| Course ID: | LACS 2010. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Multidisciplinary Latino/a Studies |
Course
Description: | Multidisciplinary study of the history, culture, and politics of
Latino/as in the United States. Topics include, but are not
limited to, barrio life, precarious labor, border policing,
citizenship, exile, Latinidad, stereotypes, the American Dream,
and empowerment. |
| Oasis Title: | Multidiscip Latino/a Studies |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • Familiarize students with a range of social sciences disciplines and the insights
they offer for understanding United States Latinos/as, including sociology,
anthropology, and geography.
• Understand the history, demographics, and geography of Latino/a migrations to the
United States.
• Understand the heterogeneity of what falls under the rubric “Latino.”
• Appreciate and enjoy the richness and complexity of Latino/a arts and culture.
• Recognize the value of intersectional analysis.
• Recognize the value of pluralistic dialogue.
• Apply different theoretical paradigms and research methods to timely issues.
• Improve critical thinking and analytic writing skills. |
| Topical Outline: | • Conquest and Empire
• The Cold War and Immigration
• Free Trade and Immigration
• Latinidad and Hollywood
• Chicano Power
• Nuyoricans and El Barrio
• Cubans and Exile
• Afro-Latinas
• Queer and Feminist Latinidad
• Latino Music
• Multicultural and Transnational America |
| Honor Code Reference: | All students are responsible for reading and abiding by the University’s academic
honesty and integrity policy, A Culture of Honesty, which can be found at
www.uga.edu/ovpi. Academic honesty means performing all academic work without
plagiarism, cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving unauthorized or
illegitimate assistance, or using any information that is not common knowledge.
Suspicions of dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Vice President for
Instruction. |