Overview

Faculty

Mackenzie Cooley (History), director
Marissa Ambio (Hispanic Studies)
Heather Sullivan (Government)
Alex Bádue (Music)
Jack Martinez-Arias (Hispanic Studies)

Department/Program Goals

The goal of the Latin American Studies Program is to blend courses across disciplinary boundaries in order to present the Latin American mosaic in all its diverse dimensions.

Concentration/Minor Description and Requirements

The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies consists of five courses taken in at least two different departments. At least one of the five classes must be either 300 or 400 level. The list below is representative of courses available to minors. Students who would like to fulfill requirements for the minor with courses taken at other institutions, or in study abroad programs, should consult with the program director.

Courses taken on a credit/no credit basis cannot be counted towards the minor.

Africana Studies

AFRST-140 Caribbean Carnival
AFRST-205 Haiti & the Caribbean
AFRST-216 Caribbean lit in Crucible

Economics

ECON-340 Economic Development
ECON-453 Economic Development in Latin America

Government

GOVT-216 Politics in Latin America
GOVT-246 Latin America in the World
GOVT-368 Violence, Justice, and the State in Latin America

History

HIST-126 Conquest of the Americas
HIST-327 Mexico-Tenochtitlan: The City and the World, 1300-1800

Philosophy

PHIL-233 Latin American Philosophy

Hispanic Studies

HSPST-140 Conversation on Hispanic Cultures
HSPST-200 Exploring Hispanic Texts
HSPST-201 Spanish for Heritage/Bilingual Speakers
HSPST-211 Introductory Study of Latin American Literature
HSPST-213 Ficciones del delito
HSPST-217 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Literatures
HSPST-271/HSPST-371 Special Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture
HSPST-281 Introduction to Latin American Short Fiction
HSPST-283 Understanding the Caribbean World
HSPST-301 Modernismo
HSPST-303 Representing Gender in Latin America
HSPST-323 The Power of Looking: Re-imagining the Nation in Hispanic Films
HSPST-343 Contemporary Latin American Novel
HSPST-351 Writers of the Boom
HSPST-361 Post-Boom Narratives
HSPST-367 Nueva York: Contemporary Literature and Art
HSPST-381 Literature and Modernity in the Andes
HSPST-391 Strategies of Resistance in Hispanic Caribbean Literature: From Slavery to Racial Consciousness