Latin American Studies Major

English Composition - Total Credits: 6

• ENG 101 - Composition I
• ENG 102 - Composition II

English Literature - Total Credits: 3

• ENG 231 - World Literature I

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• ENG 232 - World Literature II

Constitutions - Total Credits: 3-6

Mathematics - Total Credits: 3

Distribution Requirement Social Science

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• Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9

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• Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9-10

• PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

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  and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
   

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 3

Multicultural and International

(see note 3 below)

Additional Degree Requirements

Social Science - Total Credits: 9

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 3

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Total Credits: 6

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• Latin American Studies Major Requirements - Total Credits: 36

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• Must include:

• LAS 101 - Introduction to Latin American Studies

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• IDS 495A - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone

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• IDS 495B - Independent Study: Capstone II

• (IDS 495B can only be completed as an internship during the summer)

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• Select 30 credits from the following, with no more than twelve credits from any single department:

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• Anthropology:

• ANTH 434 - Ethnohistory
• ANTH 436 - History of Anthropology

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• Architecture:

• AAE 457 - Architecture in Las Americas

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• Art:

• ART 479 - Artistic Traditions of the Southwest

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• Foreign Languages (Spanish):

• SPAN 227 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
• SPAN 301 - Third-Year Spanish: Conversation and Composition
• SPAN 302 - Third-Year Spanish: Grammar and Composition
• SPAN 366 - Business Spanish II
• SPAN 368 - Spanish for the Tourism Industry
• SPAN 369 - Spanish for the Legal Profession
• SPAN 370 - Spanish for the Medical Profession
• SPAN 312 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology

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• History:

• HIST 227 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture I
• HIST 228 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture II
• HIST 470 - History of Mexico
• HIST 471 - Revolution and Reaction in Contemporary Latin America
• HIST 472 - History of Brazil
• HIST 473 - History of the Andean Region
• HIST 474 - Latin American Ethnic Studies
• HIST 475 - Modern Latin American Film
• HIST 476 - The Mexican Revolution

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• Latin American Studies:

• LAS 499 - Latin American Studies: Independent Study

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• Political Science:

• PSC 405N - Regional and International Relations of Latin America and the Caribbean
• PSC 407E - Politics in Latin America
• PSC 407M - The Mexican Revolution
• PSC 407N - Revolution and Reaction in Contemporary Latin America

Electives - Total Credits: 25-29