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Latin America

ANT 3340 Indigenous Cultures of Modern Mexico and Central America
Pre-requisite(s):Upper-level standing or consent of instructor. The cultural history of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico, including their adaptation to, and conflict with, forces of modernity. 

ANT 3351 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
Pre-requisite(s):Upper-level standing or consent of instructor. The emergency and evolution of Meso-American civilizations and Central America. Focus on Olmecs and Teotihuacan, as well as the Toltecs, Mayas, and Aztecs.

ANT 3352 Latin-American Interface
Analysis of the interface between Anglo and Latin American socio-cultural patterns in the American Southwest and Central America.

HIS 3353 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Pre-requisite(s):Six semester hours of history or consent of the instructor. A survey of pre-Colombian civilizations in the Americas and an examination of Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Emphasis will be given to Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations, the creation of colonial society, and the forces leading to the end of political colonialism in Latin America.

HIS 3355 Modern Latin America
Pre-requisite(s): Six semester hours of history or consent of the instructor. A survey of the evolution of Latin American countries since Independence. Emphasis will be placed on economic and social factors influencing national development and contemporary issues such as narcoterrorism, the debt crises, liberation theology, the rights of indigenous peoples, the ecology, and hyper-urbanization.

HIS 4350 The History of Gender in Latin America (Cross-listed as LAS 4351)
Pre-requisite(s): Upper-level standing, and nine semester hours of history; or the consent of the instructor. The history of the construction of gender and gender relations from pre-Columbian societies to contemporary Latin America. Special emphasis will be given to the creation of archetypes and the contrast between legal codes and realities across time, race, class, and regional divides.

HIS 4357 Inter–American Relations
Pre-requisite(s): Upper-level standing, and nine semester hours of history; or the consent of the instructor. A history of the evolution of Inter-American relations from colonization to the contemporary development of regional economic blocs. Topics will include relations among the American colonies, efforts at unification after independence, the expanding role of the United States in hemispheric relations and the Latin-American reaction, and the evolution of regionalism in the hemisphere.

LAS 1301 Latin American Nations and People
This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the cultural traditions and institutions of the Western Hemisphere, including Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

LAS 2301 An Introduction to Latin American Studies
An interdisciplinary introduction to Latin American Studies.

LAS 4350 Latin American Studies Seminar
An interdisciplinary seminar to focus on topics related to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Central America, and developing Latin American nations. This course can be taken more than once since its content is different every year.

LAS 4351 The History of Gender in Latin America (Cross-listed as HIS 4350)
Pre-requisite(s): Upper-level standing, and nine semester hours of history; or the consent of the instructor. The history of the construction of gender and gender relations from pre-Columbian societies to contemporary Latin America. Special emphasis will be given to the creation of archetypes and the contrast between legal codes and realities across time, race, class, and regional divides.

PHI 4331 Latin American Philosophy
Prerequisite(s): Upper-level standing. Philosophical and intellectual movements in Latin America from the colonial times to the present. These movements include scholasticism, eclecticism, utilitarianism, romanticism, positivism, vitalism, phenomenology, and existentialism and philosophies of liberation. Works of major representatives of these movements including such men as Bello, Mora, Sierra, Varona, Deustua, Caso, Korn, Vasconcelos, Farias Brito, Vaz Ferreira, and Romero are studied.

PSC 4304 Governments and Politics of Latin America 
Forms of organization, functions, and operations of governments in Latin America, with emphasis on contemporary conditions, trends, and distinctive types of Latin American institutions and policies.

PSC 4314 Government and Politics of Mexico
Constitutional development and political processes in the Mexican federal system. Emphasis will be placed on twentieth-century constitutional and political change, with special attention given to the current scene. 

SPA 3311 Spanish–American Civilization
Prerequisite(s): SPA 2320, or consent of division director. Study of Spanish-American history and culture

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