Courses
LACS offers a variety of courses that explore issues and topics pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean. Courses range from various fields of study including music, politics, economics, feminist studies, archaeology, theater, art history, language, literature, architecture, agriculture, science and literature.
Approved Elective Courses for LACS Minor
Note: You do not have to register for a course under the LATA number for it to count towards the minor; you can register under either the parent course numbers or any of the cross-registration course numbers.
If you would like to petition for a course or a study abroad semester to count towards the minor, please contact LACS to share the course syllabus
SPRING 2025
| Course Number | Title | Credits | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMST3820 | Poetry and Poetics of the Americas (Combined with COML3800, ENGL3910, LATA3800, SPAN3800) | 3 | Monroe |
| ANTHR3255 | Ancient Mexico and Central America (Combined with ARKEO3255, LATA3255) | 3 | Henderson |
| ANTHR4220 | Inkas and Their Empire (Combined with ARKEO4220) | 3 | Velasco |
| ARTH3550 | Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art (Combined with LATA3680, LSP3551) | 4 | Fernandez |
| COML4334 | Caribbean Worlds: Landscape, Labor and Climate Imaginaries (Combined with LATA4334ENGL3934; ROMS4334; FREN4334) | 3 | Melas |
| HIST 1950 | The Invention of the Americas (Combined with LATA 1950) | 4 | Bassi Arevalo |
| HIST 1976 | Recreating the Caribbean: Migration and Identity in Contemporary Caribbean History (ASRC1976) | 3 | Byfield |
| HIST2307 | Histories of the African Diaspora (Combined with ASRC2317, LATA 2307) | 3 | Byfield |
| HIST2381 | Corruption, Collusion, and Commerce in Early America and the Caribbean (Combined with LATA2381) | 4 | Schmitt |
| HIST2715 | A Global South: Chile, the Pacific and the World (Combined with SPAN2715, LATA2715) | 4 | Craib |
| HIST4041 | Atlantic Commodities | 4 | Bassi Arevalo |
| ILRGL2285 | Labor Unions and Informal Workers' Movements in Latin America | 3 | Garay |
| ILRGL3365 | Labor and Social Movements in Latin America | 3 | Anria |
| LATA4000 | Issues in Latin/Latino America (Combined with LSP4000) | 1 | Bassi Arevalo |
| LSP4577 | Desbordando: Reading Caribbean Waters in Latinx Studies (Combined with SPAN4577, ENGL4577) | 3 | Hey-Colon |
| LSP6336, | Border Environments (Combined with COML 3336, LATA3336, SPAN3335) | 3 | Castillo, Banerjee |
| MUSCI3609 | Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar | 1 | Pond |
| PE1347 | Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fundamentals | 1 | Seaman |
| PORT2800 | Perspectives on Brazil (Combined with LATA 2800) | 3 | Osborne |
| PUBPOL3480 | Sustain Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador (Combined with LATA 3481) | 4 | Ficarra |
| SPAN2150 | Contemporary Latin American Survey | 3 | Fornoff |
| SPAN2180 | Advanced Spanish Writing Workshop | 3 | Lawless |
| SPAN2200 | Perspectives on Latin America | 3 | Nascimento |
| SPAN4690 | Latin American and Latinx Environmentalisms (Combined with LATA4690, LSP4690) | 3 | Fornoff |
| SPAN4910 | Latin American Literature/Mass Media (Combined with LATA4910) | 3 | Paz-Soldan |
| QUECH 1220 | Elementary Quechua II (Combined with LATA 1220) | 3 | Machaca Condori, E |
FALL 2024
| Course Number | Title | Credits | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMST 2253 | Diasporas from the Spanish Caribbean (Combined with HIST 2253) | 4 | Garcia, M |
| AMST 3679 | Diasporas, Disasters, and Dissent: Re-Thinking Puerto Rican Studies in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Combined with AMST3679, LSP3678, SPAN3675) | 3 | Hey-Colon, R |
| ANTHR 4256 | Time and History in Ancient Mexico (Combined with ARKEO 4256, RELST 4256) | 3 | Henderson, J |
| COML 4368 | Reading Édouard Glissant (Combined with ASRC 4368, ASRC 6368, COML 4368, FREN 4368, FREN 6368) | 3 | Melas, N |
| GOVT 3293 | Comparative Politics of Latin America (Combined with LATA 3290, GDEV 3290) | 4 | Robert, K |
| HIST 1950 | The Invention of the Americas (Combined with LATA 1950) | 4 | Bassi Arevalo, E |
| HIST 1951 | Foreign Policy as Subversion (Combined with AMST 1951, ASIAN 2951, LATA 1951) | 4 | Craib, R and Loos, T |
| HIST 2055 | Race and Slavery in the Early Atlantic World (Combined with AMST 2755, ASRC 2755, LATA 2055) | 4 | Schmitt, C |
| ILRGL 2280 | Social Policy in the Global South | 3 | Garay, C |
| ILRGL 2290 | Labor and Democracy in Latin America | 3 | Anria, S |
| LATA 4000 | Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America | 1 | Castillo, D. |
| MUSIC 3609 | Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar (Combined with LATA 3609) | 1 | Pond, S. |
| MUSIC 3613 | Cornell Steel Band (LATA 3613) | 1 | Miller, C |
| SPAN 2150 | Contemporary Latin American Survey | 3 | Fornoff, C |
| SPAN 2180 | Advanced Spanish Writing Workshop | 3 | Lawless, C. |
| SPAN 3710 | Latin American Documentary | 3 | Troconis Gonzales, I |
| SPAN 3760 | Thought, Praxis and Way of Life in South America's Andean Region | 3 | Gubbins, V |
| SPAN 4765 | Latin American Food Studies | 3 | Fornoff, C |
| SPAN 4880 | Clarice Lispector: Philosophy, Politics and Literature | 3 | Gubbins, V |
| QUECH 1210 | Elementary Quechua | 3 | Machaca Condori, E |