HST406 Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America (Signature Seminar; Fall, Spring)

This traveling* Signature Seminar features on-site lectures and activities (Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay comprise a typical itinerary) and introduces important political, sociological, and historical issues in the Southern Cone region. This course is taught in Spanish, with optional tutorials offered in English for students who need extra language support. Students who attend English tutorials or complete assignments in English are not eligible for SPA credit.

May also be registered as IRP/LAS/SPA 334/PSC 428. It may be taken at the graduate level, with additional work required, under PAI 600.1.

This is a required Signature Seminar for all fall-semester undergraduate students in the Spanish language Syracuse Santiago program.

* Note that the itinerary is subject to any official travel restrictions issued by local and/or national authorities. 

The course analyzes the Republican period, starting with the formation of Latin American nations until the crisis of the liberal state in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century. The course will cover main economic, political, social and cultural processes in Chile within the historical development of Latin America. El curso analiza el periodo republicano, comenzando con la formación de las naciones latinoamericanas hasta la crisis del estado liberal en la transición del siglo XIX al XX. El curso cubrirá los procesos económicos, sociales y culturales en Chile dentro del desarrollo histórico de Latinoamérica. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester. (IHT 0105)