3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Upper DivisionJEDI
Outline of Latin American history; the cultural heritage from Spain and from the pre-Spanish civilizations; the intellectual, social, and cultural progress of the Latin American countries. Lectures in Spanish.
Learning Outcomes1Identify and locate the major groups of Latin America's indigenous peoples on the map and assess their historical trajectory through primary and secondary texts, group discussion and debate, and written reports.
2Survey in Spanish from a historical perspective the rise and development of Colonial Latin American institutions through critical readings, written and oral presentations.
3Summarize in Spanish the key forces leading up to and following the 19th-century wars of Independence by assessing regional military and political strategies and by generating written and oral reports.
Prerequisites
made by Purdue students.