250 Selected Topic in Economics 3 (Topic must be: Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean) HistoryHIST 114 Early Latin American Civilizations .3 HIST 115 History of Puerto Rico .3 HIST 116 Modern Latin American Civilizations .3 HIST 333 History of Brazil ..3 HIST 416 Church and State in Latin America . ....3 HIST 430 Revolutions in Latin American History . .3 Latin American and Latino StudiesLALS 205 Image and Identity: Representation of Latin American Women in Film and Fiction ...3 Legal Studies PALG 316 Skills for Bilingual Legal Personnel .3 Philosophy and Religion RELG 256 Religion in Latin America ....3 Political Science POLS 405 Government and Politics of Latin America ..3 Psychology PSYC 245 Hispanic/Latino Psychology .. .3 Spanish and Italian (Courses taught in Spanish) SPAN 376 Spanish American Cultural History .3 SPAN 363 Masterpieces of Spanish American Literature I ...3 SPAN 364 Masterpieces of Spanish American Literature II .3 SPAN 447 Contemporary Spanish American Short Story ....3 SPAN 448 Contemporary Spanish American Poetry 3 SPAN 449 The Spanish American Novel .3 SPAN 466 Contemporary Spanish American Theater. .3 SPAN 471 Contemporary Trends in the Spanish American Novel.. 3 SPAN 472 Puerto Rican Literature and Thought .3 SPAN 475 Seminar on Hispanic Culture in the United States .3 SPAN 481 Field Work in Hispanic Community I 3 Program Courses PERSPECTIVES ON LATIN AMERICA (LALS 201) 3.0 A multidisciplinary course: emphasis on anthropological, political, economic, cultural, and historical issues. Assume that the Americas are a geographical and cultural unit whose apparent diversity represents that of various indigenous peoples with an overlay of European patterns of colonialism, including slavery. Meets the Multicultural Awareness Requirement (MAR). IMAGE AND IDENTITY: REPRESENTATION OF LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN IN FILM AND FICTION (LALS 205) 3.0 Representation of Latin American Women in Film and Fiction. An analysis of representations of women in film and fiction with a special focus on the process of identity construction. Representations of women from pre-Columbian times to the present will be studied in relation to their use in the perpetuation of ideologies. Intended as an overview of the social history of women in Latin America. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Social Science, Non-Western Cultural Perspectives. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) - Social Science, Non-Western Cultural Perspectives. Meets the Multicultural Awareness Requirement (MAR). SELECTED TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES (LALS 290) 3.0 Study selected topics and problems in Latin American and Latino Studies. Topics announced each semester. CAPSTONE COURSE IN LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES (LALS 401) 3.0 Involves intensive reading, field work and research that focuses on a specific area of Latin American and Latino studies. Topics must be selected by the instructor; may be a more advanced and centered treatment of a lower level course. Prerequisite: LALS 201 |
