Required Courses (6 semester hours)

                                                                                                Semester Hours

LALS  201  Perspectives on Latin America: An Introduction….………….3

LALS  401  Capstone Course in Latin America and Latino Studies……....3

Electives (12 semester hours):  Students will select 12 semester hours (4 courses) of electives from the appropriate Department list of approved courses to be obtained from the director(s) of the program. 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 student’s major concentration.

Anthropology

ANTH  150  Cultures of Latin America…………………………………..3

Earth and Environmental Science

EUGS  208  Land and Life in Latin America……………………………...3

Economics and Finance

ECON  250  Selected Topic in Economics………………………………...3

(Topic must be: Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean)

History

HIST  114  Early Latin America………………………......................….3

HIST  115  History of Puerto Rico……………………………………….3

HIST  116  Modern Latin America…………………....................……...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 Studies

LALS  205  Image and Identity: Representation of Latin American

      Women in Film and Fiction……………………………….....3

LALS 290  Selected Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies...........3

            Justice 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  363  Voices of the Past and Present: Latin America…………..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

             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 Gen Ed 2002 - Social Science, Non-Western Cultural Perspectives. Meets the Multicultural Awareness Requirement (MAR).

IMAGE AND IDENTITY: REPRESENTATION OF LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN IN FILM AND FICTION (LALS 205)  3.0

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