Courses
Below are the courses offered in Latino Studies. Check the requirements page for which courses count towards your program of study. Note that not all courses are offered every semester and course lists are subject to change.
To review current and recent course offerings, see the PATH class search link for ILS - Institute for Latino Studies. To enroll in the ILS Supplementary Major or Minor contact Dr. Karen Richman, Director of Undergraduate Studies, by emailing krichman@nd.edu or calling (574) 631-8146. We also encourage you to visit us at 315 Bond Hall.
Latino Studies Fall 2026 Courses
Enrichment Classes
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ILS 10012, Regional Dances of Mexico
Paloma Garcia-Lopez, TTh 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM -
ILS 10014, Mariachi Ensemble
Paloma Garcia-Lopez, TTh 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM -
ILS 10015, Mariachi Ensemble II
Lukas Mendoza, TTh 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
20000 Level Courses
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ILS 20042, Amplifying Voices
Katy Lichon, TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 20102, Ballads to Hip-Hop: Race, Music & American Latinos
Alex E. Chávez, MW 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM -
ILS 20303, Latinx Poetry Now
Francisco Aragón, MW 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM -
ILS 20305, Reading to Create: A Writing Course
Francisco Aragón, M 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM -
ILS 20701, Introduction to Latino Studies
Marisel Moreno, TTh 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 20703, Race and Film
Steven Alvarado, TTh 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM -
ILS 20704, Social Inequality & American Education
Amy Langenkamp, TTh 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 20902, Conversation & Writing for Heritage Speakers
María Ruiz García, MWF 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM -
ILS 20913, CEL: Once Upon a Time: Children's Literature and Community Connections
Rachel Parroquín, TTh 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM; Th 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM -
ILS 23200, Art and Social Change
Michael Hebbeler, F 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
30000 Level Courses
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ILS 30005, Latinx Represent in Hollywood
Jason Ruiz, TTh 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 30012, Latin American Photography
Tatiana Reinoza, MW 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 30041, Education, Schooling & Society
Ryan Clark; Maria Mckenna, MW 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 30043, Multicultural Literacies and the Elementary Classroom
Jodene Morrell, TTh 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM -
ILS 30103, Migrants and Mobility
Rose Luminiello, TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 30105, Indigenous Environments
Donna Glowacki, MW 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM -
ILS 30144, Race, Migration, Deportation
Jennifer Huynh, MW 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM -
ILS 30406, Colonial Latin America
Karen Graubart, TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 30410, Experience of Conquest: Native Perceptions of Relations with Spaniards in 16th-C. Mesoamerica
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, MW 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 30411, Latin American History through Film
Jaime Pensado, TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 30902, Introduction to Hispanic Literatures & Cultures
Various faculty, sections, & hours -
ILS 30912, Modern Latin-American Literature & Culture
María Rosa Olivera-Williams, MW 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM -
ILS 33705, Rethinking Crime and Justice
Pam Butler, F 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM -
ILS 33810, Just Wage Research Lab
Daniel Graff, F 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM -
ILS 33813, Citizenship and Service in the Latino Community
Karen Richman, M or W 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
40000 Level Courses
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ILS 40601, Immigrant Youth and Families
Jenny Padilla, TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 43504, Politics of Public Policy
Ricardo Ramírez, MW 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM -
ILS 46711, Directed Readings: Latino Studies
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ILS 48900, Senior Thesis
Latino Studies Fall 2026 University Seminars
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ENGL 13186, On the Move: Migration in American Literature
Instructor: Francisco Robles
Time: TTh 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Description: This course explores the role of migration in twentieth-century U.S. literature and film. Students consider how movement shapes narratives, characters, and political ideas, and how migration redefines the American experience, homeland, and region. -
HIST 13184, Youth Activism and State Repression during the Sixties
Instructor: Jaime Pensado
Time: TTh 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Description: This course studies youth activism and state repression in the twentieth century, with a focus on the sixties in communities of color in the United States and Latin America. Students explore movements such as Black Power, Chicana/o activism, feminism, and counterculture, while also learning archival research through the history of student activism at Notre Dame. -
SOC 13181, How did I get here?
Instructor: Amy Langenkamp
Time: TTh 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Description: This course explores morality as a force that shapes social life, while also showing how moral principles are often challenged by competing personal, social, and political pressures. Students engage philosophical, psychological, and social-scientific perspectives alongside case studies of moments when morality was tested, reinterpreted, or distorted. -
SOC 13181, Contemporary Education Issues
Instructor: Mark Berends
Time: TTh 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Description: This course examines the relationship among society, schools, and teachers, with particular attention to educational opportunity and equity. Through research, media, discussion, and case studies, students analyze major debates in education and connect academic scholarship to real-world practice. -
POLS 13181, Race and Policing in the United States
Instructor: David Cortez
Time: TTh 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Description: This course explores the relationship between race and policing in the United States and asks whether policing as an institution can be reformed. Drawing on theory, history, empirical research, popular culture, and current events, students examine topics such as racial profiling, institutional reform, and the political effects of police contact. -
LLRO 13186, Human Rights, Social Justice & the Culture
Instructor: Tom Anderson
Time: TTh 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Description: This course examines themes of human rights, social justice, and the culture of violence in Latin American literature and film. Focusing on the Hispanic Caribbean, Central America, and South America, students explore issues such as poverty, exploitation, oppression, and resistance through texts and films.