Satisfies General Education Criteria:
*AC = Advance Composition
*HP = Historical & Philosophical Perspective
*LA = Literature and the Arts
*US = US Minority Culture(s) Satisfies Latina/Latino Studies Minor Criteria:
*H = Humanities
*SS = Social Science LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies - *US
Instructor: I. Molina
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/Latino ethnicity in the United States. Topics include immigration and acculturation experiences and their commonalities and differences, comparison of Latina/Latino experiences to those of other racial, ethnic and immigrant groups, and the potential for a pan-ethnic identity.
3 hours
CRN# 36897 DIS AD1 10:00-10:50 R 33 Education
CRN# 36898 DIS AD2 10:00-10:50 R 323 Education
CRN# 36899 DIS AD3 11:00-11:50 R 323 Education
CRN# 36900 DIS AD4 11:00-11:50 R 385 Education
CRN# 46459 DIS AD5 11:00-11:50 R 170 Wohlers Hall
CRN# 36901 LEC AL1 1:00-1:50 MW 120 Architecture LLS 220 Latin Am & Latino Migration - *SS
(same as SOC 221)
Instructor: J. Inda
General overview of international migration to the United States, using Latin American migration to the U.S., especially the Midwest, as the focal point. Topics discussed include the history of international migration to the United States, the relationship between the history and contemporary context, the development of U.S. immigration policy, the incorporation of Latino immigrants in U.S. society, and immigrant and community responses to migration. Prerequisite: LLS 100 or SOC 100.
3 hours
CRN# 40326 LCD A 2:30-3:50 MW 1136 Foreign Language Building LLS 281 Constructing Race in America - *HP *US *H
(same as AAS 281, AFRO 281, and HIST 281)
Instructor: A. Espiritu, A. Sigismondi
Interdisciplinary examination of the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of race and ethnicity in the United States. Explores the complex and intricate pursuit of multiracial and multicultural democracy.
3 hours
CRN# 40117 LEC A 10:00-11:20 TR 124 Burrill Hall LLS 296 Topics Latina/o Studies
Course examines specific topics in Latina/Latino Studies not addressed in regularly offered courses. Examples include theories of ethnic identity, historical foundations, cultural expression, and relevant topics in public policy studies of Latina/Latino communities. May be repeated in same or separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Topic: Race and Mixed Race: Changing Racial Classification in the U.S. - *SS
(meets with AAS 299 and SOC 396)
Instructor: J. Dowling
This class will focus specifically on the history of racial classification in the U.S. with special attention to the census and the role of the state more generally in defining race. The emphasis will be on how race-mixing has been understood in American culture, and on the current literature on "multiracials" and the future of "race" in the US.
3 hours
CRN# 46465 LCD C 3:30-4:50 MW 145 Armory Topic: Latina/o Ethnographies - *SS
(meets with ANTH 399)
Instructor: G. Rosas
This course explores how questions of culture and power infuse ethnographies about Latinos and Latinas, such as those of racism, sexism, immigration, and activism. We will critically explore the theoretical, methodological, and political implications and questions generated by a range of material on Latinas and Latinos, including works in the humanities with an ethnographic pulse and works written by Latinas/os. Fundamental to the course is the following: students are required to work in small groups to produce ethnographies of Latinas/os on the University of Illinois campus, as part of the Ethnography of the University initiative.
3 hours
CRN# 49059 LCD E 11:00-12:20 TR 209A Davenport Hall LLS 301 19thC US Latina/Latino Lit-ACP - *AC *HP *US *H
Instructor: R. Romero
Course is identical to LLS 300 except for the additional writing component. Credit is not given for both LLS 300 and 301. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement.
[LLS 300 19thC US Latina/o Lit: Focuses on the fiction (historical novels and poetry) as well as the critical essays of the 1848 Mexican-American War and the 1898 Spanish-American War, the two key 19th century events that determined the status of the people of Caribbean and Mexican descent in the United States.]
4 hours
CRN# 48712 LCD A 9:00-10:20 MW 118 Lincoln Hall
CRN# 49323 LCD A 1:00-2:20 MW 316S Mumford Hall LLS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity - *AC *US *SS
(same as AAS 310, AFRO 310, and EPS 310)
Instructor: J. Anderson
Study of race and cultural diversity from Colonial era to present; the evolution of racial ideology in an ethnically heterogeneous society; the impact of race on the structures and operations of fundamental social institutions; the role of race in contemporary politics and popular culture. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement.
4 hours
CRN# 33079 DIS A 2:00-3:50 R 323 Education
LEC A 2:00-3:50 T 113 Gregory Hall
CRN# 33081 DIS B 2:00-3:50 R 37 Education
LEC B 2:00-3:50 T 326 David Kinley Hall LLS 360 20thC US Latina/o Lit - *LA *US *H
Instructor: R. Rodriguez
Focuses on the major U.S. Latina/Latino writers and texts and their depictions of the events that have shaped 20th-Century U.S. Latina/Latino cultures.
3 hours
CRN# 36903 LCD 9:30-10:50 TR 314 Lincoln Hall LLS 390 Independent Study
Special topics not treated in regularly scheduled courses; designed especially for advanced Undergraduates. May be repeated in the same or subsequent terms as topics vary to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: One course in Latina/Latino Studies and consent of instructor.
0 to 3 hours
IND ARRANGED LLS 390 Independent Study - *H
Special topics not treated in regularly scheduled courses; designed especially for advanced Undergraduates. May be repeated in the same or subsequent terms as topics vary to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: One course in Latina/Latino Studies and consent of instructor. Topic: Gender, Race & Music - *H
(meets with AAS 390 and GWS 390)
Instructors: K. Dorr & F. Ngo
This course examines how musical cultures shape the ways in which we imagine relations of race, gender, sexuality, and nation. By exploring the dynamic processes of musical production, consumption, and exchange within and through both translocal and transnational frameworks, we will develop a critical analysis of the politics of musical and cultural practice. Through interactive activities and assignments, students will engage musical sources and genres ranging from opera, musical theater, jazz, blues, soul, hip hop, and country to punk, queercore, Mexican corridos, Cuban rumba and son, Afroperuvian festego and landó, and South East Asian psychedelia.
3 hours
CRN# 48478 LCD A 1:00-2:20 TR 137 Armory Topic: Transnational Feminist Studies - *H
(meets with AAS 390 and GWS 390)
Instructor: M. Nguyen
This course outlines the terms, intellectual genealogies, methodologies and theoretical interventions of the academic and political formation of transnational feminist cultural studies. Emerging as a response to the shortcomings of overarching, masculinist economic theorizations of globalization as well as Western versions of “global feminism,” transnational feminist cultural studies is an interdisciplinary critical field that draws from the vocabularies of postcolonial studies, poststructuralism, Third World feminisms, race and ethnic studies feminism in self-reflexive and context-specific ways. As such, this course examines those recent reconceptualizations of relations between woman and nation; gender and globalization; feminist theory and practice. In particular, this course examines transnational feminist scholarship on activism and advocacy, including NGOs and development projects, militarism and migration.
3 hours
CRN# 48980 LCD MN 2:00-3:20 TR 133 Armory LLS 412 Hispanics in the U.S. - *SS
(same as SOCW 412)
Instructor: L. Piedra
Hispanics constitute a growing population in the United States. The size and heterogeneity of Hispanics raises complex issues in crafting public policy and in designing and delivering social services. This course offers an extensive portrait of Hispanics in the United States. Students will explore questions and demographic characteristics, language and religious practices, education, criminal justice, neighborhood and economic restructuring, immigration, social service systems, and community action in the context of creating an effective public policy agenda.
3 hours
CRN# 48452 LCD A 1:00-3:50 T Room102, 1203 W. Oregon LLS 422 US Latina and Latino Families - *SS
(same as HDFS 422)
Instructor: M. Raffaelli
Explores a variety of topics and provides a basic overview of issues relevant to the understanding of Latina/Latino families and children in the United States. Examines recent demographic changes in the U.S. population and its implications for the socialization and education of Latina/Latino children and their families. Course content looks at such areas as who are Latina/Latino families; how are those families different from others; what are the similarities and differences within Latinas/Latinos; how does acculturation and language fit into our understanding of these families; and what are the implications for the education success of current and future Latina/Latino children. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
3 hours
CRN# 33824 LCD A 9:00-10:20 MW 242 Bevier Hall
LLS 465 Race, Sex, and Deviance - *H
(same as AAS 465, AFRO 465 and GWS 465)
Instructor: L. Cacho
Explores how racial stereotypes rely on sexual stereotypes by examining the intersections of ethnic studies, gender and women's studies, and queer studies. Interdisciplinary course that draws from critial legal studies, sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, and history. Prerequisite: Any lower division course in LLS, AAS, AFRO, or GWS.
3 undergraduate hours
CRN# 48485 LCD U 2:00-4:30 T 106B6 Engineering Hall
4 graduate hours
CRN# 48486 LCD G 2:00-4:30 T 106B6 Engineering Hall LLS 496 Seminar in Latina/o Studies
3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 6 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours. Topic: The United States/Mexico Border in Comparative Perspective - *H
Instructor: M. Tellez
This course explores the U.S./Mexico border as a place of political, social, economic and cultural interaction, conflict and interdependence. We will examine the variation of communities, peoples, and identities that have evolved on both sides of the international demarcation by examining the history of the region and contemporary border issues such as militarization, globalization, femicide on the border, creative border expressions and social movements. Furthermore, we will explore the ways in which boundary maintenance reinforces the power of the nation-state and the global political economy, as well as the contradictions that emerge from these processes.
3 undergraduate hours
CRN# 46617 LCD MT 2:30-4:50 M 389 Education 4 graduate hours CRN# 49309 LCD MT 2:30-4:50 M 389 Education LLS 590 Independent Study
Independent study on special topics not treated in regularly scheduled courses. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Consent of instructor required.
1 to 4 hours
IND ARRANGED LLS 596 Graduate Seminar in LLS
Examination of specific topics in Latina/Latino Studies. Topics vary. May be repeated in the same or subsequent semesters to a maximum of 12 hours
Topic: Comparative Race Studies: Theories and Methods
(meets with AAS 590 and GWS 590)
Instructor: F. Ngo
This graduate seminar introduces theories and methods of comparative analysis, from the intellectual histories for studies of racial formation to the latest interventions in the field. And because the category of race is a vehicle of multiple forms of power, we will also examine the complex construction of race and racial formation as interrelated to and interdependent with constructions of gender, sexuality, labor, and nation. This seminar will pursue several conceptual themes, including power, space, time, language, and resistances, and introduce students to several subsets of the field of critical race theory, including contact theory, hybridity theories, and critical geography. The course is designed to be of use to graduate students preparing for exams, and for students who are interested in producing intersectional and interdisciplinary research. To serve these purposes, readings focus both on classic texts for studies of racial formation as well as more recent and innovative scholarship.
4 graduate hours
CRN# 47295 LCD FN 3:00-5:50 1030 Foreign Language Building Topic: Anthropology of Contemporary Mexico
(meets with ANTH 515)
Instructor: G. Rosas
This seminar explores culture, power, everyday life in Mexico, and its borderlands. Drawing on wide-ranging, regionally specific, ethnographies, social histories, and other writings, this seminar will delve into questions around this nation-state’s political economy, its formative state processes, and other dimensions of power, as they articulate to historically and politically constructed power relations, and both the everyday and broad-based political mobilizations such processes have generated. We will also rigorously engage how the Mexican people themselves, women and men, indigenous and Mestizo, immigrants and non, understand these and other complexities.
4 graduate hours
CRN# 48535 LCD GR 4:30-7:20 W 209A Davenport Hall Topic: Race Inequality in the U.S.
(meets with SOC 596)
Instructor: J. Dowling
This course will explore racial stratification in the United States with particular attention to patterns of inequality that persist across various social institutions affecting quality of life for racial/ethnic minorities. Topics to be discussed include: residential segregation, housing access, environmental racism, health disparities, educational inequalities, and discrimination in hiring/labor relations. While the focus will be on structural patterns of inequality, readings will also address the day-to-day practices that produce and sustain these racial disparities.
4 graduate hours
CRN# 46466 LCD JD 2:00-4:20 T 113 English Building Topic: Politics of Life
(meets with ANTH 515)
Instructor: J. Inda
In The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault famously described biopower as designating “what brought life and its mechanisms into the realm of explicit calculations and made knowledge-power an agent of transformation of human life.” Biopower thus amounts to nothing less than the taking charge of life by power. It points to how government has assigned itself the duty of administering bodies and managing collective life. Beginning with Foucault’s scattered writings on the biopower, this course explores how the vital processes of human existence have come to matter when it comes to politics. Topics include sovereignty, welfare, humanitarianism, necropolitics, biovalue, genetic responsibility, biological citizenship, race and genomics, and pharmaceutical governance. Readings will include works by, among others, Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Nikolas Rose, Joao Biehl, Monica Konrad, Aihwa Ong, Andrew Lakoff, Anna Marie Smith, Catherine Waldby, Didier Fassin, and Peter Redfield.
4 graduate hours
CRN# 46474 LCD JI 4:30-6:50 T 209A Davenport Hall | 
