Section Info: LATAM-180-01

Course Title: Introduction to Latin American Cultures
Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025
Term: Spring Semester 2025
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    
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   09:00AM - 10:15AM   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: 28     Enrollment: 28     Available: 0     Waitlist: 1
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.