LATIN AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM - COURSES

In this page, you can find the courses approved by the Advisory Board of LACS as core or electives for majors and minors. If you are proposing a new course for the approved list, please contact our Program Chair.

LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM – COURSES FOR FALL 2026

LACS 101 – Introduction to Latin American & Caribbean Studies (M/W 9:30 am -10:45 am) – Professor Amauri Gutiérrez-Coto

SPAN 211 – Advanced Spanish (T/T 8:00 am-9:15 am, 9:30 am-10:45 am) – Professor Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci

SPAN 215 – Spanish Heritage Speakers (M/W 11:40 am-12:55 pm) – TBD

FREN 211 – Advanced French (M/W 1:15 pm-2:30 pm) – Visiting Assistant Professor María Hernández

HIST 246 – Latin America: The Colonial Period (T/R 2:45 pm-4:00 pm, GM2, SS, WRIT) – Professor Rebekah Pite

GOV 227 – Latin America Politics (M/W 11:40 am-12:55pm, 2:45pm-4:00pm) – Assistant Professor Anna Callis

SPAN 300 – Voices of the Spanish Speaking World (T/T, 1:15 pm -2:30 pm) Professor Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci

SPAN 349 – Introduction to Spanish Literature (pre-1700) (T/T, 1:15 pm -2:30 pm) Professor Sidney Donnell

SPAN 435 – Research Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Civilization (W/F, 1:15 pm -2:30 pm) Professor Daniel Quirós

LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM – COURSES FOR SPRING 2026

LACS – 101 Introduction to Latin American & Caribbean Studies (M/W 9:30 am -10:45 am) – Assistant Professor Carmen Valdivia

SPAN 211 – Advanced Spanish (T/T 9:30 am-10:45 am) – Associate Professor Katherine Stafford

SPAN 215 Spanish Heritage Speakers (M/W 11:40 am-12:55 pm) – Assistant Professor Carmen Valdivia

HIST 371 – Seminar in Native American History (T/R 9:30 am-10:45 am) – Associate Professor Jeremy Zallen

IA 260 Latin America in Exile (T/R 2:45 pm -4:00 pm) Assistant Professor Douglas de Toledo Piza

A&S 263 Latin American Ethnography (T/R 11:00 am-12:15 pm) – Associate Professor Mónica Salas

HIST 345 – Colloquium: Histories of Argentina (and its Neighbors) (T/R 2:45 pm-4:00 pm, GM2, SS, WRIT) – Professor Rebekah Pite

SPAN 347 Afro-Descendant Writers in the Hispanic Caribbean (M/W 1:15 pm -2:30 pm) – Professor Amauri Gutiérrez-Coto

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES CORE COURSES in the CATALOG

  • LACS 101: Introduction to Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • LACS 201: Perspectives & Debates on Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • LACS 275: Crossing the Americas
  • LACS 277: Media & Social Movements in Latin America

ELECTIVE LACS COURSES in the CATALOG

Africana Studies

  • AFS 105: Reversing Sail

Anthropology and Sociology

  • A&S 263: Latin American Ethnography

Environmental Studies

  • EVST 253: Voices of Environmental Justice

Film and Media Studies

  • FAMS 277: Media & Social Movements in Latin America

French

  • French 211: Advanced French

Government and Law

  • GOV 220: The United States and Latin American Relations
  • GOV 227: Latin America Politics

History

  • HIST 114: Food History of the Americas
  • HIST 245: Latin America: The Colonial Period
  • HIST 246: Latin America: The National Period
  • HIST 261: Slavery in the Americas
  • HIST 275: Crossing the Americas
  • HIST 345: Histories of Argentina
  • HIST 368: Advanced Research Seminar in Latin American History

IA

  • IA 260: Latin America in Exile
  • IA320: Gender & Development
  • IA 330: Global Extraction, Human Rights, and Resistance

Music

  • MUS 236: Latin American Music in the US: Salsa

Religious Studies

  • REL 217: Latina/o Religions
  • REL 232: African Religions in the Americas
  • REL 309: Jews in the Americas
  • REL 350: Religions on the Move

Spanish (updated with new major/minor courses approved in Spring 2026)

  • SPAN 211: Advanced Spanish
  • SPAN 215: Spanish Heritage Speakers
  • SPAN 300: Voices of the Spanish-Speaking World
  • SPAN 303: Texts and Contexts Iberia (pre-1900)
  • SPAN 311: Survey of Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 315: Spanish Culture and Society Through Film
  • SPAN 316: Visual Cultures of Latin America
  • SPAN 317: Latinx Culture
  • SPAN 318: Survey of Latin American Literature
  • SPAN 320: Creative Writing
  • SPAN 340: Latin American Crime Fiction
  • SPAN 341: Topics in LGBTQ
  • SPAN 344: Hispanic Caribbeans in US
  • SPAN 345: Indigenous Philosophies and Cultural Productions
  • SPAN 346: Intro to Caribbean Studies
  • SPAN 347: Afro-Descendent Writers in the Hispanic Caribbean
  • SPAN 349: Spanish Literature (pre-1700)
  • SPAN 370: Seminar on Translation
  • SPAN 435: Research Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Civilization
  • SPAN 460: Reading and Research in Spanish

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  • WGS 262: Women, Gender and Work in the Americas

For detailed course descriptions, see the online College Catalog.