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Latin American Studies Program


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Courses > Major Plan

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

*Indicates a prerequisite is required. See course description for details.


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