• Demonstrate verbal and written proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or an aboriginal/indigenous language of Latin America.
• Understand and contextualize knowledge related to the history, geography, social conditions and cultural production of Latin America and the relationship of Latin America to major world powers.
• Situate Latinx communities in the present-day United States within a broader Latin American context and analyze connections between Latin America and Latinx histories, social conditions, and cultural production such as literature and film.

The course of study consists of a minimum of 30 credits: 9 credits of required core courses, and 21 credits of appropriate electives. In addition, the student must have proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese equivalent to that attained by the end of the third-year language sequence, as certified by the School of Language, Culture, and Society, or by placement scores.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Requirement
HST 350 & HST 351	*EARLY LATIN AMERICA and *MODERN LATIN AMERICA	8
SPAN 336	*LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE	3
Electives 1
Select a minimum of 21 credits of approved Latin American courses outside the major from at least two departments/schools from the following:		21
ANTH 313	*PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-LATIN AMERICA
ES 311
GEOG 314	*GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA
HST 452	MODERN MEXICO
HST 456	PROBLEMS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
PHL 316	INTELLECTUAL ISSUES OF MEXICO AND MEXICAN AMERICANS
PS 344	*LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
SPAN 311	THIRD YEAR SPANISH
SPAN 312	THIRD YEAR SPANISH
SPAN 313	THIRD YEAR SPANISH
or SPAN 314	THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS
or SPAN 315	THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS
or SPAN 316	THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS
SPAN 337	*LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE
SPAN 338	*LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE
SPAN 438	^SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE
SPAN 445	SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF LATIN AMERICA
Total Credits		32

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

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 Appropriate open-ended courses (402, 405, 407) through participating departments/schools, as well as transfer credits, may also be used to satisfy requirements when approved in advance by the program director