HIST 240 - History of Latin America

Credit Hours 3
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
An introductory survey of Latin American history from pre-Columbian times to the present. The course focuses on various historical issues and problems, including human and physical geography; indigenous civilizations; European expansion and colonization; problems of race, ethnicity, class and gender; colonial economic, political, constitutional, and religious structures; struggle for independence; 20th century search for political and economic; stability; and environmental degradation, population expansion; rapid urbanization, relations with the United States, and the place of Latin America in the post-Cold War reconfiguration of the world.
Is course repeatable for credit? No
Variable Hour Exist No
Mode of Delivery
Traditional