LAS 210 Introduction to Latin American Studies
This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to Latin American Studies. It is organized chronologically and thematically, and considers three different periods: Pre-conquest societies; Colonial period through 1870; Modern Latin America. For each chronological period, the course explores key themes including: economic development, political and social organization, religion, migration and Diaspora, art, music, and literature, local and global relationships, and identity formation.