LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION
Latin American culture and society from an interdisciplinary perspective; historical developments from pre-Columbian times to the present; political movements; economic problems; social change; ecology in tropical Latin America; legal systems; literature and the arts; cultural contrasts involving the US and Latin America; land reform; labor movements; capitalism, socialism, imperialism; mass media.
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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze Latin American culture and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine historical developments from pre-Columbian times to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify political movements, economic problems, social change, and ecology in Latin America. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze Latin American culture and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine historical developments from pre-Columbian times to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify political movements, economic problems, social change, and ecology in Latin America. Audience: Undergraduate
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- LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION · 3-4 credits.