Course Offerings

Fall 2026

1190. Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean

Also offered as: HIST 1600

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture.


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Term Class Number Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Schedule Location Enrollment Credits Notes
Fall 2026 7714 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 001 MoWe 12:20pm‑1:10pm
ARJ 143 4/100
Fall 2026 7715 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 002D Fr 12:20pm‑1:10pm
BUSN 112 3/13 3.00
Fall 2026 7716 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 003D Fr 12:20pm‑1:10pm
BUSN 204 1/13 3.00
Fall 2026 7717 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 004D Fr 1:25pm‑2:15pm
SHH 111 0/13 3.00
Fall 2026 7718 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 005D Fr 1:25pm‑2:15pm
SHH 105 0/13 3.00
Fall 2026 7719 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 006D Fr 12:20pm‑1:10pm
MONT 111 0/13 3.00
Fall 2026 7720 Storrs In Person Fernandez, Rodolfo 007D Fr 1:25pm‑2:15pm
FSB 018 0/13 3.00
Fall 2026 11472 Waterbury In Person Lambe, Ariel 331 TuTh 11:00am‑12:15pm
WTBY 217 3/15 3.00
Fall 2026 11613 Avery Point In Person Contreras, Paulo 660 TuTh 9:30am‑10:45am
ACD 208 5/15 3.00
Fall 2026 11293 Hartford Hybrid Contreras, Paulo 701 TuTh 12:30pm‑1:45pm
4/20 3.00

 

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Faculty Contact Information - Fall 2026


Salvador Vidal-Ortiz — sav03001@uconn.edu
Celines Villalba Rosado — villalba@uconn.edu
Liliana Oliveira — liliana.oliveira@uconn.edu
Rodolfo Fernandez — rodolfo.fernandez@uconn.edu
Ariel Lambe — ariel.lambe@uconn.edu
Paulo Contreras — paulo.contreras@uconn.edu
Ricardo Salazar-Rey — ricardo.salazar-rey@uconn.edu
Anne Gebelein — anne.gebelein@uconn.edu
Katerina Seligmann — kgonzalez.seligmann@uconn.edu
Luz Burgos Lopez — luz.burgos_lopez@uconn.edu
Charles Venator-Santiago — charles.venator@uconn.edu
Diana Rios — diana.rios@uconn.edu
Dexter Gabriel — dexter.gabriel@uconn.edu
Alexandra Lamina — alexandra.lamina@uconn.edu
Guillermo Irizarry —guillermo.irizarry@uconn.edu
Jacqueline Loss — jacqueline.loss@uconn.edu