American Studies

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.)