We have courses in popular culture, performance studies, visual arts, literature, urban studies, ethnography, history, and more! Each semester, faculty invite speakers, performers, and artists to visit and contribute to our courses. These guests also give public presentations and meet informally with students, enriching our curriculum and students’ educational experiences. Please consult the course catalog for a full listing of courses, as the following is just a sampling:

LATS 258 Latina/o Installation and Site-Specific Art

LATS 331 Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities

LATS 346 Latinos/as and the Media: From Production to Consumption

LATS 332 Latinos and Education: The Politics of Schooling, Language, and Latino Studies

LATS 386 Latinas and the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households

Courses for First Year Students

LATS 105 Latina/o Identities: Constructions, Contestations, and Expressions - This introductory course for the Latina/o Studies program provides an important foundation for other courses and for the concentration.

LATS 209 Spanish for Heritage Speakers: Introduction to Latina/o Cultural Production - This course is for Spanish heritage speakers, re-enforcing and building language skills in an interesting, engaging, supportive, and challenging environment.

Several of our two-hundred level courses are also appropriate for first year students:

LATS 203 Chicana/o Film and Video

LATS 220 Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City

LATS 235 Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000

LATS 240 Latina/o Language and Literature: Hybrid Voices in Contemporary Context

LATS 286 Latina/o History, From 1846 to the Present