Latin American Studies (LAST)
LAST 0201 LAST Abroad: Cuba (0-6)
LAST 0202 LAST Abroad- Costa Rica (0-6)
LAST 0203 LAST Abroad- Brazil (0-3)
LAST 0204 LAST Abroad- Chile (0-6)
LAST 0205 LAST Abroad- Guatemala (0-6)
LAST 0206 LAST Abroad- Amazonian Cult En (0-6)
LAST 0208 LAST Abroad: Argentina (0-3)
LAST 0209 Last-Abroad-Grad Cuba (0-3)
LAST 1010 Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)
This course provides a basic historical, cultural, and socio-political introduction to the study of Latin America, including the Latinx influence on US culture and society. The class seeks to find cultural and historic continuity within this vastly diverse region relative to a complex history of exchange and interchange with the US and Europe. Students discuss the influence of foreign perceptions on our understanding of Latin America and Latinx America and survey how Latin American and Latinx artists, writers and intellectuals represent their nations and cultures to themselves and to the world. The class equips students for more advanced coursework on the region in a wide array of disciplines at Tulane. Focusing on the development of cultural understanding and intercultural communication and creating the foundations for area expertise, the class provides critical skills for numerous professions an increasingly globalized society and economy including business, social policy, public health, law and advocacy, among others.
LAST 1290 Semester Abroad (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 1890 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 1891 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 1892 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 1940 Transfer Coursework (0-20)
Transfer Coursework at the 1000 level. Department approval may be required.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 2390 Semester Abroad (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 2890 Service Learning (1)
LAST 2940 Transfer Coursework (0-20)
Transfer Coursework at the 2000 level. Department approval may be required.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3000 Approaches to Latin American Studies (3)
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Latin American Studies through the study of contemporary social, political, and cultural issues in the region. Addressing some of the most critical scholarly questions through a variety of disciplinary and theoretical lenses, the class examines the theoretical and practical meanings of interdisciplinarity while introducing students to canonical literature in the field of Latin American Studies. Through readings and discussion of texts from the humanities and social sciences, students develop an understanding of how various disciplinary perspectives contribute to an holistic understanding of the complexities of a world region. Critical to the class is to challenge external constructions of an issue or problem and to approach it on its own terms, from within its cultural context.
Course Limit: 2
LAST 3010 Approaches to Latinx Studies (3)
This course introduces students to the study of the Latinx diaspora and Latinx experience in the United States as a step toward a more holistic understanding of the region we call Latin America. Latin America and the US have long shared porous borders that blur easy division between histories and identities. This class looks at the United States’ historical relationship with Latin America to explore push and pull factors of Latinx immigration, regimes of migration and citizenship, borders and border cultures and emergent forms of political and social action. It introduces students to key theories on Latinx politics, culture and identity, introducing canonical texts in the field. Students will become familiar with interdisciplinary approaches and discipline-based theories of identity, assimilation, transnationalism, and citizenship, and other issues that contribute to the field of Latinx studies.
LAST 3130 Tps Cont Lat Am Cul Soc (3)
Interdisciplinary exploration of the cultures, history, social structures, and institutions of Latin American and Caribbean societies. Emphasis is placed on tracing the relationships among institutions such as the government, religion, economy, family, and tourism and cultural forms such as literature, performance, visual arts, music, film, and others. The focus of the course may be a single Latin American / Caribbean nation (Cuba, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, for example) or comparative. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3890 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3891 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3940 Transfer Coursework (0-20)
Transfer Coursework at the 3000 level. Department approval may be required.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3950 Special offerings (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3951 Special Offering (3)
LAST 3960 Special offerings (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 3961 Special Offering (3)
LAST 3962 Special Offering (3)
LAST 4000 Core Seminar (4)
Required of all senior students majoring in Latin American Studies. The Core Seminar develops students' capacity for interdisciplinary problem solving and understanding of Latin American culture, society, and politics. Topics vary but all involve bibliographical study, reading, and discussion culminating in preparation of individual papers.
LAST 4560 Internship Studies (1-3)
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4570 Internship Studies (1,3)
An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4890 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4891 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4892 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4893 Service 40-hours: LAST 4955 (1)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours. Corequisite(s): LAST 4955.
Corequisite(s): LAST 4955.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4895 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4910 Independent Study (1-3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4920 Independent Studies (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4940 Transfer Coursework (0-20)
Transfer Coursework at the 4000 level. Department approval may be required.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4950 Special offerings (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4951 Special Offerings (3)
LAST 4952 Special Offering (3)
LAST 4953 Special Offering (3)
LAST 4955 LAST Special Topics (3)
Corequisite(s): LAST 4893.
LAST 4960 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 4961 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4962 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4963 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4964 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4966 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4967 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4968 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4969 LAST Special Topics (3)
LAST 4990 Honors Thesis (3)
LAST 5000 Honors Thesis (4)
LAST 5190 Semester Abroad (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 5370 Washington Semester (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 5380 Junior Year Abroad (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 5390 Junior Year Abroad (1-20)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 5940 Transfer Coursework (0-20)
Transfer coursework at the 5000 level. Departmental approval required.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6200 Health & Inequality Latin Amer (3)
The course addresses root causes of health and inequality in Latin America, the development of public health systems to promote health and prevent and treat disease, access to health care in urban and rural settings, social movements and the right to health. health systems reforms and the right to health, and the future of public health in Latin America.
LAST 6890 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6892 Service Learning (0-1)
Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6910 Independent Study (1-3)
LAST 6950 Special offerings (3)
For description, consult department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6951 Special Offerings (3)
LAST 6952 Special Offerings - Graduates (3)
LAST 6953 Special offerings (3)
LAST 6954 Special Offerings (1)
LAST 6960 Special offerings (3)
For description, consult department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6961 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6962 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6963 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6964 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 6966 LAST Special Topics (3)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 7000 Core Seminar (3)
LAST 7060 Church & Politics Lat Am (3)
LAST 7720 Pedagogy and Professionalization in Latin American Studies (3)
This doctoral-level, discussion-based seminar provides doctoral students with the knowledge to think critically about their teaching practices and to enhance their pedagogical skills. By reading scholarship on teaching and learning, discussing challenges and controversies within the profession and field, creating and presenting a class lecture, and composing a syllabus and preparing a canvas site, students will engage both the theoretical and practical vectors of teaching Latin American Studies, while beginning to build a teaching portfolio and develop expertise to take into the job market. The course will help novice instructors to gain teaching-self-efficacy and utilize pedagogical best practices while providing a supportive environment to develop and discuss diverse instructional approaches and materials.
LAST 7950 Special Projects (3)
LAST 7960 Special Projects (3)
LAST 7990 Institutnal & Proj Mgmt (3)
LAST 8990 Spec offerings (3)
LAST 9980 Master's Research (0)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99
LAST 9990 Dissertation Research (0)
Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.
Maximum Hours: 99