Courses

Fall 2026 Latin American Studies Courses

AMST 3500 “Visual Cultures of the Americas"

Cole Rizki

ANTH 3480 Language and Prehistory 

Eve Danziger

Haitian Creole

Elementary Creole 1                             MWF                       10:20-11:20 

Intermediate Creole 1                           MWF                       12:00-12:50 

Advanced Creole                                   WF                            3:30-4:45

Elementary and Intermediate Creole classes build proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and provide an introduction to Creole studies. These classes also explore the following issues: health care, Haitian women's rights, and unpaid children servants.

HILA 2001, Colonial Latin America

Tom Klubock

HILA 3501, History Workshop: US-Latin America Relations

Tom Klubock

HILA 3051, Modern Central America (Tues/Thurs 11-12:15)  

Lean Sweeney

HILA 1500, Latin American Migration: History, Culture, Power (Tuesdays 2-4:30)

Lean Sweeney

Maya K'iche'

KICH 1010/5101  Beginner K'iche I       T/Th           3:00- 4:15pm (Central)  (online)  

The four-part sequence in Maya K'iche' (1010, 1020, 2010, 2020) is is designed to introduce students to three core content areas: K’iche’ language, Maya linguistics, and Maya culture.

POTR 4270, Becoming Brazil

Eli Carter

QUEC 1010, Elementary Quechua l

TuTh 10:05am - 11:20am

Ester Poveda 

In this course, students acquire basic skills of Quechua within units on culture and history, focusing on conversational routines and forms. Cultural topics include agricultural cycles, community practices, Andean spirituality, and multilingualism. Historical topics range from food cultivation through Chavin, Recuay, Wari, and Inca cultures, colonization, independence, and agrarian reform. Introduction of these topics will enrich language learning within the field of Quechua studies.