Section Info: SPAN-230AN-01

Course Title: Identities & Intersections: An Introduction: 'Animal Stories'
Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026
Term: Spring Semester 2026
Description: Throughout history, humans have depended on animals not only to survive but to understand the world and to express feelings and ideas. This course explores Latin American cultural landscapes through the study of our relationships with other animals via literary and visual representations. How does our coexistence with domestic and wild animals interact with how we view spirituality, science and technology, environment, economics, migration, and belonging? We will approach this question through different works, with particular focus on indigenous authors. Students will also have a chance to explore their own relationships with other animals.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Marco Avilés             maviles@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   10:00AM - 11:15AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: SPAN-212. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Taught in Spanish  
Course Tags        
CRPE0001   CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.  
LATAM0001   LATAM: Latin American Studies major   This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor.  
LATAM0001   LATAM: Latin American Studies minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor.  
ENVST-HUM   ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities   This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 19     Enrollment: 15     Available: 0     Waitlist: 4
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.