Latin American Studies (LASP)
LASP 501 - Contemporary Latin America (3 Credits)
Analysis and discussion of contemporary Latin American history and the sociocultural forces that have contributed to define this area's national identities. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisites: Placement at 300-level on Phase II placement exam or C or better in SPAN 303. Department permission required for transfer students.
Cross-listed course: SPAN 501
LASP 541 - Colonial Spanish-American Literature to Neoclassicism (3 Credits)
Survey or pre-Columbian poetry and of texts dating from the time of Columbus to the end of the Colonial period.
Cross-listed course: SPAN 541
LASP 548 - Art of the U.S. South and Afro-Caribbean (3 Credits)
An expansive study of art, material culture, and popular culture by people of African descent in the U.S. South, and of Afro-Caribbean lineage, which understands these two regions as importantly intertwined.
Cross-listed course: ARTH 548