850/644-9121Graduate Courses
ANG 5134 (3) Nautical Archaeology of the Americas*
Students will study human interactions with bodies of water, particularly in the maritime environment. Illustrated presentations, readings, and discussions will focus on a variety of cultures and watercrafts built or used in the Americas.
ANG 5169r (3) Regional Civilizations in Ancient Mesoamerica
Each topic focuses on a regional civilization of Mesoamerica (such as Maya, Olmec, or Mixtec). Aspects of prehistoric society covered include subsistence systems, trade, social and political organizations, ideology, calendrics and astronomy, language and writing, artifacts, architecture, sculpture and painting. Format is seminar with presentations, research reports, and discussion. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ANG 5269 (3) Economic and Ecological Approaches in Anthropology*
Seminar on current literature and theories in ecological and economic anthropology, including debate between cultural ecologists and structural Marxists and between archaeology and related disciplines (landscape geography, social anthropology). Selected topics related to consumption, commodities, exchange, and gender. Controversies over foragers and egalitarian societies.
ANG 5309 (3) Conquest of the Americas
This course examines the conquest of the Americas. It explores the arts of domination, power, and resistance and specific historical encounters where such arts are employed.
ANG 5337 (3) Peoples and Cultures of Amazonia
This course explores problems of similarity, difference, divinity and nature/culture with Amazonia. It addresses the conceptual problem of where one culture ends and another begins with regard to Amazonian peoples. Topics include regional networks of trade, similar knowledge systems (shamanism, myth and ritual), rainforest ecosystems and analogous social principles.
ANG 5491r (3) Seminar in Social Anthropology*
May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.
ANG 5677r (3) Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology*
Topics offered will include strong methodological and theoretical components, combined with in-depth coverage of an area or thematic subject. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 5527 (3) West African Art and the Diaspora: Brazil, Haiti, the United States and Suriname
This course is intended to invest students with an appreciation for and an ability to identify and discuss the arts of 18th, 19th and 20th century West African societies. It will also examine the impact of those arts on the mind and spirits of Black populations in the Americas by giving students a framework for understanding how these arts work within the social and cultural contexts.
ARH 5869r (3) Seminar in the History and Criticism of Art*
May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
COM 6400r (3) Seminar in Communication Theory
Analysis of existing theoretical perspectives and new developments in communication theory. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours. Duplicate registration is allowed.
EDF 5710r (3) Contemporary Readings in American Education*
Examines selected readings on current educational problems and issues. May be repeated once for a total of six (6) semester hours. Different texts are used in course each time it is offered and instructors vary.
GEA 5195r (3) Advanced Area Studies*
In-depth study of a particular world region, including Europe, Latin America, and East Asia.
GEO 5353 (3) Human Dimensions of Global Environment Change*
Course surveys the multiple ways in which humans have initiated or accelerated changes in the earth's biophysical environment, including population growth, resource depletion, pollution and species destruction. It relates these topics to contemporary geographical theory.
GEO 5358 (3) Environmental Conflict and Economic Development*
Examines controversies over the use, transformation, and destruction of nature, including political ecology.
GEO 5934r (3) Seminar in Current Topics*
A variety of subjects is offered on an occasional basis under the heading of "Special Topics." Recent offerings include the Geography of Hunger, Advanced GIS, and Globalization.
HIS 6934r (4) Special Topics in History*
Offers (usually in a seminar or colloquium format) highly concentrated courses of a topical nature or examines specific segments of national or regional histories not covered in graduate courses or in depth in the fields of European, American, Asian, or Latin American History. May be repeated to a maximum of sixty-four (64) semester hours when topics and content changes.
LAH 5439 (4) History of Mexico
Covers the history of Mexico from the great Indian empires to the present, emphasizing the 19th and 20th centuries. Deals with cultural and social history as well as political movements. Also treats Mexican historiography.
LAH 5475 (3) History of the Caribbean
LAH 5609 (4) History of Brazil
The history of Latin America's largest and most populous nation from its colonial origins to the present. Special topics such as recent democratic and authoritarian political regimes and the role of the military are treated in detail.
LAH 5727 (4) Race and Class in Colonial Latin America
Comprehensive examination of Latin America from 1492 to 1830, with emphasis on native and African reactions to colonial rule and the creation and growth of multi-ethnic groups and their solidification into classes.
LAH 5749 (4) Social Revolutionary Movements in Latin America
Thematic coverage of the history of social revolutionary movements in Latin America, studying such revolutions as the Mexican, Cuban, and Bolivian examples. Special emphasis on the historiography of revolutions within and outside the area.
Modern Languages and Linguistics
May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
SPN 5900r (3) Studies in Hispanic Languages and Literature*
May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
SPW 5356 (3) Early and Modern Spanish American Poetry through Modernism
Study of the major tendencies and representative poets from the sixteenth century to the Modernist period.
SPW 5357 (3) Contemporary Spanish American Poetry since Modernism
A comprehensive study of the major trends, figures, and schools of Spanish American poetry since Modernismo.
SPW 5365 (3) Spanish American Prose (Nonfiction)
Study of the major tendencies and representative nonfiction prose writers up to the Contemporary period.
SPW 5385 (3) Early and Modern Spanish American Prose Fiction to 1927
Study of the major tendencies and representatives of prose fiction, up to the Modernistas and Mundonovista novel and short story.
SPW 5386 (3) Contemporary Spanish American prose since 1927
A comprehensive overview of Spanish American prose fiction since the advent of Jorge Luis Borges's short stories and the genres of the novel and the short story, covering trends from the avant-garde to neorealism, neo-naturalism, cosmopolitanism, and sociopolitical content.
SPW 5496 (3) Spanish American Women Writers
The study of Spanish American women writers, focusing on prose fiction, non-fiction and/or drama. Supplementary readings from critical and theoretical works.
SPW 5497 (3) 20th Century Spanish American Drama
A study of literary, presentational, and theoretical trends in contemporary Spanish American theater.
SPW 5757 (3) 20th Century Mexican Prose
An analysis of the novels, stories and essays of the outstanding writers of 20th-century Mexico.
SPW 6934r (3) Topics in Hispanic Language and Literature*
Designed to cover topics not otherwise available in the curriculum. Topics will vary and a particular topics will be announced at least one semester in advance. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
SPW 6939r (3) Seminar on a Spanish American Author
An in-depth study of the life and works of a major Spanish American author. The subject of this seminar will vary from year to year. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.
MUH 5546 (3) Music of Latin America I
A study of the diverse musical cultures of Latin America, including Native American, European, African, and Asian derived, and syncretic or mestizo forms.
MUH 5547 (3) Music of Latin America II
A study of the religious and art music of Latin America from the Colonial Period to the present.
MUH 5548 (3) Music of the Caribbean
A survey of the music of the Caribbean Basin from Cuba to Trinidad Tobago, the coastal regions of northern Venezuela and Colombia, and the eastern coasts of Central America and Mexico.
CPO 5934r (3) Selected Topics*
Varies with instructor and semester. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
URP 5424 (3) Sustainable Development Planning in the Americas
Examines various dimensions of the “sustainable development” paradigm and its local-global policy implications, issues, and controversies with a focus upon North America and Latin America. Organized in three modules: 1) environmental philosophies that have influenced the movement; 2) North American approaches to planning for sustainable development; and 3) critical issues of sustainable development in Latin America.
Note: All courses marked with an asterisk (*) and additional special topics courses and senior seminars will count toward either a major or minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies if the content deals in part with Latin America and/or the Caribbean and assigned research papers are written on issues from the region. Students are advised to keep syllabi and research papers from these courses for verification purposes.