NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Latin American &Latino Studies

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

LALS            102
         Introduction to Latino Studies
       3 hours.   US Society, and World Cultures course.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

LALS            103
         Introduction to Latino Urban Studies
       3 hours.   US Society course.  

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

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

LALS            109
         Introduction to Latin American and Latino Cultural Studies
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Open only to freshmen and sophomores or consent of the instructor. US Society, and World Cultures course.  

LALS            127
         Latin American Music
       3 hours.  Same as MUS 127. Creative Arts, and 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            229
         Sociology of Latinos
       3 hours.  Same as SOC 229. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 or LALS 102 or SOC 105 or LALS 103; or consent of the instructor. Individual and Society, and US Society 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. Instructor Approval Required 

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

LALS            257
         Archaeology of North America
       3 hours.  Same as ANTH 226. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

LALS            258
         Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
       3 hours.  Same as ANTH 227, and GEOG 207. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102; or sophomore standing or above; or consent of the instructor.  

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

LALS            278
         Latin American/Latino Film Studies
       3 hours.  Same as SPAN 278. Prerequisite(s): LALS 101 or LALS 102 or LALS 109.  

LALS            283
         Latinos and Politics
       3 hours.  Same as POLS 209. US Society course.  

LALS            286
         Issues in Latino Identity
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): LALS 102.  

LALS            288
         History of Modern Puerto Rico
       3 hours.  Same as HIST 288.  

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

LALS            301
         Research Methods in Latin America and Latino Studies
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level LALS courses; LALS major or minor or consent of the instructor; junior standing or above or consent of the instructor.  

LALS            380
         Social Movements in Latin America
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level 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            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.  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.