Suggested Courses for Latin American Studies

Core Course offerings for Latin American Studies

ANTH - Anthropology
545 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
566 Cultures of the Amazon
567 South American Prehistory
570 Mexican/Central American Prehistory
577 Peasant Communities
583 Cultures of Latin America

BIOS – Biology
544 Tropical Disease Biology

ECON – Economics
512 Ec onomics of Poverty
513 Economics of Environment
550 Economics of Development
544 Latin American Economic History
574 Economics of Latin America

GEOG – Geography
521 Population Geography
535 Geography of Latin America
680C Gender and Development
684A Seminar i n Regional Geography: Latin America

HLTH – Health
512 International Health Programming

HIST – History
523A Latin America: The Colonial Era
523B Latin America: The 19th Century
523C Latin America: The 20th Century
523D History of Brazil
523E History of Modern Mexico
524 Seminar US/Latin American Relations
525 Lecture US/Latin American Relations
526 Latin American History - Dictatorship
527 Slavery in the Americas
627 Colloquium

INST – International Studies
500 Introduction to Latin American Studies
525 Seminar on Modern Brazil
595 Internship
601 Seminar in Development
610B Seminar on Latin America
690 Readings in Latin America
694 Practicum in Community Outreach
695 Thesis

POLS – Political Science
534 Government and Politics of Latin America
535 Revolution in Latin America
536 The Politics of Brazil
540 The Politics of Developing Areas
579 Latin American Political Thought
590 Studies in Government: US Policy in Latin America
590G US/Central American Rel ations
590N Terrorism

PORT – Portuguese
501 Portuguese I
502 Portuguese II
503 Portuguese III

SOC – Sociology
508 Latin American Society
518 Third World Development

SPAN – Spanish
539 Modern Spanish Usage

543 Survey of Spanish American Literature I

544 Survey of Spanish American Literature II

547 Themes from Spanish American Prose

548 Contemporary Spanish American Literature

560 Spanish American Civilization and Culture

601/3 Seminar (when topic is LA)

TCOM – Telecommunications

665 Communication and Development

765 Communication and national Development

WS – Women’s Studies
510 Global Feminisms