Latino Focused Course Offerings
Spring 2025
Course Title: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Course Prefix and Number: SPAN 3340 (CRN 24050)
Course Description: Introduction to Hispanic literatures through a survey of representative texts from
Spain and Spanish America. Basic techniques for literary interpretation through analysis
of the major literary genres. Taught in Spanish.
Course Instructor: Dr. Raquel Chiquillo
Online
Course Title: Hispanic Literature of the US
Course Prefix and Number: SPAN 3342 (CRN 23864)
Course Description: Analysis of 19th century to present day literature written in Spanish by authors
of Spanish American origin in what is today the United States. Taught in Spanish.
From Cabeza de Vaca exploration of Galveston to Reggaeton y Norteñas. Learn why it
is said that “we didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us”.
Course Instructor: Dr. Albert DeJesus-Rivera
Wednesdays from 5:30 – 8:15
Course Title: Minority Studies
Course Prefix and Number: SOC 2319 (CRN 23999)
Course Description: Explores the social construction of meaning associated with concepts of minority/majority
status, race, and ethnicity. Issues may include assimilation, pluralism, subcultural
diversity, and intergroup relations in past and present American society. Various
theoretical perspectives will inform discussion.
Course Instructor: F. Emeka
Online
Course Title: Race, Ethnicity and Communication
Course Prefix and Number: COMM 3313 (CRN 22576 / 25400 / 25655)
Course Description: The inextricable and multidimensional relationship between race and communication.
Students will understand how to transcend race using communication capital as a means
of developing effective interactions. Specific attention to the construction of one's
own racial/ethnic identity as well as those of other groups. Part I of the course
will cover various foundations of interracial communication including topics such
as language, identity, history, cultural influences, and theories. Part II will draw
from this foundation and discuss interracial communication in a number of contexts
such as in relationships, organizations, and the mass media.
Course Instructor: Dr. Anthony Ramirez / Dr. Felicia Harris / Dr. Kara Winkler
Online
Course Prefix and Number: History of Mexico
Course Prefix and Number: HIST 3308 (CRN 23750 / 24166)
Course Description: Mexico from its Indigenous origins to its present position as a burgeoning American
power. The influence of the nation’s cultural heritage and the reformist impulses
of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Course Instructor: Dr. Peter Soland
Online / M/W 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Course Title: Latin American History
Course Prefix and Number: HIST 3318 (CRN 24175 / 24752)
Course Description: This course covers the history of Latin America from pre-Columbian civilizations,
through the conquistadors, the colonial period, and the wars of independence. The
primary focus of the course is the 19th and 20th centuries.
Course Instructor: Dr. Pedro Acuna Rojas
Online; Tuesday / Thursdays from 10 am – 11:15 am
Course Title: History of Race and Sports
Course Prefix and Number: HIST 3321 (CRN 25320)
Course Description: This course explores the history of sports in the United States from the antebellum
period to the present and specifically engages ways sports have informed issues of
race, ethnicity, and national identity. It examines how minority athletes and teams
have used sports to pursue inclusion and social justice in the United States in various
ways. Although particular attention will be given to race, the course will also touch
upon intersecting issues of class, gender, sexuality, and the like.
Course Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Chism
Tuesday / Thursdays from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Course Title: History of Soccer
Course Prefix and Number: HIST 4390 (CRN 24763)
Course Description: Since its modern establishment in the nineteenth century, soccer has been both a
reflection and an idealized projections of different nationalities, races, genders,
religions, and social classes. This course traces key developments in the history
of soccer such as the formation of clubs, international tournaments, media coverage,
fan culture, and playing styles. Furthermore, this course examines soccer as a useful
window to discuss historical issues, including diplomacy, imperialism, class and race
relations, gender dynamics, and national politics.
Course Instructor: Dr. Pedro Acuña Rojas
Online
Course Title: Introduction to Latino Studies
Course Prefix and Number: LATS 1301 (CRN 23884 / 24055 / 24056)
Course Description: This course offers students a broad interdisciplinary survey of the origins, cultures,
experiences, and conditions of Latinos-people of various Latin American and Caribbean
heritages-in the United States in the past and present. Through documentaries, films,
and literary texts we will explore topics such as identity, migration, environmental
crisis, and politics. For example, we will consider migration histories between Latin
America and the U.S, Chicanx activism in California and Texas, and tensions that contemporary
Puerto Rican artists are experiencing in a moment of mass culture consumption and
tourist colonization.
Course Instructor: Dr. Fernell Jimenez-Pabonf
Mondays 8:30, 10:00 and 12:45
Course Title: Cultural Criticism
Course Prefix and Number: HUM 3310 / ENG 3340 (CRN 22867)
Course Description: A survey of different ways of analyzing human culture. Students examine major schools
of criticism and interpretation of society and its creative activity. This course
is the gateway course for the BA in Humanities.
Course Instructor: Dr. Giuliana Lund
Online
Course Title: Hispanic Culture and Civilization
Course Prefix and Number: HUM 3321 (CRN 24650)
Course Description: A survey of the cultural traditions of Spanish-speaking populations, including those
of Spain, Latin America and the United States. No knowledge of Spanish is required
or expected.
Course Instructor: Dr. William Nowak
Online
Course Title: Literature and Culture of the Americas before 1800
Course Prefix and Number: ENG 3362 (CRN 25807)
Course Description: In-depth study of the literature and culture of the Americas before 1800 in historical
context. Will cover texts about indigenous peoples, colonial texts, and early national
US literature organized by topic, historical development, genre, or critical approach.
Course Instructor: Dr. Sandra Dahlberg
Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Course Prefix and Number: Teaching Language Arts and Reading in Spanish
Course Prefix and Number: BED 4301 (CRN 22424 / 22425 / 22426 / 22427)
Course Description: Field-based course that applies language arts and reading techniques in Spanish
through interaction with urban students and teachers in a bilingual classroom.
Course Instructor: Dr. Niurka Diaz, Dr. Julie Martin Sanchez, Dr. Laura Mitchell
Mondays from 9:00 am – 11:45 am; Tuesdays from 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm ; Thursdays from
6:00 pm – 8:45 pm