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REQUIREMENTS: A major in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies will consist of 30 hours in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies courses with not more than 12 hours in any one discipline (excluding LACS); no more than 15 hours at the 200 level, excuding LACS 101. Students must fulfill their language requirement in Spanish or Portuguese. Students must also major in a non-interdisciplinary field, i.e. History, Political Science, Hispanic Studies, etc. Students are encouraged to spend one summer or semester in a study abroad program in Latin America or the Caribbean. REQUIRED: (Download LACS Declaration of Major form here) LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
| CORE COURSES I: Take three (3) |
| CORE
COURSES II: Take
two (2) |
| ANTH
325 Peoples and
Cultures of
Latin America ANTH 327 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean ANTH 362 Social and Cultural Change ANTH 328 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (HIST 266) ARTH 255 Latin American Colonial Art ENGL 234 Survey of Third World Masterpieces HIST 266 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (ANTH 328) HIST 366 Comparative Slavery in the Americas LTPO 150 Portuguese Literature in Translation LTPO 250 Portuguese Lit. in Transl: A Foreign Literature |
LTPO
270 Studies in Brazilian Film LTPO 280 Studies in Brazilian Civilization and Culture LTPO 350 Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: A Foreign Author LTPO 450 Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: Comparative Literature LTSP 252 Contemp. Lat. Amer. Lit. in Translation LTSP 254 Society, History & Cult. in Span. Amer. Lit. LTSP 256 The Magic & The Real in Lat. Amer. Lit. & Film POLS 332 Politics of Film and Reality in Latin America SPAN 371 Survey of Spanish American Literature I SPAN 372 Survey of Spanish American Literature II |
| LACS 101, 103, 104,
105 and 106 may be used to fulfill the Humanities or Social
Science General Education
Requirement
ELECTIVES: Includes courses in CORE I and CORE II above not taken |
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