Section Info: HIST-180-01

Course Title: Introduction to Latin American Cultures

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: This course examines the histories and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean from the sixteenth century to the present, using an interdisciplinary approach. Students explore confrontations and transformations among Indigenous, African, and European cultures. The course provides insight into contemporary political, economic, social, cultural, and artistic realities. By analyzing cultural products, we address colonization, nation formation, geography, the environment, immigration, migration, race, ethnicity, and gender in these societies.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Adriana Pitetta		apitetta@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Tuesday and Thursday	10:30AM - 11:45AM	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.
PRI0001		Used to identify primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion

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: 25	Available: 0	Waitlist: 3

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.