Students, browse through the Latin American Studies (LAS) courses offered across all disciplines each semester. Syllabi for upcoming courses are uploaded near the start of the semester.
If you need assistance registering for a course, please contact the Academic Assistant III, Po Echeguren, at secheguren@latam.ufl.edu. Course material information is subject to change. Please check back periodically for updates.
Undergraduate Courses
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- Spring 2026 Undergraduate Courses (Expand)
The following courses qualify as 100% Latin American Studies content for the purposes of the undergraduate minor/certificate.
The table shows the undergraduate LAS course offerings for Spring 2026.
Course name, number, instructor, and a link to the syllabus are included.Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LAS 2001 Intro to Latin American Studies Ariadna Tenorio Pending LAS 4935 Law & Order in Latin America Rebecca Hanson Pending LAS 4935 Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas Meg Weeks Pending LAS 3930 Latinx Gulf Vibes: Mapping Latinx History Across the Gulf Coast Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Pending LAS 4935 Brazilian History Through Literature & Film Meg Weeks Pending LAS 4935 Latinx Geographies: Race, Place and Space Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Pending LAS 4935 Latin American Thought Luis Felipe Lomelí Syllabus LAS 4935 Politics of Puerto Rico Carlos Suárez Carrasquillo Pending QUEST COURSES LAS 1141 Human Rights in Latin America (Quest 1) Carmen Martínez Novo Pending IDS 2334 Chemistry in the Cocina Latina (Quest 1) Valeria Kleiman SPT 2520 Fiction vs Reality (Latin American Pop Culture) (Quest 2) Antonio López Méndez IDS 2935 Jugaad-Makers: Social Innovations Jairo Baquero-Melo Pending LATIN AMERICAN TOPICS OFFERED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS LAH 3470 Intro to Caribbean History Fernanda Bretones Lane LAH 3931 Afro-Latin America Fernanda Bretones Lane LAS 4935 Cuba and Puerto Rico: Colony, Nation & Diaspora Lillian Guerra LAH 4433 Modern Mexico Heather Vrana LAH 3931 Central American Revolutions and Counterrevolutions Heather Vrana LAS 4935 Nazi Fugitives in Latin America: Escape, Exile, and Justice Raanan Rein LAH 3941 Transnational US History since 1877 Paige Glotzer HAI 1131 Haitian Creole (online) Benjamin Hebblethwaite LAS 4935 Argentina and the Politics of Memory Leslie Anderson LAS 4935 Qualitative Methods Leslie Anderson LAS 4935 Political Theory and Public Affairs Cristian Pérez Muñoz SPN 3435 Creative Writing in Spanish Victor Jordan SPN 3520 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America Martin Sorbille SPN 3930 Women in Latin Music Gregory Moreland SPN 6902 Literary Theory (Needs instructor permission) Ariadna Tenorio SPT 3930 Topics in Latin America and Spanish Culture and Civilization: Health and Healing Humanities
Paola UparelaSPN 3938 Spanish in the Community Jenny Paola Hincapie Marin SPW 4930 Topics in Literature and Culture: Globalization in film Martin Sorbille AML 4685 Is Latinidad Cancelled? Thomas Conners AML 4685 Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Latinx Literature Tace Hedrick AML 4170 Latinx Science Fiction Tace Hedrick ARH 3665 Colonial Andean Art Maya Stanfield-Mazzi PCO 4270 Latinx Psychology Teresa Vázquez REL 3381 Religion in Latin America Jeyoul Choi LIT 4192 Caribbean Literature in English: Tourism, Caribbean, Literature Leah Rosenberg STUDY ABROAD EGN 4932 Infrastructure Impacts on Society, Economy, and Environment (Spring break study abroad in Panamá) Program info SPN 3573 & SPN 3520 SPN 3573 Immersion in a Hispanic Community & SPN 3520 Spanish American Culture and Civilization (Summer A - UF in Costa Rica)
Program info - Fall 2025 Undergraduate Courses (Expand)
- Spring 2025 Undergraduate Courses (Expand)
Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus LAS 4935 Brazilian History Through Literature and Film Meg Weeks Syllabus LAS 3040 Drug Wars and Oil Fortunes in Latin America Luis Felipe Lomelí Syllabus LAS 4935 Environmental Justice & Development in Latin America: Afro-descendants, Peasants + Indigenous Peoples' Rights Jairo Baquero-Melo Pending LAS 4935 Ethnographic Storytelling, Subjectivity, and the Visual in Latin America Clate Korsant Syllabus LAS 4935 Fictions and the Archive Ariadna Tenorio Pending LAS 3930 Food and Gastronomy in Latin America Rick Stepp Pending LAS 4935 Global Forests Karen Kainer Pending LAS 2001 Introduction to Latin American Studies Luis Felipe Lomelí Pending LAS 3930 Labor & Ecologies: Latin America in Comparative Perspective Jairo Baquero-Melo Pending LAS 3930 Latin American Music Welson Tremura Pending LAS 4935 Latinx Oral Histories Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus LAS 4935 Latinx Politics and Social Movements Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus LAS 4935 Politics of Puerto Rico Carlos Suárez Pending LAS 4935 Politics of Sports & Stadiums in Latin America Carlos Suárez Pending LAS 4935 Politics of U.S. Housing Carlos Suárez Pending LAS 4935 Populism and Fascism Carlos de la Torre Pending LAS 4935 Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas Meg Weeks Syllabus LAS 4935 The Politics and Poetics of Memory Carmen Martínez Novo Syllabus
Graduate Courses
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- Spring 2026 Graduate Courses (Expand)
Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus LAS 6938 Brazilian History Through Literature and Film Meg Weeks Pending LAS 6291 Conflict Management Jonathan Dain Pending LAS 6292 Data Collection and Management Emilio Bruna Pending LAS 6293 Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies Jairo Baquero-Melo Pending LAS 6049 Design and Methods of Sustainable Development Practice Glenn Galloway Pending LAS 6938 Latin American Economic Development Pilar Useche Pending LAS 6938 Latin American Thought Luis Felipe Lomelí Pending LAS 6295 Latinx Geographies: Race, Place and Space Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Pending LAS 6938 Law and Order in Latin America Rebecca Hanson Pending LAS 6938 Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas Meg Weeks Pending CROSS-LISTED COURSES LAS 6938 Authoritarianism in Europe and Latin America Raanan Rein LAS 4935 Nazi Fugitives in Latin America: Escape, Exile, and Justice Raanan Rein LAS 4935 Argentina and the Politics of Memory Leslie Anderson LAS 4935 Qualitative Methods Leslie Anderson LAS 4935 Political Theory and Public Affairs Cristian Pérez Muñoz - Fall 2025 Graduate Courses (Expand)
- Spring 2025 Graduate Courses (Expand)
Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus LAS 6938 Brazilian History Through Literature and Film Meg Weeks Syllabus LAS 6938 Climate Change and Environmental Justice Susan Paulson Syllabus LAS 6291 Conflict Management Jonathan Dain Pending LAS 6293 Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies Catherine Tucker Syllabus LAS 6049 Design and Methods of Sustainable Development Practice Glenn Galloway and July Nelson Pending LAS 6938 Environmental Justice & Development in Latin America: Afro-descendants, Peasants + Indigenous Peoples' Rights Jairo Baquero-Melo Pending LAS 6938 Ethnographic Storytelling, Subjectivity, and the Visual in Latin America Clate Korsant Syllabus LAS 6938 Fictions and the Archive Ariadna Tenorio Pending LAS 6295 Latin American Business Environment Mary Risner Pending LAS 6938 Latinx Oral Histories Rafael Solórzano Syllabus LAS 6938 Populism and Fascism Carlos de la Torre Pending LAS 6938 Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas Meg Weeks Syllabus LAS 6938 The Politics and Poetics of Memory Carmen Martínez Novo Syllabus