- LACS Courses
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COURSE TITLE Instructor Credit Term LACS 1001A Introduction to Latin America & Caribbean I An interdisciplinary introduction to the history, culture, societies, and literatures of the region. Students will get a broad overview of the region and will be introduced to the disciplines used to study these societies.
Lectures/groups three hours per week.Pablo Heidrich 0.5 Fall 2024 LACS 2001A Latin America & Caribbean Studies in Global Context A study of the global dynamics affecting Latin America and the Caribbean today. Themes addressed will include globalization, neoliberalism, underdevelopment, populism, social movements, political ideas, and migration.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.Hollis Moore 0.5 Winter 2025 LACS 4001A/WGST4812/WGST5901 Issues in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Sexuality and Reproductive Justice in the Americas An examination of the major issues confronting Latin America and the Caribbean including democratization, economic integration, indigenous and women’s movements, human rights, social justice, and political change.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing or permission from Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Seminar three hours per week.Megan Rivers-Moore 0.5 Fall 2024
- Approved Courses with LACS Content
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COURSE TITLE Instructor Credit Term INDG 1011 Introduction to Indigenous-Settler Encounters Shenella Charles 0.5 Fall 2024 FYSM 1405 Dictators and the Disappeared: Military Rule in Latin America Sonya Lipsett-Rivera 1.0 Fall 2024 & Winter 2025 HIST 2309 Modern Latin America Sonya Lipsett-Rivera 0.5 Winter 2025 HIST 2710 History of the Caribbean Audra Diptee 0.5 Winter 2025 GEOG 3023 A Cities in a Global World Jill Wigle 0.5 Winter 2025 LAWS 3104 Critical Theory for Legal Studies Philip Kaisary 0.5 Fall 2024 PSCI 3204 Politics of Latin America Laura MacDonald 0.5 Fall 2024 FREN 3218 Genre et mouvement Christine Duff 0.5 Winter 2025 ENGL 3972A Studies in Postcolonial Literature Sarah Abigail Casteel 0.5 Fall 2024 PSCI 4105 Selected problems in Development in the Global South Laura MacDonald 0.5 Fall 2024 SOCI 4730A Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Carieta Thomas 0.5 Fall 2024