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.

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 4935 Historical Latinx Currents: The making of a transwater region 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 Pending
LAS 4935 Latin American Elites Carmen Martínez Novo Pending
LAS 4935 Politics of Puerto Rico Carlos Suárez Carrasquillo Pending
LAS 4935 Music & Brazilian Identity Welson Tremura Pending
QUEST COURSES
LAS 1141 Human Rights in Latin America (Quest 1) Carmen Martínez Novo  
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  
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  
LAH 3931  Nazi Fugitives in Latin America Raanan Rein  
LAH 3941  Transnational US History since 1877 Paige Glotzer  
HAI 1131 Haitian Creole (online) Benjamin Hebblethwaite  
CPO 4384  Argentina and the Politics of Memory Leslie Anderson  
POS 4931 Special Topics in Political Science: Poli Theory&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 Uparela
 
SPN 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)
Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus
LAS 4935 Afro-Caribbean American Politics Sharon Austin Syllabus
LAS 4935 Art & Pedagogy in Latin America Nicolás Paris Pending
LAS 4935 Crime and Violence in Latin America Rebecca Hanson Pending
LAS 4935 Critical Indigenous Studies Carmen Martínez Novo Syllabus
LAS 4935 Influencers, Cumbia and Superfoods: Consumption and Social Change in Latin America Jairo Baquero Melo Syllabus
LAS 4935 International Politics of Latin America Andrew Janusz Pending
LAS 3930 Intro to Latin American Politics Juliana Restrepo Sanín Pending
LAS 2001 Introduction to Latin American Studies Luis Felipe Lomelí Syllabus
LAS 4935 Knowledge, Conflict and Environmental Peacebuilding Jairo Baquero Melo Syllabus
LAS 3930 Latin American Music Welson Tremura Syllabus
LAS 4935 Latinx Migration, Refugees, and Citizenship in the U.S. Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus
LAS 4935 Politics of Latin American Housing Carlos Suárez Carrasquillo  Pending
LAS 4935 Politics of the Caribbean Carlos Suárez Carrasquillo  Pending
LAS 4935 Queer and Trans Expressions in the Americas Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus
LAS 4935 Social Movements and Gender: A View from Latin America Meg Weeks 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 Ethnic Minorities in Latin America: Jews, Arabs, and Asians Raanan Rein Pending
LAS 6938 Historical Latinx Currents: The Making of a Transwater Region Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Pending
LAS 6938 Latin American Economic Development Pilar Useche Pending
LAS 6938 Latin American Elites Carmen Martínez Novo 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

 

Fall 2025 Graduate Courses (Expand)

 

Course # Course title Instructor Syllabus
LAS 6938 Art & Pedagogy in Latin America Nicolás Paris Pending
LAS 6290 Community Forest Management Karen Kainer Pending
LAS6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Conservation Media Gabby Salazar Pending
LAS 6291 Conservation & Development Leadership Skills Jon Dain  Pending
LAS 6047 Conservation and Development Practicum Glenn Galloway Syllabus
LAS 6938 Crime and Violence in Latin America Rebecca Hanson Pending
LAS 6938 Critical Indigenous Studies Carmen Martínez Novo Syllabus
LAS 6046 Development Administration Glenn Galloway Syllabus
LAS 6943 Development Theory and Practice Jazmín Gonzales Tovar Syllabus
LAS 6938 Environmental Governance Catherine Tucker Syllabus
LAS 6938 Influencers, Cumbia and Superfoods: Consumption and Social Change in Latin America Jairo Baquero Melo Syllabus
LAS 6938 Knowledge, Conflict and Environmental Peacebuilding Jairo Baquero Melo Syllabus
LAS 6938 Latin American Issues and Perspectives Ariadna Tenorio Pending
LAS 6938 Latinx Migration, Refugees, and Citizenship in the U.S. Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus
LAS 6938 Queer and Trans Expressions in the Americas Rafael Ramírez Solórzano Syllabus
LAS 6938 Social Movements and Gender: A View from Latin America Meg Weeks Syllabus

 

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