Regional Specialization

Latin America

FOR STUDENTS WHO ENTERED FA21 AND AFTER

Courses must focus on Mexico, countries of Central America or countries of South America.

UPPER-DIVISION REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION COURSES MAY NOT OVERLAP WITH YOUR MAJOR.
Students entering as freshmen must take 3 courses, of which 2 are UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Students entering as transfers must take 2 UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Language courses may not count for both language requirement and regional specialization.
Students must take ALL courses from the SAME region.
Only ONE course can be taken P/NP.
Qualifying AP credits for Regional Specialization counts as the one allowable lower-division requirement. It does not count as the one allowable P/NP course.
See General Catalog for complete course descriptions and pre-requisites: http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog
Students may overlap their Regional Specialization requirement with the Upper-Division Writing requirement. Please see Approved Courses for Upper-Division Writing to determine which classes are eligible for overlap.

(^) Must take at least TWO UPPER DIVISION courses to satisfy the Regional Specialization requirement
(#) Courses taught in native language, not English.
(*) May be used for Regional Specialization OR Fine Art requirement, NOT BOTH

Anthropology

Course Number	Course Title
ANAR 153	The Mysterious Maya
ANAR 154	The Aztecs & Their Ancestors
ANAR 155	Study Abroad: Ancient Mesoamerica
ANAR 155S	Study Abroad: Ancient Mesoamerica
ANAR 156	The Archaeology of South America
ANAR 157	Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 157S	Early Empires of the Andes: The Middle Horizon
ANAR 158	The Inca: Empire of the Andes
ANAR 159	Pre-Hispanic Societies of the Caribbean Archipelago
ANAR 160	Ancient Maya: Archaeological Problems and Perspectives
ANSC 104	The US-Mexico Border
ANSC 106	Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America
ANSC 106S	Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America—Study Abroad
ANSC 110	Societies and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANSC 135	Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
ANSC 142	Anthropology of Latin America
ANSC 151	US-Mexico Border Ethnographies

Communication

Course Number	Course Title
COMM 104G	CMS: Latin America and the Caribbean
COMM 140	Cinema in Latin America

Economics

Course Number	Course Title
ECON 162	Economics of Mexico

Education Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^EDS 22	Education in Cuba: Institutional Structures, History, and Culture
^EDS 22S	Education in Cuba—Field Experience (must have completed EDS 22)

Ethnic Studies

Course Number	Course Title
ETHN 116	The United States—Mexico Border in Comparative Perspective

Global Health

Course Number	Course Title
GLBH 111	Clinic on the Border: Health Frontiers in Tijuana
GLBH 114	Latin American Health and Healing

Global South Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^GSS 22	Latin America and the Caribbean: History, Culture, and Politics

History

Course Number	Course Title
^HILD 14	Film and History in Latin America
HILA 100	Conquest and Empire: The Americas
HILA 101	Nation-State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America
HILA 102	Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA 102D	Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA 103	Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA 104	Drugs in Latin America
HILA 114	Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA 114D	Dictatorship in Latin America
HILA 117	Indians, Blacks, & Whites: Family Relations in Latin America
HILA 118	Subverting Sovereignty: US Aggression in Latin America, 1898–Present
HILA 119	Central America: Popular Struggle, Political Change, and US Intervention
HILA 121A	History of Brazil through 1889
HILA 121B	History of Brazil, 1889 to Present
HILA 122	Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA 123	The Incas and Their Ancestors
HILA 124	The History of Chile 1880–Present
HILA 124A	History of Women and Gender in Latin America
HILA 126	From Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture and Society
HILA 131	A History of Mexico
HILA 132	Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA 132D	Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA 133	Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America
HILA 134	Indians of Colonial Latin America
HILA 135	Knowledge and Science in Colonial Latin America
HILA 144	Topics in Latin American History
HILA 144P	Topics: Pre-Modern Latin America
HILA 145	People and Nature in Amazonia: An Unwritten History
HILA 161	History of Women in Latin America
HILA 162	Special Topics in Latin American History
HILA 164	Women’s Work and Family Life in Latin America
HILA 167	Scholarship on Latin American History in the Colonial Period
HILA 168	Scholarship on Latin American History in the Nineteenth Century
HILA 169	Scholarship on Latin American History in the Twentieth Century
HILA 171	Topics in Latin American History Since 1910
HILA 199	Independent Study in Latin American History

Latin American Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^LATI 50	Introduction to Latin America
LATI 124	Ethnoracial Politics in Latin America
LATI 140	Decolonial Thought and Practices in Latin America
LATI 150	Digital Oral History in Latin America
LATI 160	Latin American Third Cinema
LATI 165	Visual Culture in Latin America
LATI 166	Latin Food Culture: Culinary Ethnography of the Americas
LATI 170	Social Science Research in Latin America
LATI 180	Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LATI 184	Special Topics in Global South Studies
LATI 190	Senior Seminar
LATI 191	Honors Seminar
LATI 199	Individual Study

Linguistics

Course Number	Course Title
LIGN 143	The Structure of Spanish

Literature

Course Number	Course Title
LTAM 110	Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111	Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 120	Ecocultural Narratives from Latin America
LTEN 188	Contemporary Caribbean Literature
^#LTSP 2B	Intermediate Spanish II
^#LTSP 2C	Intermediate Spanish III
^#LTSP 2F	Spanish for Heritage Learners II
^#LTSP 3F	Spanish for Heritage Learners III
#LTSP 100A	Advanced Spanish Language and Culture
#LTSP 100F	Advanced Spanish Language and Culture for Heritage Learners
LTSP 115	Critical Race Studies in Latin America
#LTSP 134	Literature of the Southern Cone
#LTSP 135A	Mexican Literature Before 1910
#LTSP 135B	Modern Mexican Literature
#LTSP 136	Andean Literature
#LTSP 137	Caribbean Literature
#LTSP 138	Central American Literature
LTSP 169	Latin American Popular and Mass Cultures
#LTSP 172	Indigenista Themes in Latin American Literature
LTSP 175	Feminisms, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America
LTSP 180	Film and Visual Arts in Latin America

Philosophy

Course Number	Course Title
PHIL 155	Mexican Philosophy

Political Science

Course Number	Course Title
POLI 134AA	Comparative Politics of Latin America
POLI 134B	Politics in Mexico
POLI 134D	Selected Topics in Latin American Politics
POLI 134I	Politics in the Southern Cone of Latin America
POLI 134J	Cuba: Revolution and Reform

Sociology

Course Number	Course Title
SOCI 182	Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 188D	Latin America: Society and Politics
SOCI 188M	Social Movements in Latin America

Theatre & Dance

Course Number	Course Title
*TDMV 142	Latine Diaspora
*TDMV 146	Intermediate Latin Dance of the World

Visual Arts

Course Number	Course Title
*VIS 126AN	Pre-Columbian Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America
*VIS 126BN	The Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya
*VIS 126C	Problems in Mesoamerican Art History
*VIS 126D	Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions
*VIS 126E	Indigenisms I: The Making of the Modern, Nineteenth Century to Mid-Twentieth Century
*VIS 126F	Indigenisms II: Contemporary Disseminations, Neo-Avantgarde to the Present
*VIS 126P	Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern, 1890-1950
*VIS 126Q	Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern, 1950-Present
*VIS 156	Latino American Cinema

Last Updated: 7/16/25