URBN PL M187Latino Metropolis: Architecture and Urbanism in Americas
Urban Planning · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M187 and History M151E.) Introduction to history of architecture and urbanism in Americas, from fabled cities of Aztec empire to barrios of 21st-century Los Angeles and Miami. Emphasis on role of cities in Latina/Latino experience and uses of architecture and city planning to forge new social identities rooted in historical experiences of conquest, immigration, nationalization, and revolution.
P/NP or 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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