Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0025
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 19 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 History, Latin American Studies, or 20Th Century Latin American History
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the third of a three part series on the history and contemporary status of Latin America and the Caribbean. Before the end of the century, people of Latin American and Caribbean origin will constitute the largest minority in the United States. Latin America and the Caribbean represent one on the United States' most important trading partners as well as a strategic resource. The Americas examines the varying economic and cultural differences that exist throughout Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the United State's relations with its hemispheric neighbor and with people of Latin American and Caribbean origin living in the U.S.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which the people of the Americas maintain economic and cultural sovereignty in the face of pressure both foreign and domestic
  • Demonstrate an increased knowledge and understanding of the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Be aware of the historic and contemporary economic, political, social, and cultural ties that link these counties both to themselves and the United States
  • Have knowledge of the reasons for and the composition of the revolutionary movements in the region as well as being aware of how the communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin within the United States deal with issues of assimilation, and cultura
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials