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.   World Cultures course.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

LALS            104
         Introduction to Puerto Rican Studies
       3 hours.   World Cultures course.  

LALS            105
         Introduction to Mexican Studies
       3 hours.   World Cultures course.  

LALS            108
         Indigenous Culture Change in Latin America
       3 hours.   World Cultures course.  

LALS            127
         Latin American Music
       3 hours.  Same as MUS 127. World Cultures course. Instructor Approval Required 

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

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 AAST 225 and SOC 225. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; or consent of the instructor. Individual and Society, and US Society course.  

LALS            227
         Spain: 1469 to 1808
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 227. Individual and Society, and Past course. Departmental Approval Required 

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            251
         History of Race Relations in America
       3 hours.  Same as AAST 200, and HIST 251.  

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

LALS            263
         Latin American Colonial Art
       3 hours.  Same as AH 263. Prerequisite(s): Three hours of art history at the 100 level, or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

LALS            266
         Mexico Since 1850
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 266. Past, and World Cultures 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. Individual and Society, and World Cultures course.  

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. US Society 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. Instructor Approval Required This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the degree and the major.

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            395
         Seminar in Latino 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. Instructor Approval Required 

LALS            427
         Studies in Language Policy and Cultural Identity
       3 OR 4 hours.  Same as SPAN 427. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above. Reading and writing knowledge of Spanish. Departmental Approval Required 

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.  

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. Instructor Approval Required This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the undergraduate degree and the major.

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. Instructor Approval Required