Latin American Studies (LAMS)

Interim Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Tricia Gabany-Guerrero
Office: Room 4, Human Development Center

For major requirements, see the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog. For information about courses on Latin America in other departments consult the list published by the Center before pre-registration each semester.

1190. Perspectives on Latin America

(190) Either semester. Three credits.

A multidisciplinary course including geography, indigenous peoples, colonization and nation formation; society, politics, economy, and culture of contemporary Latin America and its place in today's world. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

1190W. Perspectives on Latin America

(190W) Prerequisite:  ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

1193. Foreign Study

(193) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit (to a maximum of 15). Consent of Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies required before departure.

Course work undertaken within approved Study Abroad programs, usually focusing on the history, culture, and society of a particular Latin American or Carribean country or countries.

3293. Foreign Study

(293) Either or both semesters. Credits (to a maximum of 17) and hours by arrangement. Consent of Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies required before departure. May count toward the major with consent of advisor.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

3575. Cinema and Society in Latin America

(275) Either or both semester. Variable credit up to a maximum of three credits. Hours by arrangement. With a change in content, this course may be repeated once for credit.

The aesthetic, social, and political significance of Latin American film.

3579. Latin America

(284) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor and director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This number covers courses in Latin American Studies taken at other Universities by special arrangement for University of Connecticut credit.

3607. Latin America in the Colonial Period

(281) (Also offered as HIST 3607.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: open to sophomores or higher.

Pre-Columbian Civilization in America, the epoch of conquest and settlement, together with a study of the Ibero-Indian cultural synthesis which forms the basis of modern Latin American civilization.

3609. Latin America in the National Period

(282) (Also offered as HIST 3609.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: open to sophomores or higher.

Representative countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean together with the historic development of inter-American relations and contemporary Latin American problems. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

3635. Mexico in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

(280) (Also offered as HIST 3635.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607. Overmyer-Velázquez

The emergence of modern Mexico from independence to the present with emphasis on the Revolution of 1910. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

3660W. History of Migration in Las Américas

(233W) (Also offered as HIST 3660W and PRLS 3660W.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Recommended Preparation: PRLS 3210, LAMS 1190, ANTH 3042, HIST 3635, HIST 3609, or HIST 3674 /PRLS 3220. Spanish useful, but not required. Instructor consent. Gabany-Guerrero, Overmyer-Velázquez

Applies broad chronological and spatial analyses of origins of migration in the Americas to the experiences of people of Latin American origin in Connecticut. Addresses a range of topics from the initial settlement of the Americas to 21st century migrations. CA 1. CA 4.

3995. Special Topics

(298) Either or both semesters. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit.

3998. Variable Topics

(295) Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

3999. Independent Study

(299) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

4994W. Latin American Studies Research Seminar

(290W) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:  ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; and instructor consent.

Capstone course in which majors and minors in Latin American Studies design, execute and write up original, library-based research on Latin America. Some readings may be in Spanish or Portuguese.

Study Abroad