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The Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the College of Charleston offers an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary program featuring a Major and Minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Major and Minor include courses in a number of disciplines as well as a core course in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
The Major consists of 30 hours in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies courses with not more than 12 hours in any one discipline (excluding LACS); no more than 15 hours at the 200 level, excluding LACS 101. Students must fulfill their language requirement in Spanish or Portuguese. Students must also double-major in a non-interdisciplinary field, i.e. History, Political Science, Hispanic Studies, etc. Students are encouraged to spend one summer or semester in a study abroad program in Latin America or the Caribbean.
The Minor is comprised of 18 credit hours: 9 hours of required courses and 9 hours of electives.
LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies may be used to fulfill the Humanities or Social Science General Education Requirement.
FALL 2007 COURSES
| ENGL 234.001 |
Survey of
Third
World Masterpieces |
MWF 10:00 -
10:50 |
LEWIS |
| HIST 262.001 |
Colonial
Latin America |
TR 12:15 - 1:30 | COATES |
| HIST 265.001 |
Caribbean
Since 1800 |
MWF
2:00 - 2:50 |
BRANA-SHUTE |
| HIST 366.090 |
Comparative
Slavery in the Americas |
MW 5:30
- 6:45 |
POWERS |
| *LACS 101.001 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies | TR
10:50 - 12:05 |
FRIEDMAN |
| *LACS 101.080 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies EXPRESS I | MW 3:00 - 6:00 | RABI |
| *LACS 101.085 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies EXPRESS II | MW 3:00 - 6:00 | RABI |
| LACS
104.T01 |
Introduction
to Contemporary Chile |
CHILE |
TBA |
| LTPO 270.001 |
Studies in
Brazilian Film |
TR 12:15 -
1:30 |
MOREIRA |
| POLS 321.T01 | Politics
of Latin America |
CHILE |
TBA |
| POLS
328.001 |
Modernization,
Dependency and Political Development
|
MWF
12:00 - 12:50 |
FRIEDMAN |
| SPAN
315.T01 |
Special
Assignment Abroad |
CHILE |
TBA |
| SPAN 326.001 | Latin American Civilization and Culture I | MWF 1:00 -
1:50 |
ESPINOZA |
| SPAN 326.T01 | Latin American Civilization and Culture I | CHILE |
TBA |
| SPAN
327.001 |
Latin American Civilization and Culture II | MWF
10:00 - 10:50 |
AVENDANO |
| SPAN 328.T01 |
Spanish
Language Study Abroad |
CHILE |
TBA |
| SPAN 371.T01 | Survey of Spanish American Literature I | CHILE |
TBA |
| SPAN 372.001 | Survey of Spanish American Literature II | TR 3:05-4:15 |
COLOMINA-GARIGOS |
| SPAN 372.T01 | Survey of Spanish American Literature II | CHILE |
TBA |
| SPAN 447.001 |
Spanish
Dialectology |
TR
12:15 - 1:30 |
MARTINEZ |
| SPAN 457.001 |
Early
Colonial Spanish-American Texts |
MWF
3:00 - 3:50 |
VASQUEZ |
| SPAN 458.001 |
Contemporary
Hispanic-Caribbean Theater |
MWF 2:00
-2:50 |
LINARES-OCANTO |
| SPAN 490.T01 |
ST: Chilean
Theater: Study and Practicum |
CHILE |
TBA |
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