Latin American History 1

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Overview

Subject area

SSH

Catalog Number

131

Course Title

Latin American History 1

Department(s)

Description

This course is an introduction to the history of Latin America from the initial encounters of peoples from Africa, Iberia and the Americas, through the movements for independence in the early 19th century. Course topics include the economic and social organization of the colonies, intellectual currents and colonial science, native accommodation and resistance to colonial rule, trade networks and imperial expansion, labor regimes and forms of economic production, and migration and movement.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate LaGuardia CC

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

011850

Course Schedule