The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.
5000. Seminar in Latin American Studies
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Interdisciplinary introduction to graduate level study of Latin America.
View Classes »5100. Comparative Transnational Latin(o) American History
Critical issues in diverse U.S. Latina/o histories and forces that contributed to the arrival of people of Latin American and Caribbean heritage to the United States. Topics include: the epistemological origins and historiographical traditions of the field; U.S. empire; labor, migration, and diaspora; border formations; constructions of gender and sexuality; and comparative racialization.
View Classes »5105. Special Topics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
5110. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 15 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
5300. Special Topics in Puerto Rican and Latin American Studies
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Intensive study of specialized topics not ordinarily covered in the graduate curriculum, taught by visiting scholars or joint appointment faculty.
View Classes »5360. Latinos and U.S. Education
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Latinos and U.S. education.
View Classes »5390. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
5525. Race, Immigration, and Reproduction
This interdisciplinary course considers intersections of race, immigration, and reproduction within the United States and in a transnational context.
View Classes »5622. The Historical Literature of Latin America
Also offered as: HIST 5622
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
The history and historiography of postcolonial Latin America, with particular attention to shifting notions of race, nation, and citizenship, and the emergence of new spatial configurations and social groups pressing for political inclusion and economic rights.
View Classes »5800. Race in the Formation of the Human Sciences
Also offered as: ANTH 5800, PHIL 5800, POLS 5800
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed PHIL 5380.
Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of how race and the human sciences emerged out of the theological, epistemological, and political upheavals that resulted in the Euromodern world.
View Classes »5890. Latin American Studies Project
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Independent, interdisciplinary research project culminating in a written paper, developed by the student under the supervision of a committee consisting of a first and second reader. The first reader will be the major advisor on the project. Capstone course for the master's degree, to be taken after all other course requirements are completed.
View Classes »6470. Racial Justice and Decoloniality in Higher Education Teaching
Also offered as: AFRA 6470, EDLR 6470
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: EDLR 5201, 6467; GRAD 6000, 6001.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theory and practice of how teaching within a higher education context can work toward racially equitable learning experiences and decoloniality of the classroom.
View Classes »6621. Caribbean Literature and Thought
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Examination of hispanophone, francophone, and anglophone works of literature and thought from the 20th and 21st century insular and coastal Caribbean. Course discussions focus on the aesthetic and conceptual strategies Caribbean writers employ in response to the literary, intellectual, and sociopolitical contexts that bring their work into being.
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