LALS Fall 2024 Courses

DEPARTMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES

FALL 2024 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 39179

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

Esther Diaz Martin

MW 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33239

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

CRN 33241

F 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

CRN 33246

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

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES LALS 103 Introduction to Latino Urban Studies 3 hours. Demographic, economic, political, cultural, and social dimensions of Latino communities in the United States. Includes Chicanos/Mexicanos Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Central and South Americans.

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

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Xochitl Bada

MW 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM

CRN 34441

Discussion/Recitation T 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

CRN 34609

T 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 34610

T 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

CRN 34611

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 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33689

Discussion/Recitation F 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

CRN 33690

F 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM

CRN 33691

F 2:00 PM to 2:50 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

MWF 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

CRN 47122

LALS 109 Introduction to Latino Cultures 3 hours. Examination of the cultural and artistic productions of U.S. Latinos and/or Latin Americans through historical processes of mainstreaming, transculturation, and hybridity.

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

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Joel Huerta

MW 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM

CRN 34442

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

CRN 35043

F 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

CRN 35042

F 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM

CRN 38248

LALS 260 Indigenous Storytelling in Latin America 3 hours. Study of Legend of the Suns, the Quetzalcoatl cycle, pictographic stories, the Popol Vuh and tales from Huarochirí in the colonial context.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Cristian Roa

MWF 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM

CRN 49132

LALS 276 Latinas in the U.S. 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. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Elena Gutierrez

T 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM

CRN 36575

Discussion/Recitation R 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM

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.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Lorena Garcia

MW 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM

CRN 35807

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 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM

CRN 39186

LALS 301 Research Methods in LALS 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

Xochitl Bada

MW 9:30 AM - 10:15 A.M

CRN 33521

LALS 385 Latino Social Movements in the United States 3 hours. Social movements and public action by Latinos in the United States.

Includes farmworkers organizing, unionization efforts, nationalist movements, feminism, struggles, and community debates.

Prerequisite(s): LALS 102.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Barbara Sostaita

TR 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM

CRN 38910

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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): One course in LALS or SOC; or consent of the instructor.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Barbara Sostaita

R 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

CRN 35528 (UG) CRN 36353 (G)

LALS 491 Action Research Seminar 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. This is an experientially based course that provides students with the chance to conduct human rights research and advocacy.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Andreas Feldmann

M 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

CRN 39711 (UG) CRN 38712 (G)

LALS 495 Latin@ Futurity 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. An advanced exploration of speculative fictions across the Latine/x cultural and political imaginary. Topics include colonial utopias, capitalist dystopias, socialist visions towards otro mundo posible, sci-fi altermundos, and emerging mediated ways of being and knowing as cyber/cyborg/hyperreal subjects. Format is seminar/discussion and independent research.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Esther Diaz Martin

W 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

CRN 36760 (UG) CRN 36761 (G)

LALS 495 Climates of Inequality: From Puerto Rico, the U.S./Mexico border, and other localities to Chicago neighborhoods 3 undergraduate hours / 4 graduate hours. The climate crisis is not new for those it most severely impacts – Indigenous and Black communities, People of Color, and low-wage earners. Instead, it is a continuation of disproportionate environmental harms they have resisted for generations. Using transnational case studies from Chicago’s Latinx community, Puerto Rico, the U.S./Mexico border, and other localities, this course will examine the critical intersection of environmental and social justice with a focus on the Environmental Justice (EJ) movement and larger systems of power and privilege that produce unjust environmental and climate conditions. This course builds on the “Climates of Inequality” project and incorporates various community engagement strategies to expand students’ understanding of the topic. Students will engage with EJ leaders in public presentations, participate in local EJ tours, and create community-based projects using Chicago sacrifice zones as sites of inquiry.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Rosa Cabrera

T 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM

CRN 36513 (UG) CRN 36514 (G)

GRADUATE COURSES LALS 500 Latinx and Latin American Critical Thought 4 hours. In-depth study of selected research topics related to Latin America and/or U.S. Latinos that reflect the major and most current debates in these fields.

Course Information: May be repeated if topics vary.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor.

Instructor

Lecture

CRN

Daniel Borzutzky

R 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

Soledad Alvarez Velasco

T 3:30 PM - 6:00 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

Adam Goodman

W 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

CRN 31240

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