Contemporary Transformations in the Americas

This concentration focuses on the political, economic, and socio-cultural transformations that have profoundly shaped the Americas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.  Courses in this concentration address issues such as authoritarian and democratic regimes of governance, state-interventionist and neoliberal economies, national and transnational forms of belonging, as well as the new modes of institutional exclusion and socio-cultural formation.  In choosing this concentration, students will grapple with key figures, events, and movements in the Americas.

Course Requirements

• Choose six courses from the following list*:
• LST 321 GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : BORDER ACTIVISM
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : ARABS IN THE AMERICAS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : CARIBBEAN VISIONS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LATIN AMERICAN/NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BRAZIL
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LITERATURE/IDENTITY/LATIN AMERICA
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : PERFORMING POWER IN BRAZIL
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : ARCHAEOLOGY/CATHOLIC MISSIONS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : COLONIAL PARADOX OF PUERTO RICO
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : REVOLUTIONS & PEASANT REBELLIONS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : CONTEMPORARY BRAZIL
• LST 348 INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : HEMISPHERIC ETHNOGRAPHY: PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : GLOBALIZATION & FILM IN THE AMERICAS

*Courses from other departments may count towards this concentration; consult your LALSP advisor for more information.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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