GEOG 172BCentral America
Geography · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Located at center of American continent, Central America is central player in production of many important crops for world, and epicenter of massive migration waves. Exploration of Central America to understand way region has been defined by both European colonization and more modern interventions led by neocolonial relations with U.S. Consideration of role of racialization in producing specific racial/spatial dynamics in region. Fundamental exploration of how transnational migration has created expansive Central American diaspora that produces effects in isthmus and abroad.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
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