Preapproved LALS B.A. Electives Course List

Pre-Approved LALS B.A. Electives

Lower-Division Courses

The following courses may be used as pre-approved substitutions for the lower-division elective of the Latin and Latin American studies B.A. and minor.

History

HIS 11ALatin America: Colonial Period

5

HIS 11BLatin America: National Period

5

HIS 12Introduction to Latino American History

5

HIS 82California Gold Rush in Global History

5

Literature

LIT 61ZIntroduccion a generos literarios de Espana y America Latina

5

LIT 80NLatino Expressions in the U.S

5

LIT 80QJane the Virgin: Latinx Readers and (Latin) American Literature

5

LIT 90XIntroduccion a la Escritura Creativa/Introduction to Creative Writing

5

Music

MUSC 12Mariachi Ensemble

2

MUSC 12BMexican Folklorico Music and Dance

2

MUSC 80FMusic in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions

5

MUSC 12 and MUSC 12B must be taken three times in order to count as one elective.

Politics

POLI 61Politics of Social Policy

5

Sociology

SOCY 15World Society

5

SOCY 30AIntroduction to Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies

5

Theater Arts

THEA 80MChicano/a Teatro

5

Upper-Division Courses

The following courses may be used as pre-approved substitutions for the upper-division elective of the Latin and Latin American studies B.A. and minor.

Anthropology

ANTH 110HBrazilian Amazon Cultures and Environments

5

ANTH 110ICultures of Sustainability and Social Justice

5

ANTH 130BBrazil

5

ANTH 130FBlackness In Motion: Anthology of the African Diasporas

5

ANTH 130JPolitics and Statemaking in Latin America

5

ANTH 130LEthnographies of Latin America

5

ANTH 130MInside Mexico

5

ANTH 130PEthnography of Southern Cone Chile and Argentina

5

ANTH 130UCentral America

5

ANTH 133Narratives of the Popular

5

ANTH 176BMeso-American Archaeology

5

ANTH 145XSpecial Topics in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

5

ANTH 164The Anthropology of Dance

5

College Ten

JRLC 135Apprenticeship in Community Engaged Research

5

Economics

ECON 148Latin American Economies

5

Education

EDUC 128Immigrants and Education

5

EDUC 141Bilingualism and Schooling

5

EDUC 181Race, Class, and Culture in Education

5

Environmental Studies

ENVS 122Tropical Ecology and Conservation

5

ENVS 143The Future of Sustainable Development

5

ENVS 145Green Cities

5

ENVS 154Amazonian Cultures and Conservation

5

Feminist Studies

FMST 115Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Migration Across the Americas

5

FMST 124Technology, Science, and Race Across the Americas

5

FMST 175Gender and Sexualities in Latina/o America

5

FMST 194FChicana/Latina Cultural Production

5

Film and Digital Media

FILM 165EChicana/o Cinema, Video

5

FILM 168National Cinema and Culture

5

History

HIS 124APanama Canal and U.S. Empire

5

HIS 128Chicana/Chicano History

5

HIS 130History of Modern Cuba

5

HIS 131Women in Colonial Latin America

5

HIS 134AColonial Mexico

5

HIS 134BHistory of Mexico, 1850 to Present

5

HIS 185ILatin American Jewish History in the Modern Period

5

HIS 190ASlavery and Race in Latin America

5

HIS 190BRace and the Nation in Latin America

5

HIS 190DAsian and Latino Immigration Since 1875

5

HIS 190TLatin America in the Cold War

5

History of Art and Visual Culture

HAVC 140DChicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present

5

HAVC 144ALatin American Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC 160AIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico

5

HAVC 160BIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes

5

HAVC 162ASpecial Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya

5

HAVC 162BSpecial Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka

5

HAVC 180AContemporary Art in a Globalized World

5

Literature

LIT 124BThe Contemporary Latin American Short Story

5

LIT 165BLatino Fictions of the Americas

5

LIT 188RHumanidades Ambientales

5

LIT 189ADe la conquista a Sor Juana

5

LIT 189BEl Siglo XIX en América Latina: cultura, política y sociedad

5

LIT 189CIntroducción a Spanish Studies

5

LIT 189FLiteraturas Latinas en los Estados Unidos: en inglés, español y Spanglish

5

LIT 189GCine y Literatura

5

LIT 189LPoesía latinoamericana

5

LIT 189OEl Cuento Hispanoamericano: Variedades esteticas de la literatura breve en America Latina

5

LIT 189QFicción y marginalidad

5

LIT 189SLa cultura popular en la narrativa latinoamericana

5

LIT 189VAndean Indigenismo

5

LIT 189XEstudios mediaticos

5

LIT 189ZLiteratura de Chile

5

Oakes College

OAKS 151ACorre la Voz: Community Literacies and Power Seminar

2

OAKS 151BCommunity Literacies Field Study

3

OAKS 152Transformative Literacies

5

OAKS 153Community Mapping

5

OAKS 155Research for Social Justice: Special Topics

5

OAKS 185Tracing Health

5

OAKS 151A/EDUC 151A and OAKS 151B/EDUC 151B must both be taken to count as one elective.

Politics

POLI 140CLatin American Politics

5

POLI 144Andean Politics

5

POLI 190VStates in the Global South

5

POLI 190WTopics in Latin American Politics

5

Psychology

PSYC 119ADevelopment as a Sociocultural Process

5

PSYC 140FMind, Society, and Culture

5

PSYC 144Latinx Psychology

5

PSYC 155Social-Community Psychology in Practice

5

Sociology

SOCY 107ADesigning ICT Projects for Social Enterprise

5

SOCY 117MImmigration Enforcement and Deportations

5

SOCY 139TCommunity-Engaged Research Practicum

5

SOCY 156U.S. Latinx Identities: Centers and Margins

5

Spanish

SPAN 156AThe Language of Latin America Cinema

5

SPAN 156FEl Humor en Espanol

5

SPAN 156JContemporary Central America

5

SPAN 156MMexico and the Southwest

5

Spanish for Heritage Speakers

SPHS 115El ensayo lectura, análisis y redacción

5