Courses
CLAS promotes and publicizes the teaching of courses with Latin American content in more than 20 departments and schools throughout the University of Pittsburgh. Over 250 area courses on Latin America have been offered at the University of Pittsburgh each year for the past decade. These include courses specifically focused on Latin America and/or the Caribbean and global courses that feature at least 25 percent Latin American related content taught by faculty members with Latin American expertise.
A list of Latin American area courses is compiled prior to registration for each term. The list provides all of the information needed to register for the courses as well as the instructor's descriptions of the content and requirements for the course. To see a list of courses (from the previous 3 semesters) that are acceptable for fulfillment of the certificate or related concentration programs of the Center for Latin American Studies, click one of the links below. To see courses from past semesters (going back to Summer 2010), please visit the Course List Archive.
The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures offers a complete range (elementary through advanced) of courses in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. The Department of Linguistics through its Less Commonly Taught Languages Program provides instruction in Quechua (elementary through advanced).
Sample Courses of Study
Art History and Creative Arts
- HAA 0380 Art of the Spanish World: Religion, Identity & the Art of Accommodation
- HAA 0520 Art and Politics in Modern Latin America
- AFRCNA 0352 African American Dance
- AFRCNA 1555 Afro-Caribbean Dance
- AFRCNA 1353 Comparative Dance Expression
- MUSIC 1332 Music in Latin America
- SPAN 1419 Drugs, Money, and Violence: Narco Culture in Latin American Film
Business/Economics
- BUSECN 1508 International Economics for Managers
- SPAN 1315 Spanish for Professional Communication
- ECON 0500 Introduction to International Economics
- ECON 1610 Latin American Economic Development
STEM/Pre-Health
- SPAN 1458 Plants, Spirituality, and Healing in Latin American Culture
- SPAN 1459 Mapping the Female Body: A Cultural Approach to Women's Health in the Hispanic World
- SPAN 1323 Medical Spanish
- ENGLIT 710 Contemporary Environmental Literature: Climate of Change
To see other the Sample Courses of Study, check out this document. It includes sample plans for the following areas:
- Africana/Caribbean Studies
- Anthropology
- Education
- Gender/Sexuality Studies
- History
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Lusophone Studies
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Spanish