LALS Fall 2023 Courses

LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES

FALL 2023 COURSES

LALS 101 Introduction to Latin American Studies 3 hours. Introduction to the major concepts, issues, and debates in the field of Latin American Studies. Overview of history, cultures, and issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class in Latin America.

To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Andreas Feldmann

MW 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM

CRN 39174

Discussion/Recitation F 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

CRN 39175

F 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 39178

F 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM F 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM F 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 39178

CRN 39176 CRN 39180 CRN 39177

LALS 102 Introduction to Latino Studies 3 hours. Introduction to the major concepts, issues, and debates in the field of U.S. Latina/o Studies. Overview of the history, cultures, and issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and class among Latinos in the United States.

To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Joel Huerta

MW 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33239

Discussion/Recitation F 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

CRN 33241

F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33242

F 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM

CRN 33245

F 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM

CRN 33244

F 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 33243

F 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 33246

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES LALS 105 Introduction to Mexican Studies 3 hours. Introduction to major issues in the formation of modern Mexico (conquest, Revolution of 1910) and to major historical and contemporary literary works which depict and interpret the Mexican and Mexico.

To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Cristian Roa

MW 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM

CRN 33689

Discussion/Recitation F 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

CRN 33690

F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33691

F 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 38244

LALS 107 Introduction to Nahua Studies 3 hours. Survey of key aspects of Aztec (Nahua) society, culture, and language in the era before and during European colonization (1300 CE-present). Introduces basic reading skills in Nahuatl, a major indigenous language in Central Mexico.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Cristian Roa

MW 9:30 AM to 10:45

CRN 47122

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LALS 276 Latinas in the United States 3 hours. Socioeconomic conditions and cultural experiences of Latinas in the U.S. Historical and contemporary views of labor, health, education, family, identity formation and leadership.

Same as GWS 276, and SOC 226. Grade of C or better in ENGL 160; Grade of C or better or concurrent registration in ENGL 161. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Elena Gutierrez

Online with deadlines

CRN 36575

Discussion/Recitation F 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

CRN 36576

F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 46946

F 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM

CRN 46947

LALS 277 Issues of Race, Class, and Gender Among Latinos 3 hours. Institutional, cultural and psychological components of race, class, and gender relations. Institutional inequality, questions of assimilation and identity, attitudes, and effects of inequality on community.

Prerequisite(s): LALS 102.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Lorena Garcia

TR 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

CRN 35807

LALS 283 Latinos and Politics 3 hours. Latino politics and politicians in the context of the American political system. The political system, Latino participation, experience, and research on political processes.

Same as POLS 209. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Mitzi Ramos

MW 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

CRN 46948

Discussion/Recitation F 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

CRN 46949

F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 46950

F 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 46951

LALS 288 History of Modern Puerto Rico 3 hours. Survey of political and socioeconomic history from 1868 to the present.

Same as HIST 288.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Jose Lopez

TR 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM

CRN 39186

LALS 295 Latino Literary Studies 3 hours. Major trends, genres, works, themes, and writers related to Latino history and culture, mainstream and minority U.S., Latin American and third world literatures.

Same as ENGL 295 and SPAN 295.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Joel Huerta

MW 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

CRN 35797

LALS 301 Research Methods in Latin American and Latino Studies 3 hours. An examination of various research methods used in Latin America and Latino Studies. Qualitative research methods used in the humanities and social sciences with emphasis on how to formulate ideas, develop them, and carry out a research project.

Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level LALS courses; LALS major or minor or consent of the instructor; junior standing or above or consent of the instructor.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Jonathan Inda

TR 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM

CRN 33521

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LALS 395 Chicanas and Latinas: Self & Society 3 hours. Diverse aspects of the U.S. Latino experience at more theoretical and advanced levels. Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours.

Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level LALS courses; junior standing or above or consent of the instructor.

This course explores the experiences of Chicanas and Latinas through the lens of contemporary sociological research. Topics to be discussed include: community formation and activism, Chicana/Latina feminisms, sexuality, religion, health, family, immigration, education, work, media, and artistic expression. Readings emphasize the links between the structural inequalities of society, and the day-to-day lived experiences of Chicanas/Latinas.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Julie Dowling

MW 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

CRN 35811

LALS 433 Latin American Migration to the U.S. 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. Latin American migration to the U.S. International migration theories, family remittances, transnational linkages, dual citizenship, and past and current U.S. immigration policy debates.

Same as SOC 433.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Xochitl Bada

M 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

CRN 35528 CRN 36353

LALS 491 Child Migrations Across the Americas 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. The course examines why and how migrant children have played a central role in migration history in the Americas. In the first part, we will review critical anthropology and human geography contributions to rethinking childhood as protagonists of migration. Concepts as childhood, adultcentrism, “minor", child subjectivity, and youth as producers of space and time, will be discussed. In the second part, we will focus on concrete cases where children and adolescents have been active protagonists of migration processes either as sons and daughters of migrant parents growing up in transnational families, as migrants themselves, as deportees or even as coyotes.

We will examine how migrant children have taken a predominant role as jornaleros in migrant-sending communities, as workers in the U.S., how they face the complex immigration system across the Americas, and how they grow up in sanctuaries or between countries of origin, transit and destination. We will review the cases of migrant children in the Andes, Central America, Mexico, the U.S., Venezuela, Brazil and the Mexico-U.S. border. The course will teach you about playful research methodologies, ethics, and responsibilities associated with conducting research on migrant children, all of which will be applied to their final research projects.

Prerequisite(s): Any two 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies courses or consent of the instructor.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Soledad Alvarez-Velasco

TR 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

CRN 32584 CRN 33585

LALS 495 Latin@ Futurity 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. An exploration of Latin@/e/x futurity including utopian/dystopian and speculative imaginaries in literature, film, and pop media across the Americas. Analysis through afro-futurity, queer, and feminist lenses.

Seminar discussion and research.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Esther Diaz Martin

R 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM

CRN 36760 CRN 36761

GRADUATE COURSES LALS 500 Latinx and Latin American Critical Thought 4 hours. The evolution of Latinx and Latin American thought. Focus on autochtonous production of Latin American and Latinx studies scholars, canonic themes and scholarly concern.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Daniel Borzutzky

T 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

CRN 42573

LALS 501 Latinos and Latin America in Transnational Context 4 hours. Analysis of transnational processes linking Latin America and Latinos in the U.S. The impact of globalization on migration, culture, identity, work, health, education, family, politics.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Andreas Feldmann

W 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

CRN 31239

LALS 504 Proseminar in Latin American and Latino Studies 4 hours. Introduction to the profession, discussion of lectures, course work, readings, and student research. Students attend various lectures, conferences, and community events relating to Latin America and/or Latinos/as, and share their own work.

Course Information: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated.

Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in LALS 501 or Credit or concurrent registration in LALS 502.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Xochitl Bada

M 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

CRN 31240

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