Subject Area: Americas Studies<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: Development Studies; Hispanic Studies; History<br/><br/>"Americas Studies: Histories and Cultures" is the gateway course to the Americas Studies minor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. It introduces students to key themes in the human and environmental changes, and their interpretation, which have occurred in the Western Hemisphere since the pre-Colombian era to the present, so as to provide students with the knowledge and the conceptual skills to engage in Americas Studies courses in second and third year. -- Course Website