NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Latin American &Latino Studies

Location: 1525 UH; Phone: (312) 996-2445.

LALS            101
         Introduction to Latin American Studies
       3 hours.   Cultural Diversity course.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

LALS            104
         Introduction to Puerto Rican Studies
       3 hours.    

LALS            105
         Introduction to Mexican Studies
       3 hours.    

LALS            127
         Latin American Music
       3 hours.  Same as MUS 127. Cultural Diversity course. Instructor Approval Required 

LALS            130
         Introduction to Comparative Politics
       3 hours.  Same as POLS 130.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture-Discussion.

LALS            161
         Introduction to Latin American History
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 161. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            200
         Expository Writing on Latin American and Latino Topics
       1 hours.  Must be taken concurrently with the first or second 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies course taken after declaration of the major. For Latin American and Latino Studies majors only. Instructor Approval Required 

LALS            225
         Racial and Ethnic Groups
       3 hours.  Same as SOC 225. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; or consent of the instructor. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            240
         Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica
       3 hours.  Same as AH 274. Prerequisite(s): Three hours of art history at the 100 level or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            242
         Government and Politics of Latin America
       3 hours.  Same as POLS 242. Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level course in Latin American and Latino studies or political science.  

LALS            256
         European-Indigenous Interaction in Latin America
       3 hours.  Same as ANTH 256. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            261
         Latin America to 1850
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 261. Cultural Diversity course.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture-Discussion.

LALS            270
         Ethnography of Meso-America
       3 hours.  Same as ANTH 277. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            272
         Brazil: A Multi-Ethnic Society
       3 hours.  Same as ANTH 278. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            276
         Latinas in the United States
       3 hours.  Same as GWS 276, and SOC 226.  

LALS            290
         Mexican-American History
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 290.  

LALS            295
         Latino Literary Studies
       3 hours.  Same as ENGL 295 and SPAN 295. Cultural Diversity course.  

LALS            299
         Independent Study
       3 TO 6 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): A 2.50 grade point average. Open to undergraduate students with consent of the appropriate instructor and the Latin American and Latino Studies director.  This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the degree and the major.

LALS            382
         Race and Citizenship in the Americas
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level LALS courses; junior standing or above or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            391
         Seminar in Latin American Studies
       3 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level LALS courses; junior standing or above or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            491
         Interdisciplinary Seminar in Latin American Studies.
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Any two 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies courses or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

LALS            495
         Interdisciplinary Seminar in Latino Studies
       3 OR 4 hours.  3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Any two 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies courses or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            499
         Advanced Independent Study
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Open, with consent of the instructor, to graduate students and Latin American and Latino studies majors with at least a 3.00 grade point average. Students in other programs or with lower than a 3.00 grade point average are admitted at the instructor's discretion only.  This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the undergraduate degree and the major.

LALS            502
         Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies
       4 hours.  May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            561
         Colloquium on Latin American History
       4 hours.  Same as HIST 561. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.  

LALS            596
         Independent Study
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.