Major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Requirements

Overview

Twelve semester-long courses are required:

a. Seven courses (core and elective) must focus primarily on Latin America and/or the Caribbean. Of the seven courses, four must be “core courses” and three must be electives. Core courses include LAS 101; History 360; History 361; Spanish 300; and an advanced language course relevant to the region. Of the electives, a minimum of four credit hours (one course) must be taken in an LAS course; and a minimum of four credit hours (one course) must be taken in a social science discipline.

b. Five courses will fulfill the “disciplinary concentration” requirement and must be chosen from the offerings in a single departmental discipline (e.g. art history, anthropology, political science, history, Spanish, economics, religion, etc.). These five courses must be chosen from among those that count towards the major in that discipline, and need not be Latin American or Caribbean in content.

New Courses Available

LACS  263  Plantation to Postcolonial

LACS  265  Visitor meets Native

LACS  362   Caribbean History