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The Latina/o/x Studies concentration allows students to choose from an array of intellectually challenging, multidisciplinary courses that introduce cutting-edge scholarship on the Latina/o populations of the United States. Our courses familiarize students with the nation's fast-growing, diverse, transnational Latina/o populations, including their histories, ongoing connections to Latin America, cultures, and social conditions. Courses offer students the opportunity to focus on individual Latina/o communities in the country and to engage in comparative analysis of the various Latina/o communities. Students can select courses that concentrate on current socioeconomic and political issues facing Latinos in the U.S., as well as others that capture Latina/o expression in literature, music, and the arts. Some courses in this concentration involve students in collaborative projects with Chicago based Latina/o community organizations, civic programs, and other service learning opportunities.

Course Requirement

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select six courses from the following: 124
LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
LATINOS/AS AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
LATINO/A LIBERATION TRADITIONS
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINOS IN EDUCATION)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINA BODY IN LITERATURE & POLITICS)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINO/A TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINATION)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (CONTEMPORARY ISSUES/US/LATINO LITERATURE)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE US)
THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE, TECHNOLOGY
LATINO COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO
GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S.
MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (NEW LATINO/A WRITING)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINOS IN EDUCATION)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINAS AND SEXUALITY )
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LAND AND LABOR IN INDIGENOUS AMERICA)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (MACHISMO & MARIANISMO IN LATIN AMERICA)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (RACE/GENDER/SEX/LATINO LITERATURE/FILM)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (BORDER CINEMA)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (CHICANA LITERATURE)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (QUEER LATINIDAD)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINA FEMINIST THOERY)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINA/O SEXUALITIES)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINOS AND FILM)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (POETRY AND HIP HOP CULTURE)
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINO THEATER)
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
LATINA/O SEXUALITIES
LATINOS IN EDUCATION
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Courses from other departments may count towards this concentration; consult your LALS advisor for more information.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.