Latin American Studies (BA)
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Program Requirements
Courses cannot be double counted 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
LT AM 302 - Lat Am Proj - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 2.0
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):
course - Arch Mesoamerica - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
BUS M 596R - Business Spanish - You may take once - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 3.0
BUS M 596R - Business Portuguese - You may take once - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 3.0
course - Con & Col Lat Amer - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Modern Latin Amer - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - History of Mexico 3.0
course - Romance Languages Paleography 3.0
course - History of Argentina - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Brazil - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Indian in Latin Am - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0
course - Inter-American Relations - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Latinos in the United States - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Business Portuguese - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Business Spanish - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Topics in Intl Relations - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Survey Luzo-Brazilian Ling 3.0
course - Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0
course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Survey of Lit of Brazil - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Cultures of Brazil - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3.0
course - Luso-Braz Theat Pr - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Machado de Assis - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - 20th-Century Brazilian Lit - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spec Topics Cultures Brazil - You may take once 3.0
course - Special Topics in Brazil Lit - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Adv Portuguese Grammar - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Romance Philology - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Hist of Portuguese Lang - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Special Topics in Port Ling - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 1.0v
course - World Populations - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Survey of Hispanic Linguistics 3.0
course - Span Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0
course - Intro to Hispanic Literature - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Cultures of Spanish America - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 0.5v
course - Border Spanish - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Span & Engl Struct - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Hispanic Cinema - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Early Spanish-American Lit - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - U.S. Latinx Literature - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - The Spanish-American Novel - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spanish-American Poetry - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spanish-American Drama - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spec Topics Culture Span Amer - You may take once 3.0
course - Hispanic-American Short Story - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Spec Topics in Span-Am Lit - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Problems in Spanish Grammar - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - Romance Philology - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 3.0
course - History of Spanish Language - You may take up to 6.0 credit hours 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.
