Overview
Description
Regional survey of physical, economic, cultural and political aspects of Latin America.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Core
CO10, CO11
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain social identities within Latin America.
- describe processes that lead to uneven geographies of development across the region, particularly as this relates to urbanization.
- contrast countries and sub-regions within Latin America so as to identify major cultural characteristics and physical traits as well as identify the contemporary legacy of Latin America’s pre-Columbian and colonial histories.
- assess complex, changing, and often controversial relationships between cultures within Latin America and their environments with respect to global contexts.