1. Language Requirement - Semester Hours: 3

3 semester hours of any of the three courses listed below, or demonstration of equivalent competency (through transfer credit, or placement test, or other) in either of those languages or in Portuguese.

• FREN 106 - Intermediate Reading Skills in French Semester Hours: 3

• or

• SPAN 005 - Advanced Spanish Reading Semester Hours: 3

• or

• SPAN 111B - Spanish for Spanish Speakers Semester Hours: 3

2. Primary Courses - Semester Hours: 12

12 s.h. of primary courses, chosen from the following:

• ANTH 105 - (BH) Latin American Cultures Semester Hours: 3
• ECO 110 - (BH, CC) Economics of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
• GEOG 140 - (BH, CC) Geography of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
• HIST 142 - (CC) Latin America: 1810 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
• LACS 001 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin America and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature Semester Hours: 3
• LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America Semester Hours: 3
• PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3
• SPAN 113B - Cultures of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
• SPLT 054 - (LT) 19th- and 20th-Century Latin-American Literature Semester Hours: 3
• SPLT 058 - (LT, CC) The Empire Writes Back: Autobiography and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America Semester Hours: 3
• SPLT 059 - (CC, LT) Farewell to Columbus: Rethinking the Latin American Heritage Semester Hours: 3
• SPLT 063 - (CC, LT) On Soccer and Latin America Semester Hours: 3

3. Elective or Comparative Courses - Semester Hours: 15

15 s.h. of elective or comparative courses listed, but no more than 6 s.h. in comparative courses.

Note: In addition to the courses listed below under Elective Courses and Comparative Courses, special topics courses (e.g., HIST 177 A-G , GEOG 106 , MASS 180 to 189 A-Z , PSC 154 A-Z , SPAN 180 A-Z )  Honors College Seminars,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

• LACS 199 - Senior Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 3

• (offered every spring semester)