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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A general investigation of the Latin American and Caribbean cultures in their uniqueness and diversity is pursued in this course. Topics include Latin America's historical development, its contributions to world art and literature, U.S.-Latin American relations, race and class systems in Ibero-American nations, and the role of Latin Americans and their descendants in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
This course embarks on a critical examination of the multi-faceted cultural realities of Latin Americans throughout the continent as reflected in the humanities texts of literature, music, art, philosophy, and history.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the economic, political, psychological, and social aspects of the Latin American societies from the past to the present.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an examination of the Caribbean region as a cultural area with common historical patterns of conquest, colonization, peonage or slavery, and the development of multiracial and multicultural societies. Some of the topics of study include: the European, African and Asian cultural roots; the rise, growth and impact of the plantation economy; family organization; the tensions of gender, race, and class; and popular religion and everyday life. The focus of this course is on cultural, socioeconomic and political developments in the 20th century, particularly the past several decades.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies present-day cultures and societies in Mexico and Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize). Among the issues covered are the impact of modernization, urbanization, and ruralurban migration; ethnic and racial tensions; war, revolution, and the struggle for na-
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3.00 Credits
This course broadly examines three major cultural areas in South America: the Andean region (Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia; Venezuela, Colombia); the Southern Cone (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay); and Brazil. Present-day societies and their processes of development and social change during the past several decades are explored within the larger historical context of conquest, colonization, slavery, migration and political intervention and upheaval. The struggles of marginalized Native American populations (e.g., in Brazil and Venezuela) and other racial, ethnic and special-interest groups are given attention.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the cultural and socio- economic backgrounds and present lifeconditions of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants (and/or their descendants) residing in the U.S. Group migration histories are reviewed as well as the history of the U.S. annexation of Mexican territory and its impact on the lives of Mexican Americans. Theories of migration, acculturation and assimilation into North American society are critically analyzed, utilizing specific migrant groups as case studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore the environmental, economic, social, and political impact of modern technology on Latin American countries. Selected case histories are presented to provide the student with a comprehensive view of the phenomenon.
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3.00 Credits
This course undertakes a thematic and chronological investigation of these two island nations from the pre-Columbian era to the present, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include the genesis of plantation societies, slavery, and socio-economic/political relationship with the United States.
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3.00 Credits
In-depth analyses of selected issues in Latino communities throughout the United States, such as literary traditions, religion, health and politics are studied in this course.
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