Latin America–Related Courses at UCLA
Fall 2026
Compiled from the Latin American Studies M.A. program course list and faculty email submissions.
African American Studies
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| AF AMER 117 |
Ecologies of Empire, Liberation, and Resistance |
Keston Perry |
| AF AMER C191-01 |
Afro-American Studies: Black Health Across the Diaspora |
Ugo Edu |
American Indian Studies
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| AM IND 202 |
Key Theories and Concepts in American Indian Studies |
Vicente Diaz |
| AM IND C220 |
Working in Tribal Communities: Introduction |
Viki Eagle |
| AM IND 280B |
Indigenous Peoples in International Law |
Lauren Van Schilfgaarde |
Anthropology
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| ANTHRO 114P |
Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica |
Staff |
| ANTH 119 |
Caribbean Archaeology |
Justin Dunnavant |
| ANTHRO M128T (=SOC GEN M143) |
Amazon in Anthropocene |
Jessica Lynch |
| ANTHRO M155 |
Native American Languages and Their Speakers |
Paul V. Kroskrity |
| ANTHRO M201A (=ARCHEOL M201A) |
Graduate Core Seminar: Archaeology |
Richard G. Lesure |
| ANTHRO CM217 (=ARCHEOL M205A) |
Experimental Archaeology |
Thomas A. Wake |
Art History
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| ART HIS C142B |
Latin American Art of 20th Century |
Beth T. Rosenblum |
Chicana/o and Central American Studies
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| CCAS 109 |
Chicana/Chicano Folklore |
Audrey Harris |
| CCAS 113 |
Day of Dead Ritual |
Martha Ramirez-Oropeza |
| CCAS 120 |
Immigration and Chicano Community |
Richard Andalon |
| CCAS M144 (=GENDER M144, LBR STD M144) |
Women's Movement in Latin America |
Maylei S. Blackwell |
| CCAS CM147 (=GENDER M147C) |
Transnational Women's Organizing in the Americas |
Maylei S. Blackwell |
| CCAS 153D |
U.S. Central American Narratives |
Karina Alma |
| CCAS 165 |
Latinas and Latinos in Public Education |
Laura Chávez-Moreno |
| CCAS 200 |
Theoretical Paradigms in Chicana/Chicano and Central American Studies |
Floridalma E. Boj López |
| CCAS C251 |
Chicana and Latin American Women's Narrative |
Helen Ellis |
| CCAS 291 |
Construction and Contesting of Racialization |
Laura Chávez-Moreno |
Community Health Sciences
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| COM HLT 132 |
Health, Disease, and Health Services in Latin America |
Bonnie Taub |
Comparative Literature
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| COM LIT 180 |
Health Humanities in Comparative Contexts: Who, When, and Why of Test Subjects |
Ana Ugarte Fernandez |
Ethnomusicology
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| ETHNMUS 215A |
Ethnomusicological Perspectives and Paradigms I: Late 19th Century to 1980s |
Steven J. Loza |
| ETHNMUS 91Z |
World Music Performance Organizations (Open Ensemble): Son Jarocho Music from Veracruz |
César Castro |
Gender Studies
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| GENDER 117 |
Introduction to Queer Latina/Latino Studies |
Deborah Bustillo |
| GENDER M186B (=HIST M186B) |
Global Feminism, 1850 to Present |
Katherine M. Marino |
Geography
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| GEOG 146 |
Environmental Justice and Climate Change |
Juan C. Herrera |
| GEOG 172C |
Brazil |
Stephen A. Bell |
| GEOG 236 |
Cultural Geography |
Juan C. Herrera |
History
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| HIST 161 |
The Cuban Revolution |
Robin Derby |
| HIST 191E |
History—Latin America: States and Markets in the Atlantic World |
William R. Summerhill |
| HIST 201I |
Research Seminar on Brazil |
William Summerhill |
Latin American Studies
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| LATN AM 205 |
Latin Americanist Scholarship |
Bonnie Taub |
Public Affairs
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| PUB AFF 112 |
Social Movements |
Amy Ritterbusch |
| PUB AFF 149 |
International Housing Policy |
Paavo Monkkonen |
Sociology
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| SOCIOL 152 |
Comparative Immigrant Integration in the U.S. |
Cecilia Menjívar |
| SOCIOL 154 |
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (Undergraduate) |
César Ayala |
| SOCIOL 285A |
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (Graduate) |
César Ayala |
Spanish and Portuguese
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| PORT 46 |
Brazil and the Portuguese Speaking World |
José Luiz Passos |
| PORT M142C |
Travel Narratives, Testimony, Autobiography |
José Luiz Passos |
| PORT M205A (=SPAN M205A) |
Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages |
A. Carlos Quícoli |
| PORT 290 |
Way-out and Multi-tongued: Essays on Poets from the Americas |
Patrícia Lino |
| SPAN 119-01 / 119-02 |
Introduction to Literary Analysis |
Jimena N. Rodríguez; Jorge Marturano |
| SPAN 120 |
Literature in Historical Context |
Javier Patiño Loira |
| SPAN 135 |
Complexities & Paradoxes: Women of the Colonial World |
Jimena Rodríguez |
| SPAN 150-01 |
Topics in Contemporary Studies |
Patricia Arroyo Calderón |
| SPAN 150-02 |
Topics in Contemporary Studies |
Gelsys M. García Lorenzo |
| SPAN 160 |
Topics in Spanish Linguistics |
Ji Young Kim |
| SPAN 170 |
Robots, Cyborgs, and Artificial Intelligence in Latin American Culture |
Stephen “Kip” Tobin |
| SPAN M172 |
¡Cine vivo! Community-Engaged Sensory Ethnography Workshop |
Greg Cohen |
| SPAN 175 |
Creative Poetry Writing in Spanish |
Alejandro Castro |
| SPAN 204B |
Generative Syntax and Semantics |
Victoria E. Mateu |
| SPAN 262B |
Studies in Medieval Spanish Literature |
John C. Dagenais |
| SPAN 290 |
Latin American Poetry and Psychoanalysis |
Alejandro Castro |
| SPAN 290 |
Auto-fiction in Mexico |
Maarten Van Delden |
Urban Planning
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| URBN PL 296 |
Housing Policy and Planning |
Paavo Monkkonen |
World Arts and Cultures/Dance
| Course # |
Course Title |
Instructor |
| WAC 1 |
Introduction to World Arts and Cultures |
David Delgado Shorter |