(CL06) Latin American Studies

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About this cluster:

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(This cluster is approved through Spring 2013)
Cluster Co-Coordinators: Cynthia Canejo (ccanejo@unca.edu), Kitti Reynolds, (kreynold@unca.edu)

Latin America includes the diverse regions of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and, in North America, Mexico.  In this cluster, students will explore Latin America through the lens of multiple disciplines—from political and economic systems and/or historical, environmental, and social developments to achievements in literature and the arts.  This interdisciplinary focus will provide the basis for a more holistic understanding of Latin America and a foundation for further studies.  Touching on issues such as structures of power, representation, appropriation and adaptation, syncretism, identity, gender, ecology, and religion, students will develop an increased awareness and a more global perspective on cultural and biological differences.  Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, or French and study abroad are encouraged.

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ILSN Courses

• BIOL 115 Concepts in Ecology and Evolution
• BIOL 322/ENVR 322 Tropical Ecosystems (Reynolds, Clarke)
• BIOL 323/ENVR 323 Tropical Ecosystems Field Experience (Reynolds, Clarke)
• BIOL 498 Undergraduate Research in Biology: Surinam/Guyana (Clarke)
• ENVR 130 Introduction to Environmental Science
• ENVR 373 Globalization, Indigeneity, and the Environment (Fariss)
• ENVR 472 Globalization and Its Impacts (Study Abroad in Peru) (Fariss) 

ILSS Courses

• ANTH 373 Cultural Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean (Fordyce)
• ANTH 373 Gender in Latin America and Caribbean (Fordyce, Kelley)
• ECON 314 Economic Growth and Development (Tatum)
• INTS 365 International Experiential Learning Project (Frank)
  • NOTE: INTS 365 has been removed as an ILSS course in Cluster 6. Students who took this course prior to the end of Summer 2010 may use it to fufill a cluster requirement.
• MCOM 482 International Mass Communication (West)
• POLS 368 Latin American Politics (Cornett)
• SOC 357 Development and Social Change in Latin America
• SOC 373 Gender in Latin America and Caribbean (Fordyce, Kelley)
• SOC 446 Working Class Organizations in North America, Europe, and Latin America (Frank) 

ILSA Courses

• ARTH 381 Art in Latin America (Canejo)
• ARTH 410 Modern Art of Mexico and Brazil (Canejo)
• ARTS 310 Caribbean Studies (Gant, Trautmann)
• ARTS 310 Postcolonial Francophone Arts (Malicote)
  • NOTE: This ARTS 310 topic has been removed as an ILSA course in Cluster 6. Students who took this course prior to the end of Summer 2010 may use it to fufill a cluster requirement.

Additional Cluster Courses

• FREN 435 Francophone Studies: The Antilles (Malicote)
  • NOTE: FREN 435 has been removed as an elective course in Cluster 6. Students who took this course prior to the end of Summer 2010 may use it to fufill a cluster requirement.
• HON 373 Contemporary Latino Literature and Culture in the U.S.
• SPAN 332 Survey of Spanish-American Civilization and Literature
• SPAN 400 The Spanish Language
• SPAN 410 Hispanic Film (topic determines Cluster applicability)
• SPAN 473 Caribbean Literature
• SPAN 481 Spanish American Literatures from Modernism through the 21st Century
• SPAN 495 Hispanic Studies: Voice of the Andes (Weldon)
• SPAN 495 Hispanic Studies: Understanding Cuban Revolution
• SPAN 499 Undergraduate Research in Spanish (topic determines Cluster applicability)