Fall 2026 Certificate Courses

Fall 2026 Certificate Courses

Students currently pursuing or interested in the LALSC Undergraduate Certificate may enroll in the following courses offered during the Fall 2026 semester that will count toward the Certificate requirements. Instructors are listed in parentheses, and students may search for a course they are interested in enrolling in by entering the course code (e.g. LAMS 1000) in CU Boulder's course catalog.

Core Course:

LAMS 1000 Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies (Loayza)

DeptCourse CodeTitleInstructor
ARSC4040Andean FoodwaysDoris Loayza
ANTH1140Exploring a non-Western Culture: The MayaBrzezinski
ARTH3729Foundations in Latin American ArtJames Córdova
ARTH 4919Capstone Seminar: Art HistorySonja Gandert
ARTH 4929Special Topics in Art HistoryVaries (e.g., Sonja Gandert)
ETHN4001Screening Race, Class & Gender in the U.S. and the Global BorderlandAsher Firestone
ETHN 3705Sport and Culture in Latin America and the CaribbeanJ. Vasquez Zarate
GEOG3812Geography of Mexico, Central Am, & CaribbeanJ Bryan
GEOG4302Latinx GeographiesRivera
HIST1018-001Introduction to Early Latin American History to 1810Gisselle Perez-Leon
HIST1028Latin American History since IndependenceTony Wood
HIST2028Latin America Behind the HeadlinesTony Wood
HIST2326Special Topic: The U.S.-Mexico BorderGisselle Perez-Leon
HIST4527Mexican American History since 1848Natalie Mendoza
PSCI4131Latinos and the U.S. Political SystemMichelangelo Landgrave
PORT2800Brazil: Past and PresentTBA
PORT 3003Advanced Portuguese LanguageLanguage Support
PORT 3220Latin Am. Culture: Spanish Am/BrazilTBA
PORT 4230Special Topics: Luso-Brazilian LitTBA
QUEC1010Beginning Quechua 1Doris Loayza
SPAN4215Spanish in the United StatesTBA
SPAN 3030Professional Spanish for Business 1 Edgar Vargas
SPAN 3050Spanish Phonology and Phonetics Emmy Herland
SPAN 3080Spanish Health Professions Emmy Herland
SPAN3100Literary and cultural analysisPrieto
SPAN3220Latin American Culture: Spanish America and BrazilTBA
SPAN4060Problems of Translation for Professions in Spanish 1Long
SPAN 4170Major Works/Trends in Literature and Culture in Latin America Up to the 19th CenturyPrieto
SPAN4180Mirrors and Labyrinths: The Worlds of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez ( 
SPAN4215Spanish in the United StatesTBA
SPAN 4230Special Topics in Luso-Brazilian and/or African Literature TBA
SPAN4430Varieties of Spoken SpanishRivas
WGST 3670Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Global Migration