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The Latin American Studies major consists of 13 courses, as follows:
I. Introduction to Latin American Studies—1 course
LAS majors must take the introductory course by the end of the sophomore year. Choose one of the following courses:
Lati 141, Latin America through Women's Eyes
Lati 181, Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
II. Language—1 or more courses
Competency
in Spanish to the level of Hispanic Studies 305. Students who arrive at
Macalester already competent at this level must achieve competence
either in French to the level of 204 or Portuguese to the level of 331.
In addition, the following course is required:
Lati 307, Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts
III. Latin America Across the Disciplines—6 courses
Choose six courses, including at least one Arts in Context, one Humanities, and one Social Science course:
Latin American Arts in Context
Hisp 418, Acting Out: The Comedia Across the Atlantic
Hisp 423, Contemporary Latin American and U.S. Latino Theater
Hisp 441, Hispanic Film and Other Media
Lati 282, Latin America: Art & Nation
Lati 447, Brazilian Cinema
Lati 448, Brazilian Music
Thda 264, Rights and Resistance: Theater and Film in Latin America
Humanities
Hisp 308, Locating U.S. Latino Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Hisp 331, Luso-Brazilian Voices: Conversation and Composition
Hisp 414, Here and There: Superando Límites/Crossing Boundaries
Hisp 419, Neither Saints nor Sinners: Women Writers of the Early Modern Hispanic World
Hisp 420, One Hundred Years of Plenitude: Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Fiction
Hisp 425, Dictators, Revolutions and Insurrections
Hisp 435, History of the Spanish Language
Hisp 440, Theorizing Contemporary U.S. Latino Popular Culture
Hisp 444, The Family as History: The Stories of U.S. Latinos
Lati 281, The Andes: Race, Region, Nation
Lati 283, The City in Latin American History
Lati 286, Media and Cultural Studies of Latin America
Lati 381, Transnational Latin Americas*
Lati 415, Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America
Lati 416, Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters and Disasters
Lati 436, Spanish Dialectology
Lati 494, Consuming Culture: Latin American Literature and Consumer Culture
Social Sciences
Anth 358, Anthropology of Violence
Anth 487, History of Anthropological Ideas
Econ 119, Principles of Economics (when taught by Damon or Robertson)
Econ 221, Intro to International Economics* (paper must focus on Latin America)
Lati 244, Latino Politics
Lati 245, Latin American Politics
Lati 246, Comparative Democratization
Lati 255, Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
Lati 265, Economics of International Migration*
Lati 323, Economic Restructuring in Latin America*
Lati 341, Comparative Social Movements
Lati 427, Human Rights and Culture in Latin America
IV. Methods—1 course
In
consultation with their advisor, LAS majors choose a methods course
that will prepare them for their senior Capstone project. This class
should be taken before studying abroad. Possible courses include:
Anth 230, Ethnographic Interviewing*
Poli 269, Empirical Research Methods
Soci 269, Science and Social Inquiry
Soci 270, Interpretive Social Research
Soci 275, Comparative-Historical Sociology
Thda 260, Introduction to Theatre Studies
Thda 294, Issues and Methods in Performance Studies
Thda 380, Oral History Research Methods
Thda 489, Performance Theory Seminar
V. Study Abroad in Latin America—3 courses
LAS
majors must complete one semester of full-time study on a study abroad
program approved by the LAS Steering Committee. This fulfills the
requirement of 3 study abroad courses.
VI. Capstone—1 course
Majors
normally complete their LAS capstone via the senior seminar, which is
offered every Fall. Occasionally, a student may be approved to complete
their capstone via an Independent Project or another appropriate
course. Students participating in the Honors program take Lati 488 in
the fall and Lati 644 in the spring of their senior year.
Lati 488, Senior Seminar
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