LACS	Latin American & Caribbean Studies  International Institute, University of Michigan

For a LACS major, basic program requirements are: 30 credits at the 300 level or higher, including at least one course in each of these areas: Anthropology, History, Literature, and Politics, as well as a senior thesis or paper (LACS 399). Double majors are welcome; Study Abroad credits will in many cases count towards your LACS major.

For a LACS Academic Minor, basic requirements are: 15 credits (300 level or higher); no more than 6 credits from any single department; only 1 course may also count towards your major concentration.

For more information, contact the LACS Undergraduate Advisor at 763-0553.

Anth 386. Early Civilizations. (4) The long-term development of pre-Columbian Latin American civilizations, including the Aztec, Maya, and Inca. Jeffrey Parsons (jpar@umich.edu) TTh 10-11:30, G127 Angell

Anth 417. Indians of Mexico and Guatemala. (3) Overview of Indian groups in Mexico and Guatemala: Maya, Nahuatl (Aztec), Zapotec, Mixtec, Huichol, Mixe, Tarascans, etc.; focus on social and political organization, world view and religion, subsistence, settlement patterns, etc. Joyce Marcus (joymar@umich.edu) MW 2-3:30, 2009 Museum

Anth 439. Economic Anthropology and Development. (3) Intro to anthropology and development in rural, village-based, tribal, peasant, urbanizing and industrializing societies and cultures of the Third World: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. Maxwell K Owusu (omk@umich.edu) TTh 1-2:30, B134 LSA

Anth 488. Prehistory of Mexico. (3) Prehispanic culture sequence for Mesoamerica outside the Maya region, 8000 BC to AD 1519. Kent V Flannery (kflanner@umich.edu) TTh 1-2:30, 2009 Museum

Anth 491. Prehistory of the Central Andes. (3) Pre-Columbian Andean civilizations from the terminal Pleistocene through the European contact period (16th century). Jeffrey Parsons (jpar@umich.edu) TTh 2:30-4, 2009 Museum

*LACS 618 / Anth 618 / Hist 618. The Incas: Andean and Spanish Ideas About Their History and Social Organization. (3) Sabine MacCormack. T 2-5pm, 2151 Angell

Hist 477. Latin America: The National Period. (4) History of Latin America from the early nineteenth century until the present; temporal narrative will be organized around these themes: (1) state formation; (2) elite and popular relations; and (3) forms of capitalist development and transformations in class relations. Fernando Coronil (coronil@umich.edu) TTh 11:30-1pm, 1200 Chem
UC 490.001. Spanish-language section. (Must be enrolled in discussion section 4, W 2:30-4.) (1).

Hist 478. Topics in Latin American History. Section 001 - Law, Race, and Citizenship in Comparative Perspective: Cuba and the United States. (3) Law and society during a process of radical political and social transformation: the end of slavery and the redefining of the boundaries of race and citizenship. Rebecca Scott (rjscott@umich.edu) and Richard Pildes. T 2:30-4:30, 951 LR (Law School)

CAAS 558.001 (Meets with Inst Hums 611.001 and American Culture 699.001). Prosperos, Calibans, Mirandas, and Others: Race and Gender in the New World. (3) Carroll Smith-Rosenberg and Arlene Keizer. W 1-4, 210 West Hall.

French 363. Caribbean Studies. Section 001 - Desiring Across Borders: Métissage, Gender, and Identity in the French Caribbean. (in French) (3) Cross-racial and cross-cultural desire as metaphors and/or allegories of identity as a form of métissage in literary, political, and other cultural discourses. Jarrod Hayes (hayesj@umich.edu) MWF 11-12, B116 MLB

*French 670. African-Caribbean Literature: Litterature de combat. J. Hayes. M 3-6, 2108 MLB

RC, Core 324. Readings in Spanish. Section 001 - Mujer y escritura en América Latina: hogar, nación e identidad en el siglo XX. (4) Las diferentes construcciones del sujeto femenino en relación con los espacios físicos y metafóricos habitados por las protagonistas en la narrativa de varias escritoras latinoamericanas del siglo XX. Leeremos novelas cortas y cuentos de María Luisa Bombal, Beatriz Guido, Sylvia Lago, Luisa Valenzuela y Cristina Peri Rossi, entre otras autoras. Olga Lopez-Cotin (olcotin@umich.edu)

RC, Core 324. Readings in Spanish. Section 002 - Organización comunitaria latina y las ciencias sociales aplicadas: un análisis interdisciplinario. (4) Distintos movimientos latinos que han surgido dentro de las discrepancias ideológicas de los sistemas sociales dominantes. Duntley-Matos

RC, Core 324. Readings in Spanish. Section 003 - Fronteras mexicanas. (4) Las diversas fronteras que se encuentran en Mexico. Lecturas incluyen textos literarios y visuales. Hempel (mrodri@umich.edu)

RC, Core 324. Readings in Spanish. Section 004 - Educación y reforma en América Latina. (4) Los cambios en la educación primaria durante los últimos diez años centrándose específicamente en los casos de Paraguay y México y en su definición de la educación como vehículo de transformación social. Yonker

Spanish 320. Introduction to the Study of Literature. (3) (Various sections; not all focus on Latin America.)

Spanish 341. Introduction to Latin American Cultures. (3) Various aspects of Latin American Culture focusing on its historical development from pre-Columbian times to present day. John McKay (jsmckay) MWF 3-4, B134 MLB

Spanish 380 / Amer. Cult. 380 / Film-Video 380. Studies in Transnational Media. (3) Looks at films, TV programs, and community-based videotapes that reflect the global movement of ideas, talent, production capital, cultural forms, and people, with an emphasis on the transnational flow of film and TV in the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking world. Catherine Benamou (cbenamou@umich.edu) TTh 10-11:30, 3518 Frieze, and W 7-10pm, 2412 MLB

Spanish 382. Survey of Latin American Literature, II. (3) The main literary and cultural trends in 20th-century Latin American poetry, prose, and theater. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola (aherrero). MWF 11-12, 445 Dennison

Spanish 470. Latin-American Literature, 16th to 19th Centuries. Section 001 - Colonial Satire. (3) Overview of satirical writings in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Maria Soledad Barbon. MWF 12-1pm 232 Dennison

Spanish 475. Latin American Narrative of the 20th Century. Section 001 - The Latin-American Best-seller. (3) Should the academy examine and study best-sellers? Why have so many Latin American novels become best-sellers in the last 30 years? Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola (aherrero@umich.edu) MWF 10-11, 222 West Hall

Spanish 475. Latin American Narrative of the 20th Century. Section 002 - Cuban Narrative and National Performance. (in Spanish)(3) An intensive analysis of the historical events, intersecting ideological narratives, cinematic presentations, political evolution, and personal experiences that create a contemporary Cuban and Cuban-American identity. Lucia Suarez (suarez@umich.edu) TTh 11:30-1, 120 Dennison

Spanish 485. Case Studies in Peninsular Spanish and Latin American Literature. Section 002 - Hispaniola: One Island, Two Nations. (3) Dominican lit in relation to Dominican-American (Latina/o) writing; and Haitian lit with respect to the literary production of the Haitian diaspora. Lucia Suarez. TTh 8:30-10, 3004 Frieze

Spanish 488. Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures. Section 001 - Popular Literary Consciousness in Narrative and Drama. (3) Three Latin American novels written between 1900 and 1950, as well as important theatrical pieces. Course will focus on how literature registers in novels and in theater the creation of multiclass "populist" alliances. Javier Sanjines (sanjines@umich.edu). MWF 1-2pm, room tba.

Spanish 488. Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures. Section 002 - Crónicas andinas. (3) Different Andean voices on the Spanish conquest and the Inca past. Maria Soledad Barbon (mbarbon). MWF 2-3, 3444 Mason

*Spanish 855. Special Topics: Testimonio y recientes movimientos culturales en los andes. (3) Javier Sanjinés. M 3-6pm, 3004 Frieze

Note: since no Political Science courses on Latin America or the Caribbean will be offered, LACS will arrange for other courses to fulfill this concentration requirement. Please contact the LACS Undergraduate Advisor for more information.

History of Art 360.001/CAAS 380.001. Introduction to African Diaspora Arts in the Americas. (3) Will investigate cultural production generally set outside the category of "the fine arts," such as "folk art," pre-Lenten Carnival costume design and performances, sacred spaces, and multi-media religious objects made in Brazil, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and the US. Jacqueline R Francis (jrfranci@umich.edu) MW 1-2:30, 180 Tappan

LACS 399. Thesis-Writers' Seminar. (3) All students concentrating in Latin American and Caribbean Studies will enroll in this course for the term in which they will complete their senior thesis. David Frye (dfrye@umich.edu)

LACS 472. Elementary Quechua, II. (4) Serafin M Coronel-Molina

LACS 474. Intermediate Quechua, II. (4) Serafin M Coronel-Molina

LACS 476. Advanced Quechua, II. (4) Serafin M Coronel-Molina

*LACS 590.001. LACS Mini-Course: Public Health in Latin America, A Critical Appraisal. (1) Visiting Professor Jaime Breilh (Ecuador). Will meet MW 7-9 pm, 2609 SSWB, during the month of February 2001.

Study Abroad: Academic credit for Study Abroad programs, whether administered by U-M or by other universities, can in many cases be applied toward a LACS major. U-M academic year programs include Santiago (Chile) and Quito (Ecuador); summer programs include Mexico and the Dominican Republic. A new program in Brazil (summer and academic year) will begin in Summer 2001. Application deadlines generally are from January onward. For detailed information, please contact the Office of International Programs, G513 Michigan Union. For information on U-M courses taught in Mexico and Costa Rica, contact the School of Natural Resources and the Environment.

The following courses do not fulfill LACS requirements for the concentration or minor, but are of related interest:

Anth 258. Honors Seminar in Cultural Anthropology. Section 001 - Mexico: History and Identity. (3) David Frye (dfrye@umich.edu)

History 225. Europe and the New World. (3) The social and intellectual world(s) of the first European observers of America, and how the experience of this New World interacted with and fundamentally changed the way Europeans thought about themselves and the universe(s) they inhabited. Michael Wintroub (wintroub@umich.edu)

Hist of Art 194. First Year Seminar. Section 001 - In the Service of the Empire: Photography and Imperialism. (3) The uses of photography at different moments of colonial expansion in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and North America. Jasmine Amy Alinder (jalinder@umich.edu)

Hist of Art 272. 20th-Century Art: Modernism, The Avant Garde, The Aftermath. (4) Major artists and artistic movements of 20th-century Europe, U.S. and Latin America, with a focus on changes in the role of art in society. Jasmine Amy Alinder (jalinder@umich.edu)

Portug 150. First Year Seminar in Brazilian Studies. Section 001 - Breaking Gender and Racial Barriers in Brazil. (3) The condition of contemporary Brazilian women and African Brazilians - their struggle to gain cultural, economic, and socio-political equality. Niedja Fedrigo (niedja@umich.edu). Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~port150/

Spanish 420.001 / Amer. Cult. 420.001 - Latino/as in U.S. Film and Television. (4) Issues historically affecting Latino/a representation in U.S. audiovisual media, such as Hollywood's treatment of race and gender, casting practices, changing audience demographics, the legacy of Latino/a stereotyping, etc. Catherine Benamou

Spanish 448. Hispanic Culture Through Community Service Learning. (3) This course is for students interested in using the Spanish language within a social context and in interacting with local Latino/a communities. It integrates work within a Spanish-speaking community with academic readings and learning about U.S. Latino or Hispanic culture. Christina Jose-Kampfner