Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Department Overview
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLAS) is an interdisciplinary program at Skidmore College that seeks to create an intellectual community in which students acquire a well-rounded knowledge of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o/e/x communities and their geographies, histories, cultures, and artistic traditions. Students learn to develop questions and think critically about the issues that such communities face from an interdisciplinary perspective. LACLAS offers a space for students, faculty, and staff interested in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latinx U.S. to come together, learn from each other, build community, and promote a feeling of belonging.
Director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program: Bernardo Ramirez Rios
Administrative Assistant: Beth Miller
Affiliated Faculty
Anthropology: Heather Hurst, Michael Ennis-McMillan, Bernardo Ramirez Ríos
Art History: Kristi Peterson
Dance: Kieron Sargeant
Economics: Rodrigo Schneider
English: Jamie Parra
History: Jordana Dym
International Affairs: Rachel Cantave
Psychology: Pablo Gómez
World Languages and Literatures: Abel Arango, Diana Barnes, María Fernanda Lander, Beatriz Loyola, Aurélie Matheron, Oscar Pérez Hernández, Viviana Rangil
Theater: Eunice Ferreira, Lisa Jackson-Schebetta
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Minor
The Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLAS) minor gives students the opportunity to undertake the comparative study of the political, economic, cultural, artistic, and performing traditions and contemporary realities of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o/e/x communities through a flexible structure and a wide variety of course options. The skills and knowledge students gain are valued by employers across sectors such as foreign policy, international relations, public administration, education, healthcare, information services, communications, and commerce. The minor consists of a minimum of 18 credit hours (five to six courses), with at least two 300-level courses.
The minor includes the following:
Code | Title | Hours |
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Broad Perspectives on Latina/o/e/x Studies | 4 | |
Introduction to Latina/o/e/x Studies | ||
Broad Perspectives on Latin American and Caribbean Studies | ||
Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Ways of Seeing: Visual Cultures of the Americas | ||
Economics of Latin America | ||
Latin American History: An Introduction | ||
Spanish-American Literature and Culture | ||
Breadth and Specialization Electives | ||
Select three to four courses. At least two 300-level courses. | 10-11 |
Course Listing
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Courses
Cross-Listed Courses that Count for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Code | Title | Hours |
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AH 151 | Special Topics in Art History (when topic is Visual Cultures of America) | 3 |
AH 208 | Art and the Environment in Ancient Mesoamerica and South America | 3 |
AN 205 | Mesoamerican Archaeology | 3 |
AH 227 | Modern Latin American Art: Politics of Authenticity | 3 |
AN 229 | Mexican Cultures | 3 |
AN 322 | Sports in the Americas | 3 |
AN 328 | Built Environments: Archaeology of Architecture | 3 |
AN 349 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
EC 282 | Economics of Latin America | 3 |
HI 111 | Latin American History: An Introduction | 3 |
HI 251A-D | (when topic relates to Latin America) | 1-4 |
HI 228 | Race, Class, and Gender in Latin America | 3 |
HI 229 | War and Peace in Twentieth-Century Latin America | 3 |
HI 230 | History Through Travel: Latin America 1500-1900 | 3 |
HI 330 | Politics/Society in Latin Amer | 3 |
HI 351A-D | (when topic relates to Latin America) | 1-4 |
IA 351C-D | (when topic is Colorism in Paradise) | 1-4 |
IA 353 | Afrophobia and Africana Religions | 4 |
PL 209 | The Latin American Puzzle | 4 |
PL 309 | Latin America and the United States | 3 |
SO 204 | Introduction to Race, Class, and Gender | 3 |
SO 251A-D | (when topic relates to Latin America) | 1-4 |
SO 351A-D | (when topic relates to Latin America) | 1-4 |
WLL 265 | 3 | |
WLS 212 | Spanish-American Literature and Culture | 4 |
WLS 221 | Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 4 |
WLS 301 | 4 | |
WLS 319 | Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction | 3 |
WLS 321 | 3 | |
WLS 323 | Spanish in the Media | 4 |
WLS 324B | 4 | |
WLS 330 | Spanish-American Thought | 3 |
WLS 331 | Tales of the Wondrous Lands: The Hispanic Transatlantic World | 3 |
WLS 363 | Special Studies in Spanish (when topic relates to Latin America or is Crime Without Punishment) | 3 |
WLS 376 | Senior Seminar (when topic relates to Latin America or French Carribean) | 3 |
Cross-Listed Courses - Partial Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
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AH 103 | 4 | |
AM 231 | Ethnic and Immigrant Experience | 3 |
AM 236 | 4 | |
BI 325 | Tropical Ecology | 3 |
EC 314 | International Economics | 3 |
EC 334 | International Political Economy | 3 |
PL 315 | Immigration Politics and Policy | 4 |
PL 339 | International Political Economy and the Environment | 4 |
TH 334 | Special Studies in Theater History and Theory (when topic is Theater for Social Change) | 3 |
WLF 220 | Language Across the Curriculum | 1 |
WLS 220 | Language Across the Curriculum | 1 |