Caribbean and Latin American Studies
Semester
specific course descriptions
Departmental Offerings
Cultural Encounters
335.
Comparative Studies in Racial and Cultural Identities.
Economics
336.
Economic Development.
English
224. Caribbean
Literature in English.
Government
228.
Latin American Politics.
250.
Cultural Encounters in the Americas: The U.S. and Puerto Rico.
290.
Research Seminar. (Latin American emphasis)
324.
Democratic Transitions in Latin America.
339.
Theology of Liberation.
365.
Inter-American Relations.
489/490.
Independent Projects.
Modern Languages and Literatures
French
202.
Advanced French. (Caribbean emphasis)
410.
Francophone Literature and Culture.
489/490.
Independent Study.
Spanish
103,104.
Intermediate Spanish.
201.
Advanced Spanish.
202.
Hispanic Cultural Studies.
211.
Introduction to Latin American Cultures.
344.
Introduction to Hispanic American Literature.
345.
Stylistics and Translation.
346.
Oral Expression in Spanish.
443.
Contemporary Hispanic American Literature.
489/490.
Independent Study.
Music
204. Music
in Latin American Culture.
240. Musics
of the World.
Sociology
228.
Racial and Ethnic Groups.
253.
Race, Class and Environmental Justice.
271.
Revolution.
319.
Population and Contemporary Social Issues.
403.
Independent Study.
407.
Senior Seminar.
(senior project must have a CLAS focus)
476.
Globalization and Sustainability.
Course Offerings in the Program in Golfito, Costa Rica
Aesthetic African Influences in Contemporary Caribbean Art.
Maritime Anthropology.
Neotropical Mammals.
Introduction to the Natural History of Costa Rica.
Marine Ecology.
Sociobiology of the Purruja Mangrove Reserve.
Conversation and Spanish Grammar.
Additional information and a complete list of the approved courses
for the minor can be obtained through the coordinator for Caribbean
and Latin American studies or the office of international education
and intercultural studies.
