Cross-listed with ENGL358F. Credit will be only granted for USLT328B or ENGL358F.

Cross-listed with SLLC399R and SPAN359R. Credit will be only granted for SPAN359R or USLT328G or SLLC399R. Explores the worlding of Prince Georges County, Maryland, or how the world is in our region, from its origins to the migration of people from across the globe. Topics covered include demographics, immigration, transnationalism, translocality, history, cultures, communities, and local uses of languages. Course requires outside service-learning work and provides opportunities to engage with local communities and to put our communication and language skills to use. Taught in English.

Cross-listed with SPAN359W and CMLT398I. Credit will be only granted for SPAN359W, CMLT398I, or USLT328P.

Explores the idea of home and identity through texts by contemporary Latin American and Latine/x writers. Students will complete frequent writing exercises in generative workshops and respond critically to colleagues work. Other significant topics include food, memory, mental health, and community. Readings include fiction, essays, and poetry. Authors might include Elizabeth Acevedo, Sandra Cisneros, Mark Oshiro, Jaime Cortez, Angie Cruz, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Alejandro Zambra, Maya Chinchilla, Julian Randall, Lorraine Avila, Natalie Diaz, Elisabet Velasquez, Ariana Brown,Yesika Salgado, and Jose Olivarez. Writing will be in Spanish for Spanish minors and majors and in English for students in other majors. Everyone is welcome! Taught in English.

Cross-listed with AMST498G.

A variable topics seminar that exposed students to interdisciplinary critical readings, writings, and research in U.S. Latina/o Studies. Interdisciplinary research methodologies are broadly addressed. Students will gain skills and practice in reading critical analytic texts and will develop writing skills.