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LAS Courses 2024-2025

Please be sure to check the full list of requirements before selecting classes. Also take a look at the information on study abroad using the menu above.

All courses listed as pre-approved count for both the major and the concentration unless otherwise indicated. Conditional courses require approval.

Any course that has substantial content focused on Latin America or the Latinx U.S. is a good candidate for both the major and the concentration. A limited number of courses focused on Spain can count for the major. If you notice a course that you think we may have missed, please let us know!

Fall Semester 2024 – Pre-Approved

ENGL 200B: Topic: Queer of Color Literature (Joseph Sepulveda Ortiz)

  • elective for either the concentration or the major

RACE 121A/B: Intro to Race and Ethnic Studies (SooJin Pate/Dana Horton)

  • either SOAN 264 or RACE 121 may count, but not both

SOAN 237/LAMST 333: Latin American Culture (Chris Chiappari)

  • if using this course to count as the seminar, LAMST 333, discuss this with the professor at the beginning of the term in order to meet the requirements
  • courses can only count once as an elective, a Core course, or a capstone course

SPAN 250: Family/Gender Roles in Spain (Kris Cropsey)

  • either 250 or 251 required for majors
  • does not count for the concentration

SPAN 251A/B: Gender and Race in Latin America (Mariana Reyes Payán/Maggie Broner)

  • either 250 or 251 required for majors
  • elective for concentrators

SPAN 273: Cultures of the Latinx/a/o U.S. (Kristina Medina-Vilariño)

  • two 270-level culture courses in Spanish required for majors
  • elective for concentrators

SPAN 275: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures (Kristina Medina-Vilariño)

SPAN 276: Spanish as a 1st/2nd Language (Maggie Broner)

  • elective for either the concentration or the major

SPAN 314: Contemporary Argentine Theater (Ariel Strichartz)

  • elective for either the concentration or the major

Fall Semester 2024 – Conditional

PSCI 252: Politics and Development (Kris Thalhammer)

  • May count depending on focus of individual assignments. Check with the professor and the Director of Latin American Studies.

PSCI 285: International Law (Tony Lott)

  • May count depending on focus of individual assignments. Check with the professor and the Director of Latin American Studies.

PSCI 321: International Relations (Tony Lott)

  • May count depending on focus of individual assignments. Check with the professor and the Director of Latin American Studies.

SOAN 264: Race and Class in American Culture (Sidonia Alenuma)→ literature case study readings must be on topic related to Latinx experience

  • either SOAN 264 or RACE 121 may count, but not both
  • check with the Director of Latin American Studies to have this courses added as an elective to the major or concentration

January Term 2025 – Pre-Approved

ENVST 268 (January Term in Costa Rica): Sustainable Land Use in Costa Rica

  • elective for either the concentration or the major

MUSIC 234 (January Term in Spain): Perspectives on Flamenco (Francesca Anderegg)

  • counts as an elective for the major
  • does not count for the concentration

PHIL 247: Topic: Latin American Philosophy (Brendon Westler)

REL 262 (January Term in Germany and Spain): Reformations in Germany and Spain (Anthony Bateza)

  • counts as an elective for the major
  • does not count for the concentration

SPAN 240 (January Term in Puerto Rico): Puerto Rican Politics & Environment (Kristina Medina-Vilariño)

  • counts as an elective for the concentration
  • counts as an alternative to a 270-level Spanish course for the major

Spring Semester 2025 – Pre-Approved

ENGL 200B: Topic: Latinx Literature (Joseph Sepulveda Ortiz)

PSCI 257: Foreign Relations in the Americas (Kris Thalhammer)

  • an optional, weekly LAC (Languages Across the Curriculum) component is also planned for this course

RACE 121A: Intro to Race and Ethnic Studies (Lau Malaver)

  • either SOAN 264 or RACE 121 may count, but not both

SPAN 250: Family/Gender Roles in Spain (Kris Cropsey)

  • either 250 or 251 required for majors

  • does not count for the concentration

SPAN 251: Gender and Race in Latin America (Mariana Reyes-Payán)

  • either 250 or 251 required for majors

  • elective for concentrators

SPAN 272: Cultures of Latin America (Ariel Strichartz)

  • two 270-level culture courses in Spanish required for majors

  • elective for concentrators

SPAN 275: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures (Mariana Reyes Payán)

  • elective for either the concentration or the major

SPAN 276: Spanish as a 1st/2nd Language (Maggie Broner)

  • elective for either the concentration or the major