Courses Approved for Majors, Minors and M.A. Program
Most Latin American Studies courses are offered through disciplinary departments. Below is a preliminary list of courses offered for Fall 2008 at the University.
If you are an undergraduate major or minor in Latin American Studies, or a student in the Master program you must consult with the LAST Advisor, Angelina Cotler (cotler@uiuc.edu; 333-8419) before registering for courses.
Students are responsible for checking the Online Timetable for course details and current information.
Quechua
LAST 445 Native American Languages
Language Instruction
PORT 101 Elementary Portuguese I
PORT 103 Intermediate Portuguese I
PORT 400 Portuguese for Speakers of Romance Languages
PORT 401 Intermediate Portuguese for Speakers of Romance Languages
SPAN 103 Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 122 Elementary Spanish
SPAN 125 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 141 Introduction to Spanish Grammar
SPAN 142 Spanish in the Professions
SPAN 202 Spanish for Business
SPAN 204 Practical Review of Spanish
SPAN 208 Oral Spanish
SPAN 228 Spanish Composition
SPAN 232 Spanish in the Community
SPAN 430 Spanish Phonology
SPAN 431 Spanish Morphology
SPAN 500 Beginning Spanish for Graduate Students
Required for undergraduate majors
LAST 170 Introduction to Latin American Studies
LAST 490 Independent Study (arranged)
Required for graduate majors
LAST 550 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Latin American Studies (HIST 507)
LAST 599 Thesis Research (for LAST MA students only)
Anthropological and Geographical Perspective
ANTH 103 Anthropology in a Changing World
ANTH 105 World Archeology
ANTH 199 (section GR): Youth Culture
ANTH 199 (section LL) Climate Change and Civilization
ANTH 399(section PG) South American Primates
ANTH 417 Area Studies Ethnomusicology. Section B: Latin America
ANTH 476 Mayan and Aztec Archeology
ANTH 515 (Section MP) Diaspora and Transnationalism
GEOG 101 Geography of Developing Countries
GEOG 110 Geography of International Conflicts
UP 501 Cities, Societies and Planning
Historical Perspective
HIST 106
HIST 200 (section D) The History of Human Rights
HIST 200 (Section E) Mapping the New World
HIST 280 Caribbean Latina/o Migration
HIST 405 History of Brazil from 1808
HIST 507 Problems in Latin American History (Rev. and Civil Wars in Modern Latin America)
Humanistic Perspective
AFRO 103 Black Women in the Diaspora
AFRO 261 Introduction to the African Diaspora
AFRO 560 African Diaspora Seminar
CWL 400 African Diasporic Literature Americas
LING 250 Language Diversity in the USA
LLS 496 Seminar In Latino/a Studies: The US/Mexico in Comparative Perspective
MUS 110 Introduction Art Music: International Perspective
MUS 133 Introduction to World Music
PORT 406 Brazilian Film
PORT 410 Studies in Brazilian Literature
PORT 595 Special topics in Port & Brazilian Literature
SPAN 200 Readings in Hispanic Texts
SPAN 225 Introduction to Hispanic Literature I
SPAN 227 Introduction to Hispanic Literature II
SPAN 302 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 402 Spanish Phonetics & Phonology
SPAN 404 Spanish Syntax & Morphology
SPAN 450 Spanish Literature I Works and Writers
SPAN 452 Spanish Literature II Works and Writers
SPAN 454 Spanish American Literature I Works and Writers
SPAN 456 Spanish American Literature II Works and Writers
SPAN 462 Early Modern Spanish Studies
SPAN 468 20th-21st Spanish American Studies
SPAN 490 Advanced Reading in Spanish
SPAN 535 Seminar Spanish American Literature
SPAN 540 Seminar History of Ideas
Social, Political, and Economic Perspective
ECON 420 International Economics
ECON 450 Developing Economies
ECON 551 Topics in Develop. Economics
GWS 261 Gender Transnational Perspective
PS 240 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PS 355 Democratization
SOC 221 Latin America & Latino Migration
Ecological and Environmental Perspective
ACE 251 The World Food Economy
ACE 255 Economics of Rural Poverty and Development
ACE 435 Global Agribusiness Management