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REQUIREMENTS: A major in Latin American and
Caribbean Area Studies
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 complete the equivalent of 202 in Spanish, Portuguese or
French and either 6 more hours in the same language or 6 hours of a
second language (Spanish, Portuguese or French). Students are required
to earn a minimum of 6 credit hours in a
semester or summer study abroad or internship abroad program approved
by the LACS faculty. Students must also major in a
non-interdisciplinary field, i.e. History, Political Science, Hispanic
Studies, etc. REQUIRED: (Download LACS Declaration of Major form here) LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
| CORE COURSES I: Take three (3) |
| CORE
COURSES II: Take
two
(2) |
| ANTH
362 Social and Cultural Change ANTH 328 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (HIST 266) ARTH 205 Pre-Columbian Art and Culture ARTH 255 Latin American Colonial Art ENGL 234 Survey of Third World Masterpieces HIST 266 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (ANTH 328) HIST 366 Comparative Slavery in the Americas LTPO 150 Portuguese Literature in Translation LTPO 250 Portuguese Lit. in Transl: A Foreign Literature LTPO 270 Studies in Brazilian Film |
LTPO 280 Studies in
Brazilian Civilization and
Culture LTPO 350 Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: A Foreign Author LTPO 450 Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: Comparative Literature LTSP 252 Contemp. Lat. Amer. Lit. in Translation LTSP 254 Society, History & Cult. in Span. Amer. Lit. LTSP 256 The Magic & The Real in Lat. Amer. Lit. & Film POLS 332 Politics of Film and Reality in Latin America SPAN 371 Survey of Spanish American Literature I SPAN 372 Survey of Spanish American Literature II |
| LACS 101, 103,
104,
105 and 106 may be used to fulfill the Humanities or Social
Science General Education
Requirement
ELECTIVES: Includes courses in CORE I and CORE II above not taken |
For Additional Information, or to declare a major, please contact: