Courses

These are the undergraduate courses normally offered at UBC that may have content suitable for the Latin American Studies major or minor. If a course should be here but is not, please contact the chair of the program.

ARCL_V 232 Ancient Latin America (3)

ARTH_V 261 Pre-Hispanic Arts of Central and South America (3)

HIST_V 250 Latin American History (3-6)
HIST_V 252 Modern Caribbean History (3)

LAST_V 100 Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)
LAST_V 201 Popular Culture in Latin America (3)
LAST_V 205 Issues of Development in Modern Latin America (3)

PORT_V 222 Introduction to the Analysis of Portuguese and Brazilian Cultures (in English) (3)

RMST_V 260 Introduction to the Analysis of Portuguese and Brazilian Cultures (3)
RMST_V 270 Introduction to Hispanic Cultures (3)
RMST_V 280 Revolution! (3)

SPAN_V 221 Introduction to Hispanic Literature (when taught with Latin America content) (3)
SPAN_V 222 Introduction to Hispanic Culture (when taught with Latin America content) (3)
SPAN_V 280 Revolution! (In English) (3)

ANTH_V 353 Ethnography of Latin America (3)

ARCL_V 323 Archaeological Foundations of Mesoamerica (3)
ARCL_V 324 Archaeological Foundations of South America (3)
ARCL_V 411  Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World (3-6)

ARTH_V 320 Entangled Worlds: Spain and Colonial Latin America (1500-1700) (3)
ARTH_V 342 Latin American Art: Modern and Contemporary (3)
ARTH_V 370 Arts of Mexico's Early Peoples (3)
ARTH_V 371 Arts of the Aztec period in Mexico (3)
ARTH_V 372 Maya Public Ritual Arts (3)
ARTH_V 373 Maya Arts of Everyday Life (3)
ARTH_V 442 Seminar in Contemporary Latin American Art (3)
ARTH_V 471 Seminar in Pre-Hispanic Art (3)

GEOG_V 395 Culture, Nature, and Coloniality in Latin America (3)
GEOG_V 495 Geographies of Social Movements in the Americas (3)

HIST_V 357 History of Mexico (3)
HIST_V 358 State and Society in 20th century Cuba (3)
HIST_V 359 A History of Brazil: From Colony to Nation (3)
HIST_V 453 Class and Culture in Latin America (3)
HIST_V 455 Gender and Sexuality in Latin America (3)

LAST_V 301 Human and Civil Rights in Latin America (3)
LAST_V 303 Indigenous Latin America (3)
LAST_V 315 Topics in Latin American Studies (3-6)
LAST_V 415 Seminar in Latin American Studies (3-6)

POLI_V 332 Politics and Government of Latin America (3-6)

PORT_V 392 Studies in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature (in English) (3)
PORT_V 405 Studies in Portuguese and Brazilian Culture (in English) (3)

RMST_V 361 Studies in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature (3)
RMST_V 372 Hopscotch: Topics in Hispanic Literature (3)
RMST_V 373 Masterpieces in Hispanic Literature (3)
RMST_V 375 The Caribbean: Frontiers of the Romance World (3)
RMST_V 376 Genre Adaptations in the Hispanic World (3)
RMST_V 460 Studies in Portuguese and Brazilian Culture (3)

SPAN_V 312 Hopscotch: Topics in Hispanic Literature (in English) (3)
SPAN_V 322 Dependency and Revolution in Latin American History and Culture (3)
SPAN_V 365 Modern Magics: Spanish-American Literature and Culture since the 1820’s (3)
SPAN_V 470 Imperial Eyes and Foundational Fictions: Topics in Spanish-American Colonial and Nineteenth-Century Culture (3-6)
SPAN_V 490 Peoples and Nations: Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Spanish-American Culture (3-6)
SPAN_V 495 Research Intensive Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Culture (3-6)

ANTH 205 The Anthropology of Insurrections and Revolution (3)

ARTH 371 Arts of the Aztec period in Mexico (3)

ECON 485 Political Economy (3)

FIST 332A Studies in Genre or Period (3)

GEOG 395 Culture, Nature, and Coloniality in Latin America (3)
GEOG 495 Geographies of Social Movements in the Americas (3)

GRSJ 306 Globalization and Social Justice: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in International Politics (3)
GRSJ 311 African/Black Women in the Americas (3)
GRSJ 315 Critical Racial Theories (3)
GRSJ 316 Queer and Trans of Colour Theorizing (3)
GRSJ 320 Feminist Anti-Racist Pedagogies (3)
GRSJ 415 Critical Racial and Anti-Colonial Feminist Approaches (3)

HIST 403H Brazil and the World (3)
HIST 490R 201 Migration in the Americas (3)

LAST 100 Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)
LAST 201 Popular Culture in Latin America (3)
LAST 303 Indigenous Peoples of Latin America (3)

POLI 332 d Politics and Government of Latin America (3-6)

RMST 305 Introduction to Romance Language Cinema (3)

SOCI 301 Sociology of Development and Underdevelopment (3)

SPAN 302 Intermediate Spanish II (3)
SPAN 312C Hopscotch: Topics in Hispanic Literature (in English) (3)
SPAN 364 Colonial Encounters in Spanish-American Literature and Culture (3)
SPAN 365 Modern Magics: Spanish-American Literature and Culture since the 1820s (3)
SPAN 490E Peoples and Nations: Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Spanish-American Culture (3)
SPAN 495 d Research Intensive Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Culture (3-6)

ANTH 205, The Anthropology of Insurrections and Revolution, 2023W, 2 (term 2)

HIS 403D, Migration in the Americas, 2023W, 2 (term 2)

ECON 392, Topics in Economics: Economic History of Latin America, 2023W, 2 (term 2)
ECON 485, Political Economy, 2023W 1 (term 1)

GRSJ 226, Human Rights and Artistic Expression: Thinking Beyond the Legal
GRSJ 311 African/Black Women in the Americas (3)
GRSJ 315 Critical Racial Theories (3)

LAST 315A, Topics in Latin American Studies—Food in Mexico and Central America (3)

POLI 220 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)

RMST 202, Introduction to Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern, 2023W (Term 2)
RMST 301, Prose Fiction and Non-Fiction of the Romance World, 2023W 1 (Term 1)

SOCI 414 Feminist Theory, 2023W 1 (Term 1)

ANTH_V 203: Anthropology of Drugs, with Dr. Muehlmann, Term II

LAST_V 100, Introduction to Latin American Studies (LAST_V 100-102 - Term 1)
LAST_V 205, Issues of Development in Modern Latin America (LAST_V 205-201 - Term 2)
LAST_V 301, Human and Civil Rights in Latin America (LAST_V 301-101 - Term 1)
LAST_V 303, Indigenous Latin America (LAST_V 303-201 - Term 2)

ECON_V 485: Political Economy, with Dr. Ferraz.

POLI_V 332: Politics and Government of Latin America, with Dr. Cameron, Term II

SPAN_V 364 Colonial Encounters in Spanish-American Literature and Culture, with Dr. Beauchesne