Course Catalog - Latin American and Latino Studies
LALS 101 - Perspectives on Latin America
Annually
Serves as a general interdisciplinary introduction to Latin America. Students will possibly have the opportunity to travel to a Latin American country during spring vacation. Includes a Community-Based Learning component. One unit.
LALS 202 - Conquest, Conquistadors, and the Cross
Annually
Covers the history of the “discovery” and “conquest” of the New World, including the culture and folkways of the indigenous people of Spanish Latin America.
LALS 299 - Special Topics
Annually
Courses explore various topics. The subject and format varies with each offering. One unit.
ANTH 272 - Culture & Identity in the Caribbean
ANTH 299 - Culture and Politics in Latin America
ECON 305 - Economic Growth and Development
EDUC 273 - Urban Education
HIST 126 - Colonial Society of Latin America
HIST 127 - Formation of Nations/Latin America
HIST 350 - Latino History
LALS 101 - Perspectives on Latin America
LALS 202 - Conquest, Conquistadores & the Cross
LALS 299 - Hispanics and the Law in Massachusetts
MUSC 255 - Music of Latin America
POLS 251 - Latin American Politics
POLS 257 - Politics of Development
POLS 326 - Citizenship in Contemporary Latin America
RELS 275 - Latin American Liberation Theology
RELS 376 - North American Theology of Liberation
SPAN 301 - Spanish Composition and Conversation
SPAN 305 - Intro to Literary Genres
SPAN 312, 313 - Surveys of Spanish American Literature
SPAN 315 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation
SPAN 405 - Modern Spanish American Narrative
SPAN 407 - Modern Spanish and Spanish American Poetry
SPAN 408 - Gabriel García Márquez
SPAN 409 - Colonial Spanish American Literature
SPAN 410 - Literature of Exile, Immigration, and Ethnicity
SPAN 411 - Latin American Literature of 19th Century
SPAN 413 - Spanish in the U.S.
SPAN 420 - Latin American Film
For details on the above courses, please see the respective departmental listings.
* The courses listed above are taken directly from the official College Catalog.