Courses with Latin American Content, Fall 2023

A Berkeley classroom. (Photo by Keegan Houser.)

CLACS assembles a list of courses each semester that might be of interest to those studying Latin America. Here are courses taught Fall 2023.

For more information, go to https://classes.berkeley.edu/

The following list does not include basic Spanish or Portuguese courses. If you have corrections or additional courses to add to the list, please contact clacs@berkeley.edu

Fall 2023 Courses with Latin American Content

Department Course number Title Instructor Day/Time
Anthropology ANTHRO 140 001 - LEC 001 The Anthropology of Food Christine Hastorf W 4:00 pm - 6:59 pm
Anthropology ANTHRO 179 001 - LEC 001 Ethnography of the Maya William F Hanks TU, TH 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Anthropology ANTHRO 230 001 - SEM 001 Food Anthropology: Food, agriculture and sovereignty Christine Hastorf

W 10:00 am - 11:59 am
Anthropology ANTHRO 292 001 - SEM 001 Special Topics in Archaeology : Anarchy, Inequality and Freedom Rosemary Joyce

TU 3:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Business UGBA 39AC 001 - LEC 001 Philanthropy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective David E Harris

W 1:00 pm - 3:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 20 001 - LEC 001 Introduction to Chicano Culture Raul Coronado Jr. TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Chicano Studies CHICANO 50 001 - LEC 001 Introduction to Chicano History Pablo Gonzalez M, W, F 11:00 am - 11:59 am
Chicano Studies CHICANO 130 001 - LEC 001 Mexican and Chicano Art History Jesus V Barraza TU 3:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 132 001 - LEC 001 Spirituality as Resistance The Politics of Day of the Dead in meXicana/o Art Practice and Culture Jesus V Barraza TH 4:00 pm - 6:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 135B 001 - LEC 001 Latino Narrative Film Since 1990 Raymond Telles W 6:00 pm - 8:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 141 001 - LEC 001 Chicana Feminist Writers and Discourse Laura E Perez TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 148 001 - LEC 001 Chicano/Latino Theatre Workshop N/A W 5:00 pm - 7:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 159 001 - LEC 001 Mexican Immigration Pablo Gonzalez TU 4:00 pm - 6:59
Chicano Studies CHICANO 161 001 - LEC 001 Central American Peoples and Cultures Enrique E Lima TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO 190 001 - SEM 001
 Advanced Seminar in Chicanx and Latinx Studies : Community-Engaged Research and Reimagining Education Juan G Berumen TH 2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Chicano Studies CHICANO R1A 001 - LEC 001 Reading and Composition Juan G Berumen M, W, F 8:00 am - 8:59 am
City and Regional Planning CYPLAN 190 001 - LEC 001 Advanced Topics in Urban Studies : Sustainable Mobility Daniel Rodriguez M, W 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
City and Regional Planning CYPLAN 220 001 - LEC 001 The Urban and Regional Economy Zoe Hamstead TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
City and Regional Planning CYPLAN 284 001 - SEM 001 Urban Theory Teresa Caldeira TU
2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Comparative Literature COMLIT 200 001 - LEC 001 Approaches to Comparative Literature Obscure Life Ramsey L McGlazer TH 2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Economics ECON 133 001 - LEC 001 Global Inequality and Growth Gabriel Zucman TU 5:00 pm - 7:59 pm
Education EDUC 188 001 - LEC 001 Latinas/os and Education: Critical Issues and Perspectives Sahara Patricia Baquedano Lopez TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Education EDUC 241C 001 - LEC 001 Narrative across Learning Contexts Sahara Patricia Baquedano Lopez TH 1:00 pm - 3:59 pm
English ENGLISH 100 004 - SEM 004 The Seminar on Criticism: Atlantic Haunts, Black Possessions Nadia D Ellis M, W 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
English ENGLISH 137T 001 - LEC 001 Topics in Chicana/o Literature and Culture : Latino/a/x Poetry and Poetics John Alba Cutler TU, TH 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management ESPM C176 001 - LEC 001 CLIMATE JUSTICE Megan Mills-Novoa TU, TH 5:00 pm - 6:29 pm
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management ESPM 290 005 - SEM 005 Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management : ENVIRO-ANTHROPO-GENESIS Seth M Holmes TU 9:00 am - 11:59 am
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 24 001 - SEM 001 Freshman Seminar : Queer Latinx Studies: Theory in the Flesh Raul Coronado Jr. TU 12:00 pm - 12:59 pm
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 130 001 - LEC 001 The Making of Multicultural America: A Comparative Historical Perspective Gregory P Choy TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 150 001 - LEC 001 People of Mixed Racial Descent Gregory P Choy W 3:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 175 001 - LEC 00 Literature from Ethnic Movements Gregory P Choy TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 180 003 - LEC 003 Selected Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies : "Diaspora, Identity and Place" Diana M Negrin M 2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 190AC 001 - LEC 001
Advanced Seminar in Ethnic Studies "Inside and Beyond Walls: Migra, Masses and the Carceral State"
 Victoria Ellen Robinson TH 2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Ethnic Studies ETHSTD 250 001 - SEM 001 Research Seminar: Selected Issues and Topics : Race and U.S. Empire Lorena Oropeza TU 2:00 pm - 4:59 pm
Geography GEOG 138 001 - LEC 001 Global Environmental Politics Diana M Negrin TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Geography GEOG 375 001 - WOR 001 Pedagogical Practices in Geography Diana M Negrin M 11:00 am - 1:59 pm
Global Studies GLOBAL 110L 001 - LEC 001 Latin America In Global Context Tiffany L Page TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Global Studies GLOBAL 123L 001 - LEC 001 Perspectives For Sustainable Rural Development Clara I Nicholls W 4:00 pm - 6:59 pm
History HISTORY 8A 001 - LEC 001 Latin American History: Becoming Latin America, 1492 to 1824 Margaret Chowning TU, TH 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
History HISTORY 135B 001 - LEC 001
 Encounter & Conquest in Indigenous America Brian DeLay TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
History HISTORY 142 001 - LEC 001
 Cuba in World History Elena A Schneider TU, TH 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Legal Studies LEGALST 172AC 001 - LEC 001 Decolonizing UC Berkeley Nazune M Menka TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Linguistics SPANISH 40A 001 - LEC 001 Nahuatl Beginning I Instructor from IDIEZ M, W 2:00 pm - 3:59 pm
Linguistics SPANISH 40C 001 - LEC 001 Nahuatl Intermediate I Instructor from IDIEZ TU, TH 12:00 pm - 1:59 pm
Linguistics SPANISH 40E 001 - LEC 001 Nahuatl Advanced I Instructor from IDIEZ
 M, W 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Music MUSIC 139 001 - LEC 001 Musics of Latin America Juan David Rubio Restrepo TU, TH 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Native American Studies NATAMST 71 001 - LEC 001 Native Americans in North America to 1900 Enrique E Lima TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Native American Studies NATAMST C152 001 - LEC 001 Native American Literature Enrique E Lima TU, TH 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Physical Education PHYSED 1 024 - LAB 024 Salsa Dance 1 Kyungmi Yoo W 10:00 am - 11:59 am
Physical Education PHYSED 2 012 - LAB 012 Salsa Dance 2 Kyungmi Yoo F 10:00 am - 11:59 am
Political Science POLSCI 5 001 - LEC 001 Introduction to International Relations Aila Matanock TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Political Science POLSCI 290IC 001 - SEM 001 Emerging Research in International Relations and Comparative Politics Aila Matanock TU 1:00 pm - 1:59 pm
Portuguese PORTUG 102 001 - LEC 001 Readings in Portuguese Clelia F Donovan M, W, F 11:00 am - 11:59 am
Portuguese PORTUG 113 001 - LEC 00 Brazilian Culture Through and Across the Arts and Media : Cultures of Carnaval Nathaniel Zlotkin Wolfson TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Portuguese PORTUG 115 001 - LEC 001 The Brazilian Lyric Nathaniel Zlotkin Wolfson TU, TH 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Portuguese PORTUG 275 001 - SEM 001 Contemporary Brazilian Literature: The Power of Antagonism, Plurality, and Dialogue N/A TH 3:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Public Health PBHLTH 206D 001 - LEC 001 Programs and Policies in Global Nutrition Lia Haskin Fernald TH 9:00 am - 11:59 am
Public Health PBHLTH 220E 001 - SEM 001 Global Health Policy Stefano Bertozzi M 4:00 pm - 6:59 pm
Sociology SOCIOL 124 001 - LEC 001 Sociology of Poverty Martin L Sanchez-Jankowski TU, TH 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm
Sociology SOCIOL 127 001 - LEC 001 Development and Globalization Edwin K Lin TU, TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am
Sociology SOCIOL 146AC 001 - LEC 001 Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective Irene Bloemraad TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Sociology SOCIOL 190 007 - 
SEM 007		 On reproduction and freedom Mara Loveman M 10 am - 11:59 am
Spanish SPANISH 24 001 - SEM 001 Freshman Seminars : Reading Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz in her time and ours Emilie L Bergmann TU 1:00 pm - 1:59 pm
Spanish SPANISH 30 001 - LEC 001 Don Quixote in English Ignacio E Navarrete M, W, F 12:00 pm - 12:59 pm
Spanish SPANISH 104A 001 - LEC 001 Survey of Spanish American Literature Ivonne Del Valle TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Spanish SPANISH 115 001 - LEC 001 Spanish Poetry : Cuando el Lenguaje Canta: Modern Spanish and Latin American Lyric Poetry Michael Iarocci TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Spanish SPANISH 135 001 - LEC 001 Studies in Hispanic Literature : Islands & Literature in Latin America and the Caribbean Daylet Dominguez M, W, F 2:00 pm - 2:59 pm
Spanish SPANISH 135 002 - LEC 002 Studies in Hispanic Literature : La ciudad de México Ivonne Del Valle TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Spanish SPANISH 135 003 - LEC 003 Studies in Hispanic Literature : Writing and Making in the Digital Age Alexandra Saum Pascual TU, TH 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Spanish SPANISH 163 001 - LEC 001 Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Approaches to Spanish Bilingualism Justin Davidson TU, TH 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm
Spanish SPANISH 179 001 - LEC 001 Spanish in the Linguistic Landscape: Implications for Linguistic and Sociocultural Study Jhonni R Carr TU, TH 11:00 am - 12:29 pm
Spanish  SPANISH 280 001 - SEM 001 Seminar in Spanish American Literature : Diálogos Andinos Estelle C Tarica TU 3:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Spanish  SPANISH 280 002 - SEM 002 Seminar in Spanish American Literature : Entre las Américas literarias: desplazamiento, traducción, raza y género en el siglo XIX Daylet Dominguez M 3:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Spanish  SPANISH R1A 001 - LEC 001
 Reading and Composition Through Readings from the Spanish-Speaking World Sima V Belmar M, W, F 8:00 am - 8:59 am
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies THEATER 52AC 001 - LEC 001 Dance in American Cultures Vincente Perez M, W, F 11:00 am - 11:59 am
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies THEATER 119 1 - LEC 1 Performance Theory Angela Marino TU, TH 2:00 pm - 3:29 pm
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies THEATER 201A 002 - SEM 002 Performance Theory : Key Topics Angela Marino TH 10:00 am - 12:59 pm