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  "college": "college-of-alameda",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "M/LAT",
  "name": "Mexican&Latin American Studies",
  "sourceUrl": "https://coa.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/47221/47359/47365/47535/47537",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 2A",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "2A",
      "title": "Latin/American Folklore",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Study of Latin-American folklore, including Spanish-speaking folk groups in the U.S.: Emphasis on indigenous myths, legends, contemporary oral narrative, folk art, cooking, and folk music, with emphasis on the ballads, folk humor, festivals both religious and secular. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Emphasis on Mexican and Mexican-American folklore (A); Central American and Caribbean folklore (B); South American folklore (C). Also offered as Humanities 51 A-C.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/m-lat/#m-lat-2a",
          "subject": "M/LAT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 2B",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "2B",
      "title": "Latin-American Folklore",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Study of Latin-American folklore, including Spanish-speaking folk groups in the U.S.: Emphasis on indigenous myths, legends, contemporary oral narrative, folk art, cooking, and folk music, with emphasis on the ballads, folk humor, festivals both religious and secular. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Emphasis on Mexican and Mexican-American folklore (A); Central American and Caribbean folklore (B); South American folklore (C). Also offered as Humanities 51 A-C.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 2C",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "2C",
      "title": "Latin-American Folklore",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Study of Latin-American folklore, including Spanish-speaking folk groups in the U.S.: Emphasis on indigenous myths, legends, contemporary oral narrative, folk art, cooking, and folk music, with emphasis on the ballads, folk humor, festivals both religious and secular. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Emphasis on Mexican and Mexican-American folklore (A); Central American and Caribbean folklore (B); South American folklore (C). Also offered as Humanities 51 A-C.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 3",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "3",
      "title": "Survey of Latin American and Chicano Authors",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Survey of Latin American authors. Chronological study of selected Pre-Hispanic, Spanish colonial period and contemporary Latin literature in translation. Focuses on contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican and Mexican authors with an emphasis on Latin American literary trends. Also offered as Spanish 51.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 18A",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "18A",
      "title": "History and Culture of The Caribbean/Central America",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "History, culture, politics, social, and economic make-up of the Caribbean and Central American nations from Pre-Columbian days to the present: Emphasis on an understanding of contemporary institutions and events; intended to be comparative in relation to Anglo-America. Pre-Columbian period to 1810. Also offered as HIST 53A.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 6;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 18B",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "18B",
      "title": "History and Culture of The Caribbean/Central America",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "History, culture, politics, social, and economic make-up of the Caribbean and Central American nations from Pre-Columbian days to the present: Emphasis on an understanding of contemporary institutions and events; intended to be comparative in relation to Anglo-America. From 1810 to the present. Also offered as HIST 53B",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 6;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 30A",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "30A",
      "title": "Survey of Latin-American Films",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Critical examination of historical and contemporary film images of Latinos/Americanos as a result of cultural encounters within the United States: traditional and emerging objectives of film makers and producers; common themes and cultural elements in films by and about Latinos in the United States.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3, 6; Cal-GETC Area 3A;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 30B",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "30B",
      "title": "Survey of Latin-American Films",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Critical examination of cinema from throughout Latin America and Spain that relate to Latino cultural experiences, and especially those films that educate viewers about Latino encounters with majority and minority cultures within Latin America.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "M/LAT 40",
      "subject": "M/LAT",
      "number": "40",
      "title": "Latin American Revolutions",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Examination of 19th and 20th century revolutions that prompted political changes in Latin America: Revolutions including local, regional, and national stages; various forms of political change; development of Latin American nations.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4, 6;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}