LALS at University of Illinois Chicago

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LALS coursework.

• LALS 501Latinos and Latin America in Transnational Contextopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• LALS 502Topics in Latin American and Latino Studiesopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• LALS 301Research Methods in Latin America and Latino Studiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LALS 403Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Latin American and Latino Studiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LALS 102Introduction to Latino Studiesopens 1 course (0.3 directly)
• LALS 103Introduction to Latino Urban Studiesopens 1 course (0.3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate LALS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 32 LALS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 68 more LALS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in LALS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at LALS 223

  1. ANTH 102Introduction to Archaeology
  2. LALS 223Southwestern Archaeology

• 2 courses deep, ending at LALS 225

  1. SOC 100Introduction to Sociology
  2. LALS 225Racial and Ethnic Groups

• 2 courses deep, ending at LALS 229

  1. LALS 102Introduction to Latino Studies
  2. LALS 229Sociology of Latinos

• 2 courses deep, ending at LALS 261

  1. ENGL 161Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research
  2. LALS 261Latin America to

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for LALS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under LALS yet.

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Department events

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