Courses

Spring 2021 (1.5 credit) MINI-COURSES under Topics in Latino and/or Caribbean Studies:

UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATION 
Course Number: 01:595:280:MA 
Instructor: Cynthia N. Sánchez Gómez This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
* Remote Instruction * Meets Synchronously on Mondays per. 6 (5:35 – 6:55 pm) & Asynchronously for second session.
STARTS: 3/22/21 ENDS: 5/3/21  Add Deadline: 3/29/2021 with SPN 

Course Description: The course explores the contemporary realities for undocumented immigrants living in the United States. We will pay close attention to the experiences of undocumented youth accessing and navigating educational spaces such as high schools, community colleges, and universities.

INTRODUCTION TO BLACK/LATINX MUSEUM STUDIES
Course Number: 01:595:281:MB
 Instructor: William Garcia-Medina This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
* Remote Instruction * Meets Asynchronously
STARTS: 3/22/21 ENDS: 5/3/21  Add Deadline: 3/29/2021 with SPN

Course Description: This introductory course will examine the history and development of Black/Latinx Museum studies from the second half of the twentieth century into the present. As museum studies is an ever-evolving interdisciplinary discipline consisting of various fields, many of the readings will be drawn from cultural studies, literature, Museum studies, public humanities, Black and Latinx studies, giving the course a strong interdisciplinary component.  The material follows a thematic structure drive by critical issues, specific communities, and innovative perspectives in museum education. Many themes involve immigration, identity formation, community, marginalization. Race, gender, ethnicity, class, empire, environment are topics that are embedded over the mini course.