Areas of Concentration / Programs: Latin American and Iberian Studies, 2012-2013
Description
This concentration is an interdisciplinary program for students majoring in a related discipline who wish to undertake a comprehensive study of the cultures of Spanish America or Spain. Students supplement a major in one of the cooperating departments (e.g., history, history of art, religion, political science, anthropology, psychology, economics, comparative literature or Spanish) with courses that focus on Latin American and Iberian issues and themes.
Faculty
Professor Jim Krippner, Coordinator
Requirements
Requirements for the concentration (six courses and one essay):
- Competence in Spanish to be achieved no later than the junior year, demonstrated by the completion of at least one course in Spanish at the 200 level or above.
- SPAN/ICPR 240 at Haverford, or GNST 145 at Bryn Mawr. One of these two courses is taught every year, alternating between Haverford and Bryn Mawr.
- Four other related courses, two of which must be outside the major department; one of these four courses should be at the 300 level. Students should choose these courses from the offerings listed under the concentration in the Haverford College Catalog or the Course Guide. Students should consult with their advisors as to which courses are most appropriate for their major and special interests: some apply more to Latin America, others to Spain. Please note that students may take other courses to fulfill this requirement if they can demonstrate a course's pertinence to their program.
- A long paper (at least 20 pages) on Spain or Latin America, to be completed no later than the first semester of the senior year, as part of the work for a course in the student's major or the concentration. Whenever possible, students should write the paper while in residence at the College. Students must submit in advance a proposal for the paper topic, accompanied by a bibliography, for approval by the concentration coordinator. While the topic is open and should reflect the student's interests in a particular discipline, the paper should demonstrate the student's ability to discuss cogently the history, literature or social or political thought of Latin America or Spain as it applies to his/her individual research project.
Courses
Please note that this list is not exhaustive; see section C above.
INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS
240b Latin American and Iberian Cultures and Civilizations
HISTORY
114a Origins of the Global South
208 Colonial Latin America
209 Modern Latin America
317b Topics in Latin American History: The Latin American Baroque
POLITICAL SCIENCE
131b Comparative Government and Politics
229b Latino Politics in the U.S.
233b Perspectives on Civil War and Revolution: Southern Europe and Central America
237a Latin American Politics
239a The United States and Latin America
339a Research Seminar: Transitional Justice
SPANISH
All courses at the 200 and 300 levels in Spanish at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore count toward the concentration.