Latin American Civilizations Sequence

LACS 16100-16200-16300. Introduction to Latin American Civilization I-II-III.

This is a three-quarter course sequence that introduces students to the history and cultures of Latin America, an area of the world that includes Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America), South America, and the Caribbean. Taking these courses in chronological sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies and is open to first-year students. This sequence is offered every year. 

Introduction to Latin American Civilization I

LACS 16100 (SOSC 26100; RDIN 16100; CRES 16101; ANTH 23101; HIST 16101)

Section 1: TR 11:00 – 12:20PM with Emilio Kourí

Section 2: TR 2:00 – 3:20PM with Emilio Kourí

Section 3: MW 1:30 – 2:50PM with Sarah Newman

Section 4: TR 12:30 – 1:50PM with Dain Borges

Section 5: MW 3:00 – 4:20PM with Claudia Brittenham

Autumn Quarter examines the origins of Indigenous civilizations in what we now call Latin America, with a focus on the political, social, and cultural dimensions of groups including the Maya, the Inca, and the Aztecs; the causes and consequences of the Spanish and Portuguese conquests; and the construction of colonial societies and economies in the 16th century.

Introduction to Latin American Civilization II

LACS 16200 (RDIN 16200; SOSC 26200; HIST 16102; CRES 16102; ANTH 23102)

Section 1: TR 11:00 – 12:20PM with Diana Schwartz Francisco

Section 2: TR 2:00 – 3:20PM with Diana Schwartz Francisco

Section 3: MW 1:30 – 2:50PM with Mauricio Tenorio

Winter Quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the wars of independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nineteenth century.

Introduction to Latin American Civilization III

LACS 16300 (ANTH 23103; HIST 16103; CRES 16103; SOSC 26300)

Section 1: TR 11:00 – 12:20PM with Brodwyn Fischer

Section 2: TR 2:00 – 3:20PM with Brodwyn Fischer

Section 3: TR 9:30 – 10:50PM with Diana Schwartz Francisco

Section 4: TR 9:30 – 10:50PM with Victoria Saramago

Spring Quarter focuses on the long twentieth century (1870+), with emphasis on how Latin American peoples and nations have grappled with the challenges of development, inequality, imperialism, revolution, authoritarianism, racial difference, migration, urbanization, citizenship, violence, and the environment.