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2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Latin American and Caribbean Studies, B.A. Major in


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Associate Professor Sampedro, Co-director
Assistant Professor Elsey, Co-director

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 33


The completion of a total of 33 semester hours, distributed as follows:

1. Language Requirement - Semester Hours: 3


3 semester hours of any of the three courses listed below, or demonstration of equivalent competency in either of those languages or in Portuguese.

2. Primary Courses - Semester Hours: 12


12 s.h. of primary courses listed, with at least one course from each of the three categories:

3. Elective or Comparative Requirements


15 s.h. of elective or comparative courses listed, including 6 s.h. or more in specialized courses (marked with an asterisk); and no more than 6 s.h. in comparative courses. 

Electives


Note: In addition to the list, special topics courses (e.g., HIST 177, GEOG 106, SPAN 180) and independent studies/readings may be included in the major or minor when covering Latin American and Caribbean themes, pending approval of program director(s).

4. Seminar - Semester Hours: 3


Footnotes(*/**)


*Given appropriate course content

**2 upper-level or more specialized course

Complete BA Requirements


BA Requirements  in HCLAS.

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