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RELATED COURSES

Approved courses for 2008-2009:

 

Anthropology:

237                        Native South Americans

                              Offered Spring 2010

269                        Indigenous Cultures and the State                                     of Mesoamerica

                              Offered Fall 2008

340                        Tales of Cannibalism and Capital in                                Latin America

                               Offered Spring 2008, Spring 2009

Art:

260                      Art Historical Studies

                            Topic: Current Issues in Latin American Art

                            Offered Fall 2008

 

Comparative Literature:

268                      Latina and Latin American Women Writers

                            Offered Spring 2009

 

Economics:

213                      The World Food Systems

                            Offered Fall 2008

318                       Latin American Economics Seminar

                             Offered Fall 2008

 

First Year Seminars:

159                       What’s in a recipe?

                              Offered Fall 2008

 

Government:

216                        Minority Politics

                              Offered Fall 2009

220                        Introduction to Comparative Politics

                              Offered Fall 2008

226                         Latin American Political Systems

                              Offered Spring 2009, Spring 2010

237                        Colloquium: Politics and the          

                              U.S./Mexico Border

                              Offered Spring 2009, Spring 2010

307                        Seminar in American Government

                              Topic:  Latinos and Politics in the United    

                              States

                              Offered Fall 2008

321                        Mexican Politics

                              Offered Fall 2009

 

History:

260                        Colonial Latin America, 1492-1825

                              Offered Fall 2008, Fall 2009

261                        National Latin America, 1821 to the

                              Present

                              Offered Spring 2009

361                        Problems in the History of Spanish America

                              and Brazil

                              Topic: Public Health and Social Change in

                              Latin America, 1850-Present

                              Offered Spring 2009

 

PRS:

151                         Translating New Worlds

                               Offered Fall 2008

 

Sociology:

214                          Sociology of Hispanic Caribbean

                                Communities in the United States

                                 Offered Fall 2009

314                           Seminar in Latina/o Identity: Latina/o

                                 Racial Identities in the United States

                                 Offered Spring 2010

 

Spanish and Portuguese:

POR 221                   Topics in Portuguese and Brazilian

                                  Literature and Culture

                                  Topic: Envisioning Lusofonia: A Focus

                                  on Film from the Portuguese-Speaking

                                  World

                                   Offered Spring 2009

POR 381                    Seminar in Portuguese and Brazilian

                                   Studies

                                   Topic: Angola, Brazil, and Cuba: Race,

                                   Nation, and Narrative

                                   Offered Fall 2008

SPN 230                    Topics in Latin American and

                                   Peninsular Literature

                                   Topic: The ‘Indian Question’ in Peru

                                   and Mexico: Identity, Nation Building,

                                   and Cultural Autonomy

                                  Offered Spring 2009

                                   Topic: A Transatlantic Search for

                                    Identity

                                   Offered Fall 2008

SPN 240                     From Page to Stage: Homage to Gabriel

                                   García Márquez

                                   Offered Spring 2009

SPN 245                     Topics in Latin American and Peninsular

                                   Studies

                                    Topic: Literary Constructions of Afro-

                                    Cuban Identity

                                    Offered Fall 2008

                                    Topic: Re-writing histories, re-writing

                                    spaces: Puerto Rican culture and the

                                    search for a national identity

                                    Offered Spring 2009 (see course

                                    description for Latin American

                                    connection)

SPN 260                      Survey of Latin American Literature I

                                    Offered Fall 2008

SPN 261                      Survey of Latin American Literature II

                                    Offered Spring 2009

SPN 371                      Latin American Literature in a Regional

                                     Context

                                     Topic: Centroamérica: Texts, Film,

                                     Music

                                     Offered Fall 2008

SPN 372                       Topics in Latin American and Iberian

                                     Studies

                                      Topic: Stages of Conflict: Performing

                                     Memory and Change in Spain and

                                     Latin America

                                     Offered Fall 2008

                                      Topic: Women, Environmental Justice

                                      and Social Action

                                     Offered Spring 2009

SPN 380                       Advanced Literary Studies

                                     Topic: Translating Poetry

                                     Offered Spring 2009

 
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