Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements LTAMMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- The Latin American Experience. One (1) course:
- None
- Contemporary Problems in Latin America. One (1) course:
- LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
- LTAM-L 226 Topics in Latin American Studies
- LTAM-L 230 Maya Cultures, Religion, Communities & Identity in Mexico and Guatemala
- LTAM-L 275 Altered States: Spirituality, Power, Healing
LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores social issues, cultural identities, political movements, and lived experience of the diverse communities of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean in historical perspective, including sexualities, multiculturalism, the rise of capitalism, US imperialism, tourism, heritage, religious beliefs and practices, legacies of slavery, struggles for democracy, and structures of domination.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 226 Topics in Latin American Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to different aspects of Latin American and Caribbean cultures and societies. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different focus (country or region) for a maximum of 6 credit hours in LTAM-L 226 and LTAM-L 200.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 230 Maya Cultures, Religion, Communities & Identity in Mexico and Guatemala
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores Maya cultures, peoples, prophecies, histories, cosmologies, rituals, literatures, hieroglyphs, politics, poetry, spiritualities, time, calendars, rap music videos, and revitalization in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. The focus on contemporary Maya includes an historical overview of Maya civilization from origins to nation states. Students learn an inter-disciplinary cultural approach relying on film, fiction, and popular media.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
LTAM-L 275 Altered States: Spirituality, Power, Healing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the meanings and practices of altering consciousness, also known as "shamanism," in relation to spirituality and spiritualism and to health and healing of individuals and communities. Considers ethnographic and historical contexts throughout the Americas, with a focus on Latin American cultures, especially Maya, Huichol, Andean, Mestizo, and Mapuche.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Electives. Additional credit hours from the Related Courses list.
- LTAM-L 226 Topics in Latin American Studies
- LTAM-L 230 Maya Cultures, Religion, Communities & Identity in Mexico and Guatemala
- LTAM-L 275 Altered States: Spirituality, Power, Healing
- LTAM-L 426 Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
- AAAD-A 203 Studying Blacks of the New World: African Americans and Africans in the African Diaspora
- AAAD-A 275 Language and Identity in the Black Diaspora
- AAAD-A 387 Black Migration
- AAAD-A 398 Advanced Topics in Social and Historical Studies for African American and African Diaspora Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- AMST-A 200 Comparative American Identities
- AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions
- AMST-A 300 The Image of America in the World
- AMST-A 350 Topics in Interdisciplinary American Studies
- AMST-A 450 Advanced Research Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-A 205 Anthropology Today: Selected Topics in Current Research (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-B 310 Bioanthropology: A History of Ideas
- ANTH-B 400 Undergraduate Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-B 472 Bioanthropology of Aboriginal America
- ANTH-E 101 Sustainability and Society
- ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH-E 208 Global Jazz, Reggae, and Hip-Hop: African Diasporic Music Beyond the African Diaspora
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
- ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
- ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 428 Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
- ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology (Approved topics: "ARTS: CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION" (TPC 4))
- ANTH-E 485 Art and Craft of Ethnography
- ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
- ANTH-P 230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
- ANTH-P 330 Historical Archaeology
- ANTH-P 370 Archaeology of the Andes
- ANTH-P 375 Food in the Ancient World
- ANTH-P 445 Pots and People
- CLLC-L 220 Uses of the Past (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ECON-E 303 Survey of International Economics
- ECON-E 490 Advanced Undergraduate Seminar in Economics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ENG-L 112 Experiencing World Cultures through Literatures in English
- ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
- ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences
- FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
- FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
- FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
- FRIT-F 300 French and Francophone Studies: Introduction (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GEOG-G 120 Regions of the World
- GEOG-G 220 Social and Historical Studies Topics in Geography
- GEOG-G 369 The Geography of Food
- GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- GEOG-G 469 Food and Global Poverty
- GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- GNDR-G 402 Problems in Gender Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-P 290 Global Portuguese: Arts and Culture
- HISP-P 311 Advanced Grammar and Composition in Portuguese
- HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese
- HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
- HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
- HISP-P 405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
- HISP-P 412 Brazil: The Cultural Context
- HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese
- HISP-P 425 Structure of Portuguese Language
- HISP-P 467 Contemporary Portuguese Literature
- HISP-P 470 Poetry in Portuguese
- HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
- HISP-P 476 Prose in Portuguese
- HISP-P 495 Luso-Brazilian Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-P 498 Portuguese Honors Seminar
- HISP-S 304 Spanish for Health Professions
- HISP-S 315 Spanish in the Business World
- HISP-S 317 Spanish Conversation and Diction
- HISP-S 322
- HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
- HISP-S 326 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
- HISP-S 328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- HISP-S 334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
- HISP-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the United States
- HISP-S 417 Hispanic Poetry
- HISP-S 420 Modern Spanish-American Prose Fiction
- HISP-S 422 Hispanic Cinema
- HISP-S 425 Spanish Phonetics
- HISP-S 427 The Structure of Spanish
- HISP-S 429 Hispanic Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
- HISP-S 430 The Acquisition of Spanish
- HISP-S 435 US Latino Literatures
- HISP-S 470 Gender in Hispanic Texts
- HISP-S 471 Colonialism to Modernism
- HISP-S 472 Dictatorship and Democracy in Spanish American Literature and Culture
- HISP-S 474 Hispanic Literature and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-S 479 Mapping Mexico
- HISP-S 480 Argentine Literature
- HISP-S 481 Hispanic American National/Regional Literatures
- HISP-S 495 Hispanic Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-S 498 Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HISP-X 492 Individual Readings in Luso-Brazilian Literature
- HIST-A 301 Colonial America
- HIST-F 200 Issues in Latin American History
- HIST-F 340 Modern Argentina
- HIST-F 345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
- HIST-F 346 Modern Mexico
- HIST-F 348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality
- HIST-H 211 Latin American Culture and Civilization I
- HIST-H 212 Latin American Culture and Civilization II
- HIST-J 300 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 203 Global Development
- INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- LATS-L 101 Introduction to Latino Studies
- LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
- LATS-L 103 Introduction to Latino Cultures
- LATS-L 111 Latino Film: An Introduction and Overview
- LATS-L 200 American Borderlands
- LATS-L 220 Introduction to Latino Literature
- LATS-L 250 Blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Latinos: Constructing Difference and Identity
- LATS-L 320 Advanced Topics in Latino Literature and Culture
- LATS-L 398 Arts and Humanities Topics in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- LATS-L 400 Advanced Topics in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
- POLS-Y 243 Governance and Corruption across the World
- POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
- POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
- POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 399
- REL-A 250 Introduction to Christianity
- REL-C 325 Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in the Americas
LTAM-L 226 Topics in Latin American Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to different aspects of Latin American and Caribbean cultures and societies. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different focus (country or region) for a maximum of 6 credit hours in LTAM-L 226 and LTAM-L 200.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 230 Maya Cultures, Religion, Communities & Identity in Mexico and Guatemala
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores Maya cultures, peoples, prophecies, histories, cosmologies, rituals, literatures, hieroglyphs, politics, poetry, spiritualities, time, calendars, rap music videos, and revitalization in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. The focus on contemporary Maya includes an historical overview of Maya civilization from origins to nation states. Students learn an inter-disciplinary cultural approach relying on film, fiction, and popular media.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
LTAM-L 275 Altered States: Spirituality, Power, Healing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the meanings and practices of altering consciousness, also known as "shamanism," in relation to spirituality and spiritualism and to health and healing of individuals and communities. Considers ethnographic and historical contexts throughout the Americas, with a focus on Latin American cultures, especially Maya, Huichol, Andean, Mestizo, and Mapuche.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 426 Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected Latin American and Caribbean problems of limited scope within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, or periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the development of racism and racial ideologies in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the interaction among cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping patterns of conflict and collaboration, domination and resistance.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAAD-A 203 Studying Blacks of the New World: African Americans and Africans in the African Diaspora
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A comparative study of the cultural, historical, and socioeconomic life patterns of African Americans and Diaspora-based Africans in the United States.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAAD-A 275 Language and Identity in the Black Diaspora
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the link between language and identity in the African Diaspora through a Pan-African and transnational perspective. Investigates the language forms and repertoires of Africans and African-descended peoples, primarily within the Black Atlantic, using a sociolinguistic framework.
AAAD-A 387 Black Migration
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the process, patterns, and paradoxes of the incorporation of individuals and groups identified and/or perceived as "immigrants" from a comparative-interdisciplinary perspective. Focuses on persons from "sending" countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia to the United States. Also examines developments in other labor-importing, postindustrial countries such as France and England in relation to the people who settle there.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAAD-A 398 Advanced Topics in Social and Historical Studies for African American and African Diaspora Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced study and analysis of selected issues and problems within the African American and African Diaspora experience utilizing interdisciplinary interpretation through analytical reasoning and philosophical discussions. Varied topics primarily in the areas of history, politics, sociology, anthropology, and economics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the influence of race, gender, and class from a perspective of power and culture. Use of interdisciplinary sources, including essays, fiction, art, and social science research to examine how different social groups vie for representation, self-definition, and power in different social and cultural settings.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AMST-A 200 Comparative American Identities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the formation of legal, social, cultural, and economic identities within the United States and within U.S.-controlled territories. Who counts as "American?" To what ends have citizens and non-citizens assumed, claimed, or refused "American" identity? This course employs a comparative frame in considering elite and subordinated classes (and/or genders, races, ethnicities, sexualities); institutional and countercultural forms of self-definition; official history and alternative acts of collective memory.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of a social movement, an institutional structure, or an otherwise clearly delimited arena of social regulation and public activity. Constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing an object of social study. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AMST-A 300 The Image of America in the World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An exploration of the history and present significance of "America"--an idea and a nation--in the larger world. Focuses on the image, status, and reputation of the United States abroad, and on the importance of America's "moral" global prestige to the course of international affairs and domestic politics.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AMST-A 350 Topics in Interdisciplinary American Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces established American studies disciplinary methodologies and explores possibilities for new interdisciplinary syntheses by focusing on specific topics, which vary by semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
AMST-A 450 Advanced Research Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Junior or senior standing
- Description
- Analyzes how history, film, music, and ethnography have captured the workings of capitalism in the U.S. and the Caribbean in the late twentieth century. Focuses on crafting research papers that will be peer-reviewed over the course of the semester.
ANTH-A 205 Anthropology Today: Selected Topics in Current Research
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics in anthropological methods, techniques, and area or thematic studies. Course content will draw on the fieldwork experiences and/or current research of the instructor(s).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to selected topics in the anthropology of art, performance, music, literature, folklore, belief, and ritual. Examines the methods anthropologists use to study the arts or other expressive behaviors and explores art and expression in a variety of cultural settings.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-B 310 Bioanthropology: A History of Ideas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers emergence of modern bioanthropology as an academic discipline, emphasizing the careers of prominent scholars and theoretical contributions they made, as well as the influences of funding institutions and major departments on the direction of research. Examines relationships to other fields of study.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-B 400 Undergraduate Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics in bioanthropology. Analysis of research. Development of skills in analysis and criticism. Topic varies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-B 472 Bioanthropology of Aboriginal America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Bioanthropological survey of past and present aboriginal inhabitants of North and South America: origins and antiquity, archaeological and ethnic relationships.
ANTH-E 101 Sustainability and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How do humans relate to the environment? Addresses this question from cross-cultural, historical, scientific, and ethical perspectives. Considers current problems; examines how technical, socioeconomic and political changes transform people's use of natural resources. Students evaluate how societies vary in perceptions of nature and explore implications for behavior, decision making, and environmental change.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to social-cultural anthropology\'s history, theories, and analytical approaches to cross-cultural analysis. Covers foundational concepts and ethnographic methods used to understand current issues such as race and racism, ethnicity and nationalism, class and inequality, gender, family and kinship, religion, and people\'s relationship to the environment.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
ANTH-E 208 Global Jazz, Reggae, and Hip-Hop: African Diasporic Music Beyond the African Diaspora
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- With focus on jazz, reggae, and hip hop, this course links musical production and consumption in the African diaspora to issues of social identity. Among those aspects of social identity considered are race, nation, religion, class, and gender. The course investigates the spread of these musical genres around the world.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- When we think of nature, what images come to mind? How are ideas of nature influenced by culture, history, and politics? By the end of the semester, students will recognize how environments represent a collection, not only of plants and animals, but also of meanings and relationships.
ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys indigenous and mestizo peoples within the context of the larger nation, as well as the effects of urbanization, emigration, and globalization in contemporary Mexico.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces contemporary Brazil while examining Brazil\'s colonial history and legacies and the political, demographic, cultural, economic, and environmental transformation of the country. Examines implications of these processes for indigenous populations, and considers current societal changes as related to racial and socioeconomic inequalities.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers the complex connections between commodities, \"sustainable\" trade, and culture, especially for agricultural commodities. Drawing from work in anthropology and real-world case studies, asks: What makes something a commodity? What is the \"right\" way to farm, to trade, and to eat? Who decides, and why?
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected topics in anthropology. Emphasis on analytic investigation and critical discussion. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-E 428 Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares and contrasts contemporary activist and grassroots movements throughout the Latin American region. Focuses on movements both within the region and within the Latin American diaspora in the United States, organized around the rubrics of ethnicity, gender, resources, and environment.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar course that explores major theories and approaches to conservation, from "fortress conservation" to community-based and participatory strategies. Considers the implications of protected areas for local human populations and cultural diversity. Evaluates outcomes and unintended consequences of protected areas, and controversies over the "best" way to protect natural resources.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Visual art, music, dance, drama, and oral literature, viewed as structural entities, as aspects of human behavior, and in terms of their anthropological context.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ANTH-E 485 Art and Craft of Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Ethnography is the defining core of social and cultural anthropology; field research is at the heart of ethnography. The definition and purpose of ethnography, the role of ethnographer, voice, ethics, and modes of presentation, standards, craft, art, and evaluation are examined through specific cases and exemplary ethnographies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology, the social scientific study of language. Examines how languages reflect cultures, how language use reproduces culture(s), how linguistic categories relate to categories of thought, and how linguistic variation both reflects and shapes social categories such as gender, class, race, and ethnicity.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This is a course about the ancient Maya. Lecture and discussion will cover what is known about the Maya past and how the past relates to the present day. Writing, architecture, mythology, mathematics, agriculture, political structure, and economy will be considered.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 330 Historical Archaeology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines archaeology in North America beginning with the long and complex history of Native American/European interactions. Considers North American social systems, interaction with and exploitation of the environment, technologies, and material culture. Theories and methods used by historical archaeologists will also be emphasized.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 370 Archaeology of the Andes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers cultural change in Andean South America, including early hunters and gatherers, agriculture, the growth of regional civilizations, technological and artistic achievement, and the rise and dissolution of the Inca Empire.
ANTH-P 375 Food in the Ancient World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the theoretical and methodological tools that archaeologists use to study food and foodways in ancient societies from a global anthropological perspective. Reveals how studying food and ancient foodways helps anthropologists gain insight into the economic, historic, and political realities of past peoples.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 445 Pots and People
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Uses pottery as a means of understanding past societies: how people make, use, and think about pottery. Participants make their own pots from wild clays; cook a meal in traditional ceramic pots; and consider how experimentation, ethnohistorical data, and anthropological theory work together to produce insights into past lifeways.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
CLLC-L 220 Uses of the Past
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topical introductions to the ways in which past events are remembered and those meanings contested. Subjects are not normally covered by individual departments and vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ECON-E 303 Survey of International Economics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
- Description
- Basis for and effects of international trade, commercial policy and effects of trade restrictions, balance of payments and exchange rate adjustment, international monetary systems, and fixed versus flexible exchange rates.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ECON-E 490 Advanced Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
- Notes
- Additional prerequisites may be required depending on the seminar topic
- Description
- Advanced intensive study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ENG-L 112 Experiencing World Cultures through Literatures in English
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigates a diversity of world cultures and examines various literary representations (written in English) of their imaginative, emotional, and moral experiences.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparing and analyzing works originating in at least two continents, this course introduces students to the complexity of human experience and diversity of global English as represented in literary works from various periods and world cultures.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of a coherent period of British or Commonwealth culture (such as medieval, Elizabethan, or Victorian England, or modern Canada), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other humanistic disciplines such as literary and religious studies and history.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other social science disciplines such as semiotics and anthropology.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cultural and functional analysis of traditional folklore or music genres developed in the cultures of Latin America. Emphasis on origin and the diffusion of folklore, folklife, and folk music as well as the peoples.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once when topics vary.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores traditional forms of verbal expression, music, dance, and visual art in Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone countries in the Caribbean. Examines art forms in relation to specific historical and social contexts and broader processes of colonialism, social stratification, creolization, urbanization, nationalism, and decolonization in the region.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
FRIT-F 300 French and Francophone Studies: Introduction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- FRIT-F 250 or FRIT-F 265; or appropriate placement test score
- Description
- This course introduces students to different levels of style and expression and to written argumentation in French. Literary texts, films, and other media representing various periods and genres provide the basis for in-class discussion and for exercises designed to develop oral and written fluency. Topics vary by section. Conducted in French.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of FRIT-F 300 or FRIT-S 300.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
GEOG-G 120 Regions of the World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- What do bananas, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and drone warfare have in common? How do economic development, geopolitics, and resource extraction shape current events? Answers to these and other questions are used to explain the roots of contemporary global events.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 220 Social and Historical Studies Topics in Geography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of an intriguing topic from a geographic perspective. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 369 The Geography of Food
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Promotes understanding of the history and geographic distribution of the world's food cultures. Focuses on the material aspects of food and food's relationship to society. Increases knowledge of food and cultures through reading, discussion and cooking.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Do we control water, or does it control us? Introduces geographic perspectives on the interaction of water and society. Takes the holistic view and asks the big questions about how water shapes, and is shaped by, social, political, and cultural dynamics.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 469 Food and Global Poverty
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How is the production and consumption of food related to poverty and development? Explores how global food systems affect farmers, farmworkers, retailers and consumers; the ways scientific advances changed rural economies in the Third World; and the history of famine and contemporary food security issues.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to food production and consumption systems, emphasizing linkages to land use and social change on food/farming system sustainability. Topics include urbanization, population growth, and economic liberalization; farming livelihoods, gender, and poverty; biotechnology; agro-ecology, global health.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GNDR-G 402 Problems in Gender Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topical seminar in gender studies. Analysis of a particular issue or problem that has generated debate within gender-related scholarship in a particular discipline, or across several disciplines/fields of inquiry.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
HISP-P 290 Global Portuguese: Arts and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introductory course on the arts and culture (e.g., literature, film, painting, music, architecture) of the Portuguese-speaking world, including Portugal, Brazil, and Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia. Taught in English.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 311 Advanced Grammar and Composition in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-P 250 or consent of department
- Description
- An advanced course on basic grammar skills and composition. Emphasis on syntax, vocabulary usage, and writing.
HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-P 250 or consent of department
- Description
- Emphasis on conversational and reading skills using plays, short stories, poetry, and novels from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Students will also be introduced to the basics of literary appreciation.
HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A general overview of the literature in Portuguese. The course emphasizes the unity and diversity of the literature in the major Portuguese-speaking areas of the world: Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Starting with the parallel development of one literature (Portuguese) in distinct geographical areas (the Portuguese colonies), it shows the changes that take place when new nations are created in these areas, and new national literatures become a reality. The course combines lecture and discussion, and is conducted in Portuguese.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the literatures from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Lectures and discussions of selected works by representative authors of the major literary periods.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of literary works and film adaptations from the Lusophone world.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 412 Brazil: The Cultural Context
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Integrates historical, social, and cultural information about Brazil. Taught in English.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of women\'s writing from different Portuguese-speaking nations.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-P 425 Structure of Portuguese Language
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-P 250 or consent of department
- Description
- Introduction to the linguistic study of various aspects of the structure of the Portuguese language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, dialects, historical grammar; and application of linguistics to literature.
HISP-P 467 Contemporary Portuguese Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Representative authors and works from 1915 to the present.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 470 Poetry in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical survey of poetry in Portuguese. Emphasis on major authors from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of theatre in the Portuguese language from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century. Particular attention will be given to the social and historical context in which works were produced.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-P 476 Prose in Portuguese
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of prose writers and works from the middle ages to the present.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-P 495 Luso-Brazilian Colloquium
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-P 498 Portuguese Honors Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of director of Portuguese Studies
- Description
- Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
HISP-S 304 Spanish for Health Professions
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280; or HISP-S 281; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Designed for advanced students of Spanish interested in acquiring social, cultural, and linguistic knowledge to critically analyze issues involved in intercultural communications in medical settings. Students develop intercultural cultural competence related to Hispanic/Latino healthcare sensitivities and needs that are important in present and future professional healthcare encounters with Hispanic patients.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HISP-S 315 Spanish in the Business World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Introduction to the technical language of the business world, with emphasis on problems of vocabulary, style, composition, and translation in the context of Hispanic mores. Instruction in Spanish.
HISP-S 317 Spanish Conversation and Diction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Notes
- HISP-S 317 is not open to native speakers of Spanish
- Description
- Meets five times a week. Intensive controlled conversation correlated with readings, reports, debates, and group discussions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit.
HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Through the examination of a variety of texts, this course explores Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino culture from historical, social, artistic, and political perspectives.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HISP-S 275 or HISP-S 324.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 326 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Introduces the basic concepts of Hispanic linguistics and establishes the background for the future application of linguistic principles. The course surveys linguistic properties in Spanish, including phonology, morphology, and syntax. Additional introductory material on historical linguistics, second language acquisition, semantics, and sociolinguistics will be included.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
HISP-S 328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 280 or HISP-S 310; or appropriate placement exam score
- Description
- Develops skills needed for more advanced study of Hispanic literatures through the reading and analysis of texts in at least three literary genres.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HISP-S 328, HISP-S 331, HISP-S 332, or HISP-S 333.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- A panoramic introduction to the study of Hispanic literature in its literary-historical development, through a variety of literary genres. Periods and geographical areas may vary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HISP-S 332, HISP-S 333, or HISP-S 334.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of HISP-S 324, HISP-S 328, HISP-S 331, HISP-S 333, or HISP-S 334
- Description
- A course that integrates historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spanish America.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the United States
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of HISP-S 324, HISP-S 328, HISP-S 331, HISP-S 333, or HISP-S 334
- Description
- Integrates historical, racial, political, and cultural information about Hispanics in the United States.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
HISP-S 417 Hispanic Poetry
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Study of major aspects, movements, or directions of Hispanic poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 420 Modern Spanish-American Prose Fiction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Spanish-American prose fiction from late nineteenth-century modernism to the present.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 422 Hispanic Cinema
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of HISP-S 322, HISP-S 324, or HISP-S 328; or equivalent
- Description
- Analysis and interpretation of Hispanic films, with an emphasis on the study of their formal aspects. National/regional context varies.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 425 Spanish Phonetics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 326
- Notes
- Attendance in language laboratory required.
- Description
- Intensive patterned pronunciation drills and exercises in sound discrimination and transcription, based on detailed articulatory description of standard Spanish of Spain and Latin America.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
HISP-S 427 The Structure of Spanish
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 326
- Description
- Analyzes the structure of simple and compound sentences in Spanish, focusing on the internal structure of the sentence and how certain phrases within the sentence combine in different word orders to produce specific meanings. Covers transitivity, word order, negation, pronominal and verbal systems, and syntactic variation.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
HISP-S 429 Hispanic Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 326
- Description
- Examines current topics in Hispanic sociolinguistics/pragmatics. Topics include sociolinguistics, phonological and syntactic variation, field methods, discourse analysis, language and power, language ideology, language attitudes, language in context, language and gender, language and the law, bilingualism, linguistic politeness and speech act theory.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
HISP-S 430 The Acquisition of Spanish
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 326
- Description
- Examines current topics in the acquisition of Spanish. Provides an introduction to research on the first and/or second language acquisition of Spanish and to the pedagogical applications of these findings. Students develop a background in these fields and have opportunities to link theory and practice.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
HISP-S 435 US Latino Literatures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Study of Latino literatures in the U.S. across various genres. Focus on social, cultural, and political factors that shape Latino experience. Taught in Spanish.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
HISP-S 470 Gender in Hispanic Texts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Study of a variety of cultural texts and contexts that inform gender construction in the Hispanic world. Taught in Spanish.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 471 Colonialism to Modernism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328 or consent of department
- Description
- A study of cultural texts from Independence and revolution to neoliberalism, transnationalism, and globalization. Taught in Spanish.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 472 Dictatorship and Democracy in Spanish American Literature and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328 or consent of department
- Description
- A study of literature and culture in the context of 20th century and current societal transformations in Spanish America including urbanization, populism, revolution, dictatorship and globalization. Taught in Spanish.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 474 Hispanic Literature and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Writers and their works in social, political, economic, and cultural context. Specific topic to be announced in the online Schedule of Classes.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 479 Mapping Mexico
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328 or consent of department
- Description
- A study of cultural texts from Independence and revolution to neoliberalism, transnationalism, and globalization. Taught in Spanish.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HISP-S 480 Argentine Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Argentine literature from independence to the present, with a variable topic and focus.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 481 Hispanic American National/Regional Literatures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-S 328
- Description
- Study of national and/or regional literatures of Hispanic America.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
HISP-S 495 Hispanic Colloquium
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Topic and credit vary. I Sem., II Sem., I, II SS.
- Repeatability
- May be taken twice for credit as long as topic is different.
HISP-S 498 Honors Seminar
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Approval of departmental honors advisor
- Description
- Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- The course may be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
HISP-X 492 Individual Readings in Luso-Brazilian Literature
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in HISP-P 494 and HISP-X 492.
HIST-A 301 Colonial America
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Social, cultural, economic, political, and religious developments in colonial America from first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans through the early eighteenth century. Special topics include colonization, migration, slavery, Atlantic trade, and representative government.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 200 Issues in Latin American History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 340 Modern Argentina
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Modern Argentina from Independence to the Contemporary era. Focuses on the historical development of the modern Argentine nation-state and the roots of its unique social, cultural, and political formations. The material used will be of an interdisciplinary nature ranging from novels and films to anthropological reports and political speeches.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores key historical processes from first inhabitation through the present, including the social and economic repercussions of slavery; the impact of U.S. intervention on the islands; the effects of industrialization on Puerto Rican economy and policies; the Cuban Revolution and the transformation of Cuban society.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 346 Modern Mexico
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Places contemporary Mexico in historical perspective, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include nineteenth-century social and political movements; the causes and consequences of the 1910 revolution; the formation of Mexico's political system; problems of economic growth; and the changing patterns of gender, class, and ethnicity in Mexican society.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-F 346, HIST-F 446, or LTAM-L 400.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-F 348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the social, economic, political, and cultural factors that affect ordinary Latin Americans. Introduces themes ranging from the legacy of military regimes in the Southern Cone to social and political movements in Mexico, from the environmental disaster of the Brazilian rain forest to the impact of sports and television soap operas.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-H 211 Latin American Culture and Civilization I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 1492-1850. African, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese heritage. Discovery and conquest. Clash of cultures. Spanish empire. Society, culture, economics, politics. Bourbon reform, independence, new republics.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-H 212 Latin American Culture and Civilization II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 1850-present. Cultural and national identities. Diplomacy, dictators, social progress. National cultures. Mexican revolution: Latin America in a world community. Revolution and counterrevolution.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
- Description
- Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of pressing health and environmental challenges around the world, such as deforestation, climate change and the spread of infectious diseases. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 203 Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Course is interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics in the study of culture and governance. The focus is on relationships of power and authority, including how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study and analysis of an international problem, culminating in a research project. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics up to four times.
INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental justice issues around the world.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
LATS-L 101 Introduction to Latino Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- General inquiry into the historical and cultural heritage of Latinos who have lived or currently live in what is today the United States. Through readings and discussions, the course studies the varied histories of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and other Latin American peoples in the United States.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction and overview of Latino issues beginning with a brief examination of the histories of the major Latino national groups of origin in the United States. Most of the course will examine a number of topics and issues that are key to understanding contemporary Latinos, e.g., immigration, language, education and employment.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 103 Introduction to Latino Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces students to cultural diversity, histories, and experiences of Latinos in the United States. Survey course mapping general issues pertaining to these communities and explores specific questions regarding diverse Latino cultural groups. We will consider different kinds of media including ethnographic essays, cultural analysis, film, music, and dance.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 111 Latino Film: An Introduction and Overview
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course examines U.S. films by and/or about Hispanics and Latinos/as (i.e., Mexican-American/ Chicano, Puerto Rican/Boricua, and Cuban-American). Throughout the semester, we will explore the complex relationship between the constructions of Latino/a identities, Latino/a stereotypes, and the circumstances which Latinos encounter in the U.S. as portrayed in film.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LATS-L 200 American Borderlands
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course will examine lived experience in North American Borderlands. It will touch on themes of migration, empire, race, gender, indigenous and imperial actors and their cultural production, and ethnic, racial and national identities in present-day borderlands between the US, Canada, Mexico, the Pacific, and the Caribbean.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
LATS-L 220 Introduction to Latino Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to literature by and about Latinos and Latinas in the United States including poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, autobiographies, and novels. Examines representative forms of writings from a variety of Latino subgroups.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
LATS-L 250 Blacks, Latinos, and Afro-Latinos: Constructing Difference and Identity
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Challenges dominant frameworks through which Americans see blacks and Latinos as either naturally unified as "people of color" or irreconcilably at odds as two competing minorities. Examines constructions of blackness and latinidad through the history of European elites' construction of the racial "Other" and the re-claiming of identities by the racially marginalized through liberation movements.
LATS-L 320 Advanced Topics in Latino Literature and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on Latina/o literary and cultural production to provide an in-depth examination of a particular subject, area or theme in Latina/o Studies. Possible topics include a survey of a specific historical period in Latina/o literature, a literary form or genre in Latina/o literature, or the methodologies employed by Latina/o cultural studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
LATS-L 398 Arts and Humanities Topics in Latino Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of literature, art, music, performance, and other forms of aesthetic expression pertaining to the study and understanding of Latinos. Topics may vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
LATS-L 400 Advanced Topics in Latino Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of selected Latino Studies topics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical survey of major national cinemas. Subject varies. Topics include Brazilian cinema, British cinema, Chinese cinema, French National cinema, German film culture, Indian cinema, and Italian cinema.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 398 and MSCH-F 398.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Causes of war, nature and attributes of the state, imperialism, international law, national sovereignty, arbitration, adjudication, international organization, major international issues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 109 or POLS-Y 219.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 243 Governance and Corruption across the World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of problems of governance and corruption in developing and/or more developed countries. Examines conditions for effective governance and challenges to economic growth and provision of public goods. Addresses political causes and consequences of corruption. Case studies will vary and may be drawn from Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and North America.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparative analysis of political change in major Latin American countries, emphasizing alternative explanations of national and international developments; examination of impact of political parties, the military, labor and peasant movements, Catholic Church, multinational corporations, regional organizations, and United States on politics; public policy processes in democratic and authoritarian regimes.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the key debates and issues regarding how "poor" countries develop economically and socially. Analyzes the interactions between politics and economics in the development process at the global, national, and local levels. Cases for comparison will include countries from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of institutions and processes involved in the formation and implementation of American foreign policy. Emphasis is on post-World War II policies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares factors that influence foreign policy and the foreign policy process. Focuses on domestic or internal sources of foreign policy behavior, including impact of individual leaders, group decision-making processes, bureaucratic politics, ideology and political culture, historical experience, and type of political system. Classroom simulations are central to the course.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
REL-A 250 Introduction to Christianity
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces an array of Christian ideas, practices, and texts ranging from the first century to the present day in order to foster an appreciation of Christianity\'s important but complicated role in shaping culture, society, and politics.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 250 or REL-R 247.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
REL-C 325 Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in the Americas
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A comparative study of the role religious narratives and beliefs have played in the shaping of racial and ethnic boundaries.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Language requirement. Must meet the College Foreign Language requirement with one of the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Quechua, or Yucatec Maya.
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to minor requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.