Section Info: LATAM-180-01

Course Title: Introduction to Latin American Cultures

Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024

Term: Fall Semester 2024

Description: Examines the confrontation, assimilation, and transformation of Amerindian, African, and European cultures in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present. Focuses on the processes in which distinctive self-images emerged in the region and how these images have been challenged and changed over time. Uses films, literature, and folk traditions to complement scholarly analysis of the emergence of a New World mentality.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Dimaris Barrios-Beltrán		dbarrios@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	11:30AM - 12:45PM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
LATAM0001	LATAM: Latin American Studies minor	This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor.

Cross-listed Sections

LATAM-180-01 Intro to Latin American Cultrs

HIST-180-01 Intro to Latin American Cultrs

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 10	Enrollment: 14	Available: 0	Waitlist: 2

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.