# Mexican&Latin American Studies (M/LAT) courses

College of Alameda · 2026-2027 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://coa.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/47221/47359/47365/47535/47537

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### M/LAT 2A — Latin/American Folklore

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/m-lat.md)

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.

### M/LAT 2B — Latin-American Folklore

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

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.

### M/LAT 2C — Latin-American Folklore

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

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.

### M/LAT 3 — Survey of Latin American and Chicano Authors

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

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.

### M/LAT 18A — History and Culture of The Caribbean/Central America

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 6;

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.

### M/LAT 18B — History and Culture of The Caribbean/Central America

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 6;

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

### M/LAT 30A — Survey of Latin-American Films

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3, 6; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

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.

### M/LAT 30B — Survey of Latin-American Films

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

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.

### M/LAT 40 — Latin American Revolutions

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4, 6;

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.