Recommended Area Studies Courses
Recommended Area Studies Courses for FLAS
All students enrolled at the University of Utah during the duration of the FLAS fellowship must take at least one area studies course per semester.
For FLAS purposes, an area studies course dedicates a minimum of 25% of its content on Asia related topics. Many of the courses on this list count towards Latin American Studies, International Studies, or language majors and minors.
The University also offers a variety of FLAS-eligible graduate-level courses. They are available through many departments, including independent study and cross-listed courses.
The following list is not comprehensive. If you are interested in taking a course that is not on this list, please contact the FLAS coordinator (flas@utah.edu) for approval.
Course List
ANTH 3128 Andean Cultures
ANTH 3153 Black Atlantic: Anthropology of the African Diaspora
ANTH 3154 Brazilian Culture
ANTH 3321 The Classic Maya
ANTH 3322 Mesoamerican Archeology
ANTH 4124 Religion in Latin America
ARTH 3510 Modern Latin American Art
ARTH 3550 Latin America Avant-Gardes
ARTH 4510 Special Topics in Latin American Art and Visual Culture
ARTH 4520 Topics in Brazilian Art
ARTH 4530 Chicano Art
ARTH 4540 Border Visual Culture
ARTH 4590 Senior Seminar in Latin American Art and Visual Culture
BIOL 3450 Rainforest Ecology
BUS 3234 Brazil and the Global Economy
CLCS 4975 Comparative Approaches to Latin America
ECON 5460 Latin American Economic History and Development
ECON 5461 Topics in Latin American Economic History and Development
GNDR 5755 Gender and Power in Latin America
GEOG 3670 Geography of Latin America
HIST 3300 History of Mexico
HIST 3350 History of Brazil
HIST 4270 Empire and Exploration 1400-1750
HIST 4290 Americas after Columbus
HIST 4300 Topics in Latin American History
HIST 4310 Gender and Power in Latin America
HIST 4315 Latin America in Film
LING 5241 Topics in Spanish Linguistics
POLS 3430 Politics of Revolution in Latin America
POLS 3500 Democracy in Latin America
POLS 3520 Government and Politics of Mexico
POLS 3550 Comparative Politics of Latin America
POLS 5410 New Democracies
POLS 5490 International Relations of Latin America
POLS 5960 Latin American Studies for the Professions
PTGSE 3050 Topics in Literature and Culture
PTGSE 3580 Contemporary Issues
PTGSE 4560 Brazilian Culture and Civilization
PTGSE 4620 Introduction to Portuguese and Lusophone Literature
PTGSE 4630 Intro to Brazilian Literature
PTGSE 4710 Luso-Brazilian Cinema
SPAN 3580 Health and Culture for Spanish Speaking Countries
SPAN 4510 Business Spanish
SPAN 4520 Business Spanish II
SPAN 4560 Culture and Customs in Spanish America
SPAN 4630 Survey of Spanish American Literature
SPAN 4750 Spanish American Novel
SPAN 4790 Masterpieces of Mexican Literature
SPAN 5240 Linguistic Structure of Spanish
SPAN 5241 Topics in Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 5242 Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics
