Overview
Description
This course analyzes the history of drug trafficking and its related security threats in the Americas.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Core
CO11
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- analyze the historical, social, and cultural dynamics of drug trafficking and security in the Americas
- evaluate how historians intrepret drug trafficking, such as its role in gender relations, economics, public policy, and international relations
- interpret popular media depictions of drugs and security in analytical writing using peer-reviewed journal articles
- articulate connections between Latin American history and Latin America’s past and current role in drug trafficking
- analyze the different global perspectives involved in popular media depictions of drugs and security in the Americas in an analytical essay using research from peer-reviewed journal articles