Spring 2023 Latin American &Latino Studies

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

Last generated: Friday, May 19 2023 01:05 PM UTC

NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

LALS 101

Introduction to Latin American Studies

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

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
33032DIS - AD108:00 AM - 08:50 AMF1652BSBRodriguez, CMeet on campus
Departmental Approval Required
33033DIS - AD210:00 AM - 10:50 AMF1652BSBRodriguez, CMeet on campus
33040DIS - AD312:00 PM - 12:50 PMF1652BSBRodriguez, CMeet on campus
Departmental Approval Required
33039DIS - AD409:00 AM - 09:50 AMF1612BSBSturino, AMeet on campus
33035DIS - AD511:00 AM - 11:50 AMF3122SHSturino, AMeet on campus
33036DIS - AD601:00 PM - 01:50 PMF3112SHSturino, AMeet on campus
45205LEC - AL11:00 AM - 11:50 AMMW1452BSBRoa, CMeet on campus
Departmental Approval Required

LALS 102

Introduction to Latino Studies

3 hours. Past, and US Society course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
37805DIS - AD108:00 AM - 08:50 AMF1612BSBMartinez Aguilera, EMeet on campus
37808DIS - AD210:00 AM - 10:50 AMF1612BSBMartinez Aguilera, EMeet on campus
37806DIS - AD412:00 PM - 12:50 PMF3122SHMartinez Aguilera, EMeet on campus
37809DIS - AD509:00 AM - 09:50 AMF1652BSBQuiroa, KMeet on campus
37812DIS - AD611:00 AM - 11:50 AMFA0032LCAQuiroa, KMeet on campus
37807DIS - AD701:00 PM - 01:50 PMFA0032LCAQuiroa, KMeet on campus
37804LEC - AL10:00 AM - 10:50 AMMWF0012LCFHuerta, JMeet on campus

LALS 103

Introduction to Latino Urban Studies

3 hours. Individual and Society, and US Society course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
33042DIS - AD110:00 AM - 10:50 AMW3122SHGuzman, AMeet on campus
33044DIS - AD212:00 PM - 12:50 PMW1652BSBGuzman, AMeet on campus
33043DIS - AD302:00 PM - 02:50 PMW2112SHGuzman, AMeet on campus
33041LEC - AL109:00 AM - 09:50 AMMWJuarez, JMeet on campus

LALS 105

Introduction to Mexican Studies

3 hours. Past, and World Cultures course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
34567DIS - AD11:00 AM - 11:50 AMF3132THPereira Nikel, IMeet on campus
37022DIS - AD209:00 AM - 09:50 AMF1332BSBPereira Nikel, IMeet on campus
37023DIS - AD301:00 PM - 01:50 PMF3132THPereira Nikel, IMeet on campus
31429LEC - AL11:00 AM - 11:50 AMMW2082BHBada, XMeet on campus

LALS 127

Latin American Music

3 hours. Same as MUS 127. Creative Arts, and World Cultures course.

Music Lab Fee $30.00 Flat Fee.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
38508LEC11:00 AM - 11:50 AMMWFD0022LCDMcNally, J; Smith, RMeet on campus
31967LEC04:00 PM - 04:50 PMMWFD0012LCDMcNally, J; Smith, RMeet on campus

LALS 225

Racial and Ethnic Groups

3 hours. Same as BLST 225 and SOC 225. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100; or consent of the instructor. Individual and Society, and US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
28934LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR2012SESChetverikova, M; Springer, DMeet on campus

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.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
28815LEC09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTRARR2ONLAlvear, OMeet online at set times

LALS 240

Visual Culture of Ancient Mesoamerica

3 hours. Same as AH 274. Creative Arts, and World Cultures course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
37243LCDARRANGEDFinegold, AOnline with deadlines

LALS 262

Latin America Since 1850

3 hours. Same as HIST 262. Course is offered in both face-to-face and online formats. Check the class schedule for details on specific sections. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 161; or consent of the instructor. Past, and World Cultures course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture-Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
34198DIS - AD1ARRANGEDChavez, JOnline with deadlines
34199LCD - AS1ARRANGEDChavez, JOnline with deadlines

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. Creative Arts, and World Cultures course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
29206LCD03:00 PM - 04:15 PMMWA0022LCAOrtega, EMeet on campus

LALS 267

Introduction to U.S. Latinx Literature

3 hours. Same as ENGL 267. Creative Arts course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion and one Lecture.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
46692DIS - AD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMR2042GHArrizon-Palomera, EMeet on campus
46691LEC - AL12:30 PM - 01:45 PMT2042GHArrizon-Palomera, EMeet on campus

LALS 291

Topics in Latin America

3 hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Recommended background: LALS 101.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
46147LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR2152BSBAlvarez Velasco, SMeet on campus
Global migration across Americ Drawing upon interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship - mainly Critical Migration and Border Studies, Geographies of Mobilities and Migration and Latinx Studies - and focusing on exemplary case studies, the course addresses this central query: how has the tension between migrant mobilities and control formed and transformed the Americas? The course offers a historical approach to unpack this question, arguing that global mobilities and practices of control have formed and transformed the Americas from colonial times to the present. It will give particular attention to the last decades of the 20th century and the post-9/11 context, when the securitization of migration became a global phenomenon, and to the COVID-19 pandemic context, when the tension between migrant mobilities and control intensified across the Americas. By zooming in on exemplary case studies across the Americas, it will also provide a comparative perspective to critically understand the transformations that this tension has undergone over time and spaces.
46725LCD02:00 PM - 03:15 PMTRARR2ONLHarrington, JMeet online at set times
Blackness in Latin America Politics of Blackness in Latin America. Same as BLST 294. This course examines race, culture, and politics in Latin America from historical and contemporary perspectives with a particular emphasis on the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Country cases include the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil.

LALS 292

Topics in Latino Studies

3 hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45325LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMW2052LHDiaz Martin, EMeet on campus
3 hours Contemporary Latina Narratives Contemporary Latina Narratives. Same as GWS 294. From Abuelita Knowledge to Femme Tech: This course explores how Latina cultural producers narrate and come to understand their subject positions as sexed, gendered, (dis)abled, classed, and racialized subjects. Texts will be put in conversation with Chicana/Third-Space /Latina/Femme feminist theories.

LALS 295

Latino Literary Studies

3 hours. Same as ENGL 295 and SPAN 295. Creative Arts, and US Society course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
34442LCD03:00 PM - 04:15 PMMW3152BSBHuerta, J; Paredes-Ruiz, AMeet on campus

LALS 385

Latino Social Movements in the United States

3 hours. Prerequisite(s): LALS 102.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
46148LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR1172THSostaita, BMeet on campus
Undocumented Social Movements: Studies contemporary undocumented movements in the US, informed by and in solidarity with hemispheric migrant-led campaigns. This course considers questions of citizenship, surveillance, visibility, criminalization, and refusal. Includes worker-led and reproductive justice organizing, DREAM activism, UndocuPoets, Rainbow Caravans, and #AbolishICE campaigns.

LALS 403

Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Latin American and Latino Studies

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): LALS 301 and LALS 302; or graduate standing. Recommended Background: Credit or concurrent registration in LALS 501. Restricted to Graduate College or Liberal Arts & Sciences.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
31440LCD06:30 PM - 09:00 PMR1312BSBCintron, RMeet on campus
3 hours Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
31919LCD06:30 PM - 09:00 PMR1312BSBCintron, RMeet on campus
4 hours Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

LALS 433

Latin American Migration to the U.S.

3 OR 4 hours. Same as SOC 433. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
46414LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTR1152BSBSostaita, BMeet on campus
3 hours Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
46415LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTR1152BSBSostaita, BMeet on campus
4 hours Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

LALS 491

Topics in Latin American Studies

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Students may register for more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Any two 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies courses or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
36422LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMR3012LHFeldmann, AMeet on campus
3 hours Criminal Governance Latin Amer This advanced seminar offers a general overview of the relationship between politics and crime in contemporary Latin America. The seminar describes existing trends and analyzes the root sources behind the emergence and development of non-state actors challenging central states The seminar interrogates whether existing patterns differ from early periods and, if so, how. Special attention is given to examining the attributes and modus operandi of violent actors including guerrillas, paramilitary groups, and criminal organizations and the way in which states have confronted them through public security policies. Relatedly, the class examines the factors leading to rising levels of violence and the conditions informing the emergence of so-called criminal governance (i.e., instances in which criminal organizations displace the state and assume state-like functions or co-govern with the state through state-criminal linkages). While addressing this topic, a growing trend in the region, the seminar addresses critical concepts such as state fragility, citizen security, co-governance. The class draws upon important case studies including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago. Departmental Approval Required
36423LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMR3012LHFeldmann, AMeet on campus
4 hours Criminal Governance Latin Amer This advanced seminar offers a general overview of the relationship between politics and crime in contemporary Latin America. The seminar describes existing trends and analyzes the root sources behind the emergence and development of non-state actors challenging central states The seminar interrogates whether existing patterns differ from early periods and, if so, how. Special attention is given to examining the attributes and modus operandi of violent actors including guerrillas, paramilitary groups, and criminal organizations and the way in which states have confronted them through public security policies. Relatedly, the class examines the factors leading to rising levels of violence and the conditions informing the emergence of so-called criminal governance (i.e., instances in which criminal organizations displace the state and assume state-like functions or co-govern with the state through state-criminal linkages). While addressing this topic, a growing trend in the region, the seminar addresses critical concepts such as state fragility, citizen security, co-governance. The class draws upon important case studies including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

LALS 495

Topics in Latino Studies

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if. Students may register for more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Any two 200-level Latin American and Latino Studies courses or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
37273LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMW3042SHDowling, JMeet on campus
3 hours Latino/a Urban Inequalities Latino/a Urban Inequalities. Same as SOC 476. This course will engage current debates surrounding the role of geographic context in the creation and maintenance of racial inequalities. We will explore contemporary structural forces that contribute to the concentration of Latino/as in segregated neighborhoods, and the detrimental effects of housing inequality on Latino/a communities. The focus will be on mapping the contours of institutional discrimination as they affect urban landscapes. Topics to be discussed include: racially biased practices in housing access, environmental racism, educational disparities related to the allocation of resources by neighborhood, crime and police brutality, community activism, and cultural production. We will further examine the role of space and place in the development and persistence of community identities. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
37274LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMW3042SHDowling, JMeet on campus
4 hours Latino/a Urban Inequalities Latino/a Urban Inequalities. Same as SOC 476. This course will engage current debates surrounding the role of geographic context in the creation and maintenance of racial inequalities. We will explore contemporary structural forces that contribute to the concentration of Latino/as in segregated neighborhoods, and the detrimental effects of housing inequality on Latino/a communities. The focus will be on mapping the contours of institutional discrimination as they affect urban landscapes. Topics to be discussed include: racially biased practices in housing access, environmental racism, educational disparities related to the allocation of resources by neighborhood, crime and police brutality, community activism, and cultural production. We will further examine the role of space and place in the development and persistence of community identities. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.
38408LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM2692BSBBada, XMeet on campus
3 hours Latino/a Worker Rights Latino/a Worker Rights in Transnational Perspective. This seminar course offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of labor issues using a binational and transnational framework. The course will analyze major theoretical debates on labor and immigrant worker rights since 1986, placing special emphasis in the role of the Mexican and U.S. nation-states, unions, working centers, transnational labor advocacy organizations, and migrant-led organizations. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
38409LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM2692BSBBada, XMeet on campus
4 hours Latino/a Worker Rights Latino/a Worker Rights in Transnational Perspective. This seminar course offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of labor issues using a binational and transnational framework. The course will analyze major theoretical debates on labor and immigrant worker rights since 1986, placing special emphasis in the role of the Mexican and U.S. nation-states, unions, working centers, transnational labor advocacy organizations, and migrant-led organizations. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.
46736LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMRPaik, AMeet on campus
3 hours Border Regimes. Same as CLJ 493 and GLAS 490. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
46737LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMRPaik, AMeet on campus
4 hours Border Regimes. Same as CLJ 493 and GLAS 490. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

LALS 497

Community Research Internship

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above and consent of the instructor. Concurrent registration in LALS 498. Recommended Background: LALS 403. Restricted to Graduate College or Liberal Arts & Sciences.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
39952LCD06:00 PM - 08:30 PMM1312BSBCabrera, RMeet on campus
3 hours Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
39953LCD06:00 PM - 08:30 PMM1312BSBCabrera, RMeet on campus
4 hours Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago. Departmental Approval Required

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.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
27396CNFARRANGEDBada, X
11682CNFARRANGEDBorzutzky, D
11683CNFARRANGEDCintron, R
23427CNFARRANGEDDiaz Martin, E
36304CNFARRANGEDDowling, J
11684CNFARRANGEDFeldmann, A
23425CNFARRANGEDGarcia, L
29944CNFARRANGEDGoodman, A
36364CNFARRANGEDGutierrez, E
36581CNFARRANGEDInda, J
38843CNFARRANGEDMacias, P
38869CNFARRANGEDPotowski, K
36390CNFARRANGEDRoa, C
40211CNFARRANGEDSostaita, B
23428CNFARRANGEDTorres, M

LALS 502

Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies

4 hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
31441LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMW3052LHGarcia, LMeet on campus
Latinas in the United States "This graduate seminar introduces students to a range of issues and analytical approaches relevant to study of Latinas in the United States. While we will take into consideration the historical forces that inform the contours of Latinas lives, we will primarily concentrate on their contemporary experiences.

LALS 504

Proseminar in Latin American and Latino Studies

1 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatifactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Credit or cocurrent registration in LALS 501 or Credit or concurrent registration in LALS 502. Restricted to Graduate College. Instructor Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
31442DIS09:30 AM - 10:45 AMR1312BSBFeldmann, AMeet on campus

LALS 590

Directed Research

1 TO 4 hours. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): LALS 501 and LALS 502. Restricted to Graduate College. Instructor Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
33904CNFARRANGEDBada, X
33907CNFARRANGEDBorzutzky, D
41501CNFARRANGEDCabrera, R
33908CNFARRANGEDCintron, R
33937CNFARRANGEDDiaz Martin, E
33910CNFARRANGEDDowling, J
40063CNFARRANGEDFeldmann, A
39938CNFARRANGEDGarcia, L
42356CNFARRANGEDGoodman, A
33936CNFARRANGEDGutierrez, E
33906CNFARRANGEDInda, J
33905CNFARRANGEDJones, J
42313CNFARRANGEDMacias, P
33903CNFARRANGEDPallares, A
33909CNFARRANGEDRoa, C
33055CNFARRANGEDSostaita, B
33902CNFARRANGEDTorres, M

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

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
11688CNFARRANGEDBada, X
33056CNFARRANGEDBorzutzky, D
29186CNFARRANGEDCintron, R
33911CNFARRANGEDDiaz Martin, E
11691CNFARRANGEDDowling, J
37713CNFARRANGEDFeldmann, A
33938CNFARRANGEDGarcia, L
33939CNFARRANGEDGoodman, A
33057CNFARRANGEDGutierrez, E
29625CNFARRANGEDInda, J
23429CNFARRANGEDJones, J
33940CNFARRANGEDMacias, P
4 hours
23431CNFARRANGEDPallares, A
29945CNFARRANGEDSostaita, B
AAC for Autism, Sptrm Disorder Online
23432CNFARRANGEDTorres, M