Approved Courses
Latin American Studies Approved Courses by Semester
The following course listings are tentative. For the most updated version, please see the university class schedule.
Area Studies Electives
Anthropology
- ANTH 3128: Andean Cultures
- ANTH 3140: Cultures of Latin America (IR)
- ANTH 3153: Black Atlantic: Anthro. of the African Diaspora (IR)
- ANTH 3154: Brazilian Culture (IR)
- ANTH 3321: The Classic Maya
- ANTH 3322: Mesoamerican Archeology
- ANTH 4950: Culture, Ecology, and Sustainability Field School in Todos Santos (Study Abroad)
- ANTH 5211: Biology of Native Americans
Art History
- ARTH 3510: Modern Latin American Art
- ARTH 3520: Brazilian Art
- ARTH 3540: Border Visual Culture
- ARTH 3550: Latin America Avant-Gardes
- ARTH 4510: Special Topics in Latin American Art and Visual Culture
- ARTH 4530: Chicano Art
- ARTH 4590: Senior Seminar in Latin American Art and Visual Culture
English
- ENGL 3770: Chicana/o Literature (DV)
- ENGL 3780: Global Literature (when taught by Prof. Alberto)
- ENGL 5850: Studies Latina/-o Literature
Ethnic Studies
- ETHNC 3860: La Chicana
- ETHNC 4560: Chicano Civil Rights Movement
- ETHNC 5300: US Latino Diaspora
- ETHNC 5350: Diaspora, Transnationalism & U.S. Community
- ETHNC 5590: Intensive Spanish, Culture & Community in Mexico
- ETHNC 5663: Criminal Justice & Law
- ETHNC 5730: Chicana Feminist Theories
History
- HIST 3300: History of Mexico
- HIST 3350: History of Brazil
- HIST 4075: Intro to the History of Science
- 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
- HIST 4540: Chicana/o History since 1849 (DV)
- HIST 4550: Latinos in the United States
- HIST 4640: America in Global Perspective
Political Science
- POLS 3520: Government and Politics of Mexico
- POLS 3550: Comparative Politics of Latin America
- POLS 3560: Community Engagement in Costa Rica (Study Abroad)
- POLS 3960: Complexity, Community, and Change in Cuba (SA)
- POLS 5410: New Democracies
- POLS 5490: International Relations of Latin America
- POLS 5600: Democracy in Latin America
Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
- PTGSE 3050: Topics in Literature and Culture
- PTGSE 3580: Contemporary Issues
- PTGSE 4510: Business Portuguese
- PTGSE 4560: Brazilian Culture and Civilization
- PTGSE 4630: Intro to Brazilian Literature
- PTGSE 4710: Luso-Brazilian Cinema
- PTGSE 4900 The Fantastic/Sci-Fi in Brazilian Lit.
Spanish
- SPAN 3070: Intro Textual Analysis
- SPAN 3510: Business Spanish
- SPAN 3520: Business Spanish II
- SPAN 3580: Health & Culture for Spanish Speaking Countries
- SPAN 3940: Community Engaged Learning
- SPAN 4560: Latin American Culture and Society
- SPAN 4600: U.S. Latino Literature
- SPAN 4630: Survey of Spanish American Literature
- SPAN 4770: Hispanic Film and Culture
- SPAN 4720: Hispanic Narrativel
- SPAN 4900: Special Topics
- SPAN 5240: Linguistic Structure of Spanish
- SPAN 5241: Topics in Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 5242: Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics
Other Departments
- BIOL 3450: Rainforest Ecology (SF, IR)
- BUS 3930: Brazil and the Global Economy
- CMP 4380: Reconnecting Communities to Water in Mexico (SA)
- ECON 5460: Latin American Economic History and Development
- GNDR 5755: Gender and Power in Latin America
- GEOG 3670: Geography of Latin America (IR)
- H EDU 3035: Medical Spanish
- H EDU 5800: Justice and Health in the Dominican Republic (SA)
- NAHTL 3010: Third Year Nahuatl
- PHIL 3013: Philosophy of Borges
- SOC 3383: Latina and Latino Sociology
- SOC 3741: Migrants & Communities
- SW 3700: Families, Culture, and Social Context in Oaxaca (SA)
Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum
The University of Utah offers students the exciting opportunity to apply their proficiency in a second language to the study of academic content in fields such as Art History, Communication, History, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science.
