Develop communication skills without boundaries

By earning your Bachelor of Arts in Latino/a Culture and Communication here, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of Latinos/as culturally and historically—locally, nationally and globally—while also developing critical communication skills that apply to organizational, community or media settings.

Through our robust, interdisciplinary Latino/a Culture and Communication degree program—the first of its kind in the Midwest—you’ll apply what you learn to a wide range of careers, including journalism, public relations, advertising, education and social services.

As you work toward your Bachelor of Arts in Latino/a Culture and Communication, you'll focus on global trends and connect them with Latin America and Latino/a communities in Chicago. And you’ll obtain international perspectives through several study abroad programs and professional guest speakers who represent different industries and areas of expertise.

Our location in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest media market, opens doors to jobs, internships and valuable work experience with media companies and communication agencies focused on the Latinx community, including Univision and alternative media, such as micro-media, blogs and podcasts.

Our Latino/a Culture and Communication degree program is a great foundation for you to build upon for a graduate degree in communication or the social sciences. Additionally, we offer the 3+3 BA/JD Program, which allows high-achieving first-year undergraduate students to be admitted simultaneously to the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) and the College of Law (LAW). You’ll complete your first three years in LAS and your final three years in LAW.

 

Classes

Coursework

• Constructing Latino Communities
• Global Cinema
• Latin American Studies
• Latino Media and Digital Culture Literacy
• Latino/a Psychology
• Making the Most of Your Communication Internship
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Special Topics in Public Relations and Advertising

Resources

• Major Requirements
• Schedule of Classes
• Department Website

Career Options

Common Career Areas

• Advertising
• Community advocacy
• Community organizing and service
• Creative directing
• Fundraising
• Media criticism
• Public affairs
• Public relations
• Reporting
• Social Media
• Writing and publishing

More career info

88%

of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences graduates were employed, continuing education or pursuing other goals within six months of graduation.

Core Courses (32 credit hours)

Composed of five introductory core courses offered by the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, plus three additional introductory courses which are also required for all College of Communication majors.

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Core Courses		32
LST 201	STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA
LST 202	CONSTRUCTING LATINO COMMUNITIES
LST 203	MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS
LST 306	LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO
LST 307	GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S.
CMN 102	INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION
CMN 103	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
CMN 104	PUBLIC SPEAKING

Major Area Courses (44 credit hours)

In addition to the core courses, students will complete 24 credit hours in both the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science and 20 credit hours in the College of Communication.

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Students must select 4 LALS courses (16 credits) and 2 Spanish Courses (8 credits) from the following list:		24
LST 207	AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND AFRO-LATIN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS
LST 209	LATINOS/AS AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
LST 252	LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
LST 290	LATINO/A LIBERATION TRADITIONS
LST 300	SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
LST 303	BORDER MATTERS:LITERATURE & CULTURE IN THE LATINO/A BORDERLANDS
LST 306	LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO
LST 307	GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S.
LST 308	MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
LST 309	SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES
LST 310	SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S.
LST 312	LATINA/O SEXUALITIES
LST 321	GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS
LST 322	MEXICAN CINEMA
PHL 389	LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
PSC 212	LATINO POLITICS
PSC 226	LATINO POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
PSC 244	LATIN AMERICAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONS
PSC 252	LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
WRD 210	CULTURAL RHETORICS
WRD 265	SOCIAL MOVEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES
WRD 309	TOPICS IN WRITING, RHETORIC AND DISCOURSE
SPN 101	BASIC SPANISH I
SPN 102	BASIC SPANISH II
SPN 103	BASIC SPANISH III
SPN 104	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
SPN 105	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II
SPN 106	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH III
SPN 114	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS I
SPN 115	INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS II
SPN 200	TRANSITIONAL SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS
SPN 201	ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION
SPN 202	ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION
SPN 203	ADVANCED CONVERSATION
SPN 205	ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS I
SPN 206	ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS II
SPN 207	ADVANCED CONVERSATION FOR THE HERITAGE LEARNER
SPN 304	LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II
SPN 305	LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL
SPN 306	PUERTO RICAN LITERATURE
SPN 314	CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LITERATURE
SPN 315	MEXICAN LITERATURE
SPN 316	THE HISPANIC ESSAY
SPN 319	CONTEMPORARY POETRY
SPN 321	U.S. LATINO/A WRITERS
SPN 327	AREA STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
SPN 328	MODERN LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE
SPN 329	LATINO GAY AND LESBIAN LITERATURE

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Students must choose one of the following focus areas and select 5 elective courses (20 credits) from the following:		20
Advocacy and Social Change Communcation
CMNS 205	COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY
CMNS 211	INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 321	CULTURAL AND SYMBOLIC CRITICISM
CMNS 323	SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
CMNS 329	PERSUASION
CMNS 333	CULTURES IN CONVERSATION
CMNS 335	LATINX COMMUNICATION, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
CMNS 336	STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE
CMNS 346	SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS
CMNS 355	CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CMNS 361	GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
CMNS 363	CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
or JOUR 311	CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
CMNS 365	ARGUMENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND DELIBERATION
CMNS 366	COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
CMNS 367	PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
CMNS 373	INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, POWER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
CMNS 382	APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
JOUR 325	POLITICS & GOVERNMENT REPORTING
JOUR 342	SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NEWS
JOUR 351	SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING 1
ORGC 212	SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
ORGC 358	DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING
PRAD 244	PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING
PRAD 255	PUBLIC RELATIONS
PRAD 256	WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING
Group and Organizational Communication
ORGC 201	BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
ORGC 212	SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
ORGC 251	ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
ORGC 316	COMMUNICATION AND GROUP DECISION-MAKING
ORGC 352	COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE
ORGC 353	COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGC 354	EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING
ORGC 355	DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
ORGC 358	DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING
ORGC 359	VIRTUAL TEAMS
ORGC 360	HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNICATION
ORGC 363	WORK/FAMILY COMMUNICATION
CMNS 280	INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS
CMNS 307	TOPICS IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 308	TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 311	TOPICS IN RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 329	PERSUASION
CMNS 349	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS
CMNS 355	CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CMNS 382	APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
PRAD 244	PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING
PRAD 255	PUBLIC RELATIONS
PRAD 256	WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING
PRAD 362	ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES
Journalism and Media
JOUR 275	INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM
JOUR 276	PHOTOJOURNALISM
JOUR 278	NEWS REPORTING
JOUR 279	FEATURE WRITING
JOUR 301	REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE
JOUR 311	CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
JOUR 342	SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NEWS
JOUR 352	SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING II
JOUR 360	POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
JOUR 361	JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS
JOUR 370	MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION
JOUR 390	WRITING FOR THE DEPAULIA
MCS 231	INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
MCS 260	TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING: BUILDING A NARRATIVE WORLD
MCS 274	DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION
MCS 350	TOPICS IN GLOBAL CINEMA
MCS 353	TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES
MCS 361	FANDOM & PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
MCS 366	COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
MCS 375	LATINO/A TELEVISION AND MEDIA
MCS 376	LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
MCS 389	TOPICS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION
Public Relations and Adversiting
PRAD 291	RESEARCH, DATA AND INSIGHTS
PRAD 292	DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR PRAD PROFESSIONALS
PRAD 320	EVENT PLANNING
PRAD 334	ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ETHICS
PRAD 335	DIVERSITY & CURRENT ISSUES IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
PRAD 350	STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLANNING
PRAD 351	COPYWRITING
PRAD 352	DIGITAL ADVERTISING
PRAD 356	ADVANCED WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS
PRAD 362	ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES
PRAD 376	CRISIS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
PRAD 382	NON-PROFIT PUBLIC RELATIONS
PRAD 383	BRANDED CONTENT
PRAD 393	SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING
ORGC 352	COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE
ORGC 353	COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGC 355	DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
ORGC 359	VIRTUAL TEAMS
ORGC 360	HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNICATION
ORGC 357	TOPICS IN GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 323	SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
CMNS 329	PERSUASION

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