Intermediate

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

The socio-political situation of the generation of the '80s. Territorial expansion, Roca and the campaign to the desert. The Argentine population. Foreign immigration and its impact. Construction of the modern Argentine model. From a limited democracy to enhanced participation. Irigoyen and political participation. The crisis of the '30s and the military in power. Social classes and their behavior. Peronist populism. Political parties and the role of the social classes. The socio-political situation during the military governments. The return to democracy. The change of structure in recent decades. Modernization, the social cost, marginality and poverty.