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HIST 229

Drugs & Security in the Americas

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelLower Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

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