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Departments across the university offer many other courses that deal with the history, politics, and culture of Latin America. Each semester there are also special topics courses that offer diverse perspectives on Latin America. This wide range of courses provides students with a rich, interdisciplinary understanding of the role of Latin America in a globalized world.
Below is a listing of Mason courses that are relevant to Latin American studies.
ANTH 302 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 330 - Peoples and Cultures of Selected Regions: Non-Western (when focus is on Latin America)
ARTH 204 - Survey of Latin American Art
ARTH 376 - Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
ARTH 472 - Advanced Studies in 20th-Century Latin American Art
DANC 118 - World Dance (when focus in on Latin American dance)
ECON 361 - Economic Development of Latin America
ENGH 315 - Folklore and Folklife
ENGH 416 - Ethnicity and Migration in Folklore
GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America
GOVT 331 - Government and Politics of Latin America
GOVT 444 - Issues in International Studies (when focus is on Latin America)
HIST 271 - Survey of Latin American History*
HIST 272 - Survey of Latin American History*
*HIST 271 surveys the colonial era to 1825, while HIST 272 surveys development of independent Latin American since 1825. It emphasizes interactions of the United States and Latin America.
HIST 364 - Revolution and Radical Politics in Latin America
HIST 365 - Conquest and Colonization in Latin America
HIST 367 - History, Fiction, and Film in Latin America
HIST 525 - Problems in Latin American History
SPAN 315 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 322 - Introduction to Latin American Culture
SPAN 323 - Field Study in Hispanic Culture
SPAN 325 - Major Hispanic Writers (when focus is on Latin American writers)
SPAN 326 - Treasures of Spanish American Literature
SPAN 329 - Special Topics in Spanish and Latin America Literature (when focus is on Latin America)
SPAN 335 - Topics for Proficiency: The Americas
SPAN 388 - Introduction to Latina/o Studies
SPAN 390 - Introduction to Hispanic Literary Analysis
SPAN 466 - Latin American Civilization and Culture
SPAN 476 - Teaching Spanish in the United States
SPAN 486 - Topics in Latin American Literature
SPAN 487 - Topics in Latin American Literature II: Late 19th Century to the Present
SPAN 488 - The Literature of Spanish America
SPAN 500 - History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 551 - Special Topics in Spanish (when focus is on Latin America)
SPAN 580 - Contemporary Hispanic Institutions