Curriculum:
Candidates for the Major in Latin American Studies must satisfy a total of 33 credits as follows:

REQUIRED CORE COURSES (15 credits):

• LAS 201: Introduction to Latin American Studies.
• SPAN 232: Survey of Latin American Literature (in Spanish) or
  SPAN 301: Masterpieces of Latin American Literature in Translation (in English).
• HIST 380: Colonial Latin America or
  HIST 381: Modern Latin America.
• POL 337: Politics of Latin America.
• LAS 480: Latin American Seminar or an approved 480 course

ELECTIVES FOR THE MAJOR (18 credits): Elective courses must be taken in at least 3 different departments, with a maximum of 6 credits in one department. Electives include the following courses as well as any new courses approved by the Latin American Studies Committee

Department of African, African American and Caribbean Studies
AACS 213 African, African American & Caribbean Theater
AACS 261 African, African American & Caribbean Religions
AACS 262 Caribbean Women: Their Culture & Society
AACS 304 African-Caribbean History
AACS 321 Haiti: Its History, Peoples & Culture
AACS 322 Caribbean Literary Experience I
AACS 323 Caribbean Literary Experience II
AACS 341 Contemporary Caribbean Societies

Department of Anthropology
ANTH 359 Cultural Change in Latin America

Department of Art History
ARTH 286 Art of Latin America
ARTH 284 Art of the Pre-Columbian Americas

Department of English
ENG 325 Literature Across the Americas

Department of Economics
ECON 360 Economic Growth and Development*
ECON 370 International Economics*
LAS 386/ECON 450 Business Development in Latin America

*Pending university approval

Department of Geography
GEO 335 Geography of Latin America

Department of History
HIST 353 Comparative Race & Slavery in the Americas
HIST 380 Colonial Latin America
HIST 381 Modern Latin America
HIST 382 Puerto Rico, Cuba & Caribbean World
HIST 383 Modern Brazilian History
HIST 384 Mexican Revolution

Department of Languages and Cultures
PORT 361 Brazilian Literature in Translation
SPAN 228 Latino Literature in the United States
SPAN 301 Masterpieces of Latin American Literature in Translation
SPAN 302 20th Century Caribbean Culture & Literature
SPAN 304 Hispanic Culture II: Latin America
SPAN 305 Hispanic Culture III: Latino Culture in the US
SPAN 320 Puerto Rican Literature since 1898
SPAN 322 Race, Slavery, and the Black Experience in Latin American Literature
SPAN 335 Modern Latin American Theater
SPAN 338 Literature of Latin America to Modernismo
SPAN 339 Modern Literature of Spanish America
SPAN 340 Narratives of Mexican Revolution
SPAN 341 Contemporary Dominican Literature
SPAN 374 Changing Directions in Latin American Cinema
SPAN 433 The Novel of Latin America
SPAN 436 The Modern Latin American Essay
SPAN 437 Modernismo: Prose and Poetry
SPAN 480 Seminar: Latin America
SPAN 487 Hispanic Cinema

Latin American Studies
LAS 399 Latin American Studies Special Topics*
LAS 491 Field Work Internships*
LAS 499 Independent Study*

*Pending university approval.

Department of Political Science
POL 338 Caribbean Political System

Department of Sociology
SOC 376. Global Sociology*

*Pending university approval.

Women’s Studies
LAS 355 Latinas Testimonials: Ethnographies and Poetry

Many LAS courses are cross-listed and satisfy course requirements in affiliate departments. In addition, LAS courses fulfill the Non-Western, General Education and Upper Division requirements of the university’s general education core.