Suggested Courses

Core Courses and Seminars

Anthropology (ANTH)

ANTH 5450 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 hrs
ANTH 5530 Anthropology of Violence and Peace 3 hrs
ANTH 5620 Human Rights, Law and Justice 3 hrs
ANTH 5660 Cultures of the Americas 3 hrs
ANTH 5670 South American Prehistory 3 hrs
ANTH 5700 Mexican/Central American Prehistory 3 hrs
ANTH 5830 Cultures of Latin America 3 hrs

Biology (BIOS)

BIOS 5440 Tropical Disease Biology 3 hrs

Economics (ECON)

ECON 5120 Economics of Poverty 4 hrs
ECON 5130 Economics of the Environment 4 hrs
ECON 5400 International Trade 4 hrs
ECON 5410 International Monetary Systems 4 hrs
ECON 5740 Economics of Latin America 4 hrs

Engineering Technology (ET)

ET 5520 Appropriate Technologies in Developing Countries 3 hrs

Geography (GEOG)

GEOG 5210 Population Geography 4 hrs
GEOG 5220 Geography of Religious Space and Place 4 hrs
GEOG 5290 World Economic Geography 4 hrs
GEOG 5350 Geography of Latin America 4 hrs
GEOG 5450 Gender, Environment, and Development 4 hrs
GEOG 6350 Seminar in Regional Geography: Latin America 4 hrs
GEOG 6420 Seminar in Development: Theories of Development 4 hrs
GEOG 6430 Seminar in Development: Gender and Development 4 hrs

History (HIST)

HIST 5000 Atlantic History 4 hrs
HIST 5230 Latin American History: The Colonial Era 4 hrs
HIST 5231 Latin American History: Independence to the Present 4 hrs
HIST 5232 History of Brazil 4 hrs
HIST 5233 The History of Modern Mexico 4 hrs
HIST 5250 History of US-Latin American Relations 4 hrs
HIST 5270 History of Slavery in the Americas 4 hrs
HIST 6100 Seminar in Latin American History 4 hrs
HIST 6902 Colloquium in Latin American History 4 hrs

Health (HLTH)

HLTH 5120 International Health Programming 3 hrs

International Studies (INST)

INST 5500 Latin America Survey through Literature 4 hrs
INST 5918 Special Topics in Latin American Studies: Contemporary Issues in Latin America 4 hrs
INST 5919 Special Topics in Latin American Studies: Latin American Culture through Media 4 hrs
INST 5921 Special Topics in Latin American Studies 4 hrs

Journalism (JOUR)

JOUR 5230 International and Cross-Cultural Advertising 3 hrs
JOUR 5660 International Mass Media 3 hrs
JOUR 8660 Seminar in International Mass Media 4 hrs

Marketing (MKT)

MKT 5441 International Marketing (must also register for MKT 6930: Ind. Study) 4 hrs

Media Arts and Studies (MDIA)

MDIA 6081 Introduction to Theory in Communication and Development 4 hrs

Political Science (POLS)

POLS 5340 Government and Politics of Latin America 3 hrs
POLS 5360 Government and Politics of Brazil 3 hrs
POLS 5400 The Politics of Developing Areas 3 hrs
POLS 5565 International Human Rights 3 hrs
POLS 5560 International Organization 3 hrs
POLS 5570 National Security in the Contemporary Era 3 hrs
POLS 5738 The Politics of Race in Global Context 3 hrs
POLS 5739 Politics of Race 3 hrs
POLS 5751 Critical Race Theory 3 hrs
POLS 5753 American Whiteness 3 hrs
POLS 5755 Latinos and Politics 3 hrs
POLS 5765 Diaspora, Transnationalism and Post-Colonialism 3 hrs

Spanish (SPAN)

SPAN 5349 Spanish American Civilization and Culture 4 hrs
SPAN 5439 Modern Spanish Usage 4 hrs
SPAN 5513 Survey of Spanish American Literature I 4 hrs
SPAN 5514 Survey of Spanish American Literature II 4 hrs
SPAN 5517 Themes from Spanish American Prose 4 hrs
SPAN 5518 Contemporary Spanish American Literature 4 hrs
SPAN 6902 Seminar 4 hrs

Sociology (SOC)

SOC 6040 Graduate Seminar in Work and Inequality 3 hrs
SOC 6050 Graduate Seminar in Race and Ethnicity 3 hrs
SOC 6070 Graduate Seminar in Globalization 3 hrs

Women and Gender Studies (WGS)

WGS 5100 Global Feminisms 4 hrs
WGS 5110 Women and Globalization 4 hrs