Latin American Studies Major

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

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: 25-27

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. In addition to the foreign language requirements of the College of Liberal Arts, two years of Spanish language courses or the equivalent knowledge established by examination are required.
2. A semester or year at a Latin American university or extensive field work in a Latin American country is strongly recommended.
3. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements many simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements, except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.

Committee:

John Tuman, Program Chair (Political Science)
Jorge Galindo (Foreign Languages)
Melvin H. Jameson (Finance)
Margarita Jara (Foreign Languages)
Francisco Menendez (Film)
Alicia Rico (Foreign Languages)
Douglas A. Unger (English)
Thomas Wright (History)