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2004-2005 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2004-2005 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

B.A. Specialization in Latin American and Caribbean Studies


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Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 33


33 semester hours, with no more than 15 semester hours from any one major academic area, distributed as follows:

1. Foreign Language Reading Requirements - Semester Hours: 3


3 semester hours of an advanced reading course in Spanish or French (SPAN 5 or FREN 105), or demonstration of equivalent competency in these languages or in Portuguese. The advanced reading course is not counted as part of the 15 s.h. of courses allowed for any one major academic area.

  • FREN 105
    or

2. Primary Courses - Semester Hours: 12


Students must take at least one course from each category:

Economics and Geography


  • SEG 20    Political Economy of Contemporary Latin America (New College)
    (credit given for ECO 110 or SEG 20, but not both)

Literature and Culture


  • SAG 5    Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (New College course)
    (credit given for ANTH 105 or SAG 5 but not both)

3. Elective or Comparative Requirements - Semester Hours: 6


15 semester hours of the following elective or comparative courses, 6 hours of which must be upper level or more specialized courses (marked with an asterisk*). Students are encouraged to take up to 6 hours of comparative courses, but no more than 6 hours of such courses can count toward the major. Students may take as electives any primary course except those taken to fulfill the primary requirement.

Electives


  • SAG 4. Archaeology of the New World (New College)
  • SAG 5. Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
    (credit given for ANTH 105 or SAG5, but not both)
  • SAG 15. Peasant Societies (New College)
    see * above
  • SGG 30. Journey to the Heart of Mexico (New College)
    see * above

Footnotes


1 Given appropriate course content

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