COMPARATIVE AMERICAS COURSES

FALL 08/SPRING 09

FALL SEMESTER 2008

AMST 237 African American History, 1444 – 1877
AMST 276 Voudou in Haiti –Voudou in Hollywood
AMST 278/LAST 279 Introduction to Latino Literatures and Cultures
AMST 297 Religion and the Social Construction of Race
AMST 291 Law, Race, and Literature: An Introduction to Critical Race Theory
AMST 307/LAST 301 Race Discourse in the Americas
DANC 205 Afro Brazilian Dance I African Continuum in South America Brazil
AFAM 226 Caribbean Societies: Contemporary Currents
LAST 226

Spanish American Literature and Civilization

LAST 245

Survey of Latin American History

LAST 268

The Idea of Latin America

LAST 277 Topics in Central American Literature: Myth and History in Central America
LAST 292 Sociology of Economic Change: Latin American Responses to Global Capitalism
LAST 302 Latin American Politics
LAST 319 Americans Across Borders: Latino Histories in Hemispheric Perspective
LAST 324 Political Authority and Mystification in Latin America and the Caribbean
LAST 385/AMST History of 'Black Music' in the Americas and Beyond

SPRING SEMESTER 2009

AMST 240 Literature and Theory of the US Border
LAST 219

Latin American Economic Development

LAST 226 Spanish American Literature and Civilization
LAST 271

Political Economy of Developing Countries

Updates may occur, please check back.  (Many of the following courses are cross listed with other departments, please check WESMAPS for a complete list of cross list numbers.)