Latin American Studies (BA)
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Program Requirements
Courses do not double count between the different requirements sections in the major.
Requirement 1 —Complete 1 Course
course - Intro Latin American Studies 3.0
Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 2 Options
Prerequisite courses (may be waived if have equivalent experience):
Option 2.1 —Complete 4 Courses
course - First-Year Portuguese 4.0
course - First-Year Portuguese 4.0
course - Third-Semester Portuguese 4.0
course - Port Reading & Comprehension 4.0
Option 2.2 —Complete 6 Courses
course - Foundational Spanish 1 4.0
course - Foundational Spanish 2 4.0
course - University Spanish 1 4.0
course - University Spanish 2 4.0
course - University Spanish 3 4.0
course - Intensive Span Skills Develop 4.0
Requirement 3 —Complete 1 of 2 Options
Option 3.1 —Complete 2 Courses
course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0
course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0
Option 3.2 —Complete 2 Courses
course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0
course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0
Requirement 4 —Complete 3 of 4 Options
Social Science courses:
Option 4.1 —Complete 1 Course
course - Middle & South America 3.0
Option 4.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses
course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0
course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0
Option 4.3 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses
course - Latin American Politics 3.0
course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0
Option 4.4 —Complete 1 Course
course - World Populations 3.0
Requirement 5 —Complete 2 of 10 Courses
Humanities courses:
course - Humanities of Latin America 3.0
course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0
course - Survey of Lit of Brazil 3.0
course - Luso-Braz Theat Pr - You may take once 3.0
course - Spec Topics Cultures Brazil - You may take once 3.0
course - Intro to Hispanic Literature 3.0
course - Survey of Lit of Span America 3.0
course - Border Spanish 3.0
course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0
course - Spec Topics Culture Span Amer - You may take once 3.0
Requirement 6 —Complete 1 Requirement
Complete 3.0 hours of an internship course, a service learning course, or Study Abroad program. Internship students (field study, or service learning) will register for IAS 399R; Study Abroad programs shall be in a Latin American venue, either Portuguese speaking or Spanish speaking.
Requirement 6.1 —Complete 3 hours
course - Topics in IAS - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v
Requirement 7 —Complete 6 hours
Elective courses (courses taken above will not double count): With prior approval from the program coordinator, FHSS 351 can be substituted when it focuses on Latino civil rights.
course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0
course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0
course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0
course - History of Mexico 3.0
course - Romance Languages Paleography 3.0
course - History of Argentina 3.0
course - Brazil 3.0
course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0
course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0
course - Inter-American Relations 3.0
course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer 3.0
course - Latinos in the United States 3.0
course - Prof Dev International Studies 1.0
course - KC Lecture Series - You may take once 1.0
course - International Studies Seminar - You may take once 1.0v
course - Business Portuguese - You may take once 3.0
course - Business Spanish - You may take up once 3.0
course - Topics in Intl Relations - You may take once 0.5v
course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0
course - Survey Luzo-Brazilian Ling 3.0
course - Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0
course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0
course - Survey of Lit of Brazil 3.0
course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take once 0.5v
course - Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3.0
course - Luso-Braz Theat Pr - You may take once 3.0
course - Machado de Assis 3.0
course - 20th-Century Brazilian Lit 3.0
course - Spec Topics Cultures Brazil - You may take once 3.0
course - Special Topics in Brazil Lit - You may take once 3.0
course - Adv Portuguese Grammar 3.0
course - Romance Philology 3.0
course - Hist of Portuguese Lang 3.0
course - Special Topics in Port Ling - You may take once 3.0
course - Academic Internship - You may take up once 1.0v
course - World Populations 3.0
course - Survey of Hispanic Linguistics 3.0
course - Span Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0
course - Intro to Hispanic Literature 3.0
course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take once 0.5v
course - Border Spanish 3.0
course - Span & Engl Struct 3.0
course - Hispanic Cinema 3.0
course - Early Spanish-American Lit - You may take once 3.0
course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0
course - The Spanish-American Novel - You may take once 3.0
course - Spanish-American Poetry - You may take once 3.0
course - Spanish-American Drama - You may take once 3.0
course - Spec Topics Culture Span Amer - You may take once 3.0
course - Hispanic-American Short Story - You may take once 3.0
course - Spec Topics in Span-Am Lit - You may take once 3.0
course - Problems in Spanish Grammar 3.0
course - Romance Philology 3.0
course - History of Spanish Language 3.0
course - Spec Topics Span Linguistics - You may take once 3.0
Requirement 8 —Complete 1 Course
course - Senior Seminar 3.0
Note: All Spanish and Portuguese courses may double count toward a minor or second major in Spanish or Portuguese. Please see the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for more information.
