Global economic trends impacting Latin American cities, with a focus on three urban planning issues: environment, employment and housing. Growing inequality , precarious employment , spatial segregation , and squatter settlements will be explored. Course Information: Same as US 220. Recommended background: LALS 101. Individual and Society course, and World Cultures course.
Course Information: Same as AH 274. Creative Arts course, and World Cultures course .
Investigation of special problems under the direction of a faculty member. Course Information: May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite (s): Consent of the instructor.
Course Information: Same as POLS 242. Prerequisite (s): Any 100-level course in Latin American and Latino studies or political science.
This course is designed as a general introduction to important topics in the study of Latin America and Chicanx and Latinx in the U.S. The course will focus on a wide range of subjects, including: Latina/o social theory, US foreign policy in Latin America, Latin American dictatorships and revolutions, Latin American political thought, political economy and the recent left turn in Latin America. While the material is presented chronological order, students will be asked to think critically about the present and its relationship to the past. The course also utilizes novels, memoirs and documentary films in order to provide as much exposure as possible to the different worlds that make up our object of study.
“Informed attendance” means that students have done the reading for that day and therefore have a sense of what will be covered in lecture. Classes will also include quizzes, activities and discussions with classmates as well as film screenings. There is no way to “make up” a missed class since it is a collective activity that cannot be recreated in another setting.
We expect that all graduating LALS seniors will have gained proficiency or competency in the following five areas: critical thinking, research methods, communication, language, and lifelong learning kkills.
Students need to complete LALS 1, Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies, and one additional lower-division Latin American and Latino Studies course prior to declaring the major. A junior transfer student may petition the department to satisfy the lower-division requirements with equivalent courses from a qualified institution.
All majors are encouraged to undertake either a field study in Latin America, the Caribbean, a Latino/a community in the U.S., or formal academic study abroad through the Education Abroad Program (EAP).
Students may study abroad through the Education Abroad Program (EAP), through UC Summer & Quarter Abroad Programs, or through independent programs. EAP offers opportunities for students to study in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago, Chile; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Madrid, Córdoba, Granada, and Barcelona in Spain.
The following are two recommended academic plans for undertaking basic preparation for the Latin American and Latino studies major. Plan One is a guideline for students who commit to the major early in their academic career. Plan Two is for transfer students.
The combined major options, requiring fewer courses than a double major, are established with the politics and sociology departments.
The LALS faculty considers awarding honors in the major based on overall student academic performance in courses that count towards the major. To receive the strongest consideration for honors in the major the following grade point average (GPA) criteria must be met: highest honors, 4.0; honors, 3.7.