Fall 2006 Courses
Latin American Credit- LA 377: COLLOQUIUM IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Tu, 4:00PM-7:00 (every other week)
Theme "Mexico" (1 cr) V. Lisa Aronson& L. A. Studies faculty - FS 208: WRITING IN SPANISH
001, B. Loyola, M, 10:10-11:05 and WF, 10:10-11:30
002, Unit Coordinator, M, 11:15-12:10 and TuTh, 12:40-2:00
003, C. Grant, M, 9:05-10 and TuTh, 9:40-11:00 - FS 212: SPANISH AMERICAN LIT M, 11:15-12:20; TuTh, 12:40-2, Unit Coordinator
- FS 301: BUSINESS SPANISH MW, 2:30-4:20, C. Grant
- FS 363: SPANISH AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS MW, 4-5:20, B. Loyola
- FS 376-001: MEXICAN HISTORY THROUGH LIT. TuTh, 2:10-3:30, B. Loyola
- FS 376-002: SP AMERICAN ESSAY TuTh, 2:10-3:30, P. Rubio
- GO 309: LATIN AMERICA AND U.S. Tu/Th 11:10AM-12:30PM
Examines relations between Latin America & the United States, including political, strategic, and economic aspects. The course reviews some major theoretical interpretations of these relations and analyzes some crucial historical events & developments and contemporary topics including collective security, revolutionary change, imperialism and nationalism, economic issues, human rights and democracy, drug traffic, and migration. Prerequisite: GO 103/instructor's permission. (3 cr) A. Vacs - HI 108: COLONIAL LATIN AM MWF, 11:15-12:10
Explores Latin America society from initial encounters between Europeans and Native Americans to early-nineteenth-century wars of independence. Focuses on interactions among native American, African, and European peoples and institutions. Topics include conquest and colonization; church, crown, and commoner; labor and environment; class and caste; women; and commerce in principal Spanish districts (Peru, Central America, and Mexico), Portuguese Brazil, and French Saint Domingue (Haiti). (Fulfills social sciences requirement; designated as a Cultural Diversity course.) L. Roopnarine - HI 217: US/CARIBBEAN RELATIONS MWF, 1:25-2:20
United States-Caribbean relations. This course examines the historical relationship between the United States and the Caribbean from the colonial period. Emphasis will be placed on American political, economic and social policies toward the region and the ways in which these policies have affected American involvement in the internal and external affairs of the Caribbean. Various methodological approaches will be explored. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) L. Roopnarine - HI 330R: COLONIAL CARIBBEAN Tu/Th, 12:40-2:00
This course examines and covers the history of the Caribbean from "discovery" to the end of the nineteenth century. Particular emphasis will be placed on how European overseas expansion, colonialism, imperialism, African slavery, emancipation, indentureship and creolization have shaped and impacted the development of the political, economic and social institutions of the Caribbean. Various analytical and comparative approaches will be thoroughly explored. L. Roopnarine - SO 351B: GLOBALIZATION AND MIGRATIO TuTh, 5:10-6:30; TuTh, 12:40-2
An examination at the advanced level of special topics, methods, and areas in sociology. Specific topics vary by instructor and semester. The course in a different subject area may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: SO101 or permission of instructor. G. Aquino
Partial Latin American Credit
- AH 103: AFRICA OCEANIA AMERICAS (W/F, 10:10-11:30; AND Sec. 1, M 10:10AM-11:05AM; OR Sec. 2, M 11:15AM-12:10-PM) L. Aronson
- FF 220: LANGUAGES ACROSS CURRICULUM, SPANISH W, 2:30-3:25, P. Rubio
- FS 220: LANGUAGES ACROSS CURRICULUM, FRENCH F, 1:25-2:20, C. Evans
- SO 218C: ETHNICITY AND INEQUALITY TuTh, 12:40-2:00, G. Aquino