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

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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.

FREN 6 - Advanced Reading Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or
SPAN 5 - Advanced Reading Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or
SPAN 111B - Spanish for Spanish Speakers Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

2. Primary Courses - Semester Hours: 12

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

Category I: Economics and Geography

SEG 20 Political Economy of Contemporary Latin America (New College)

ECO 110 - Economics of Latin America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOG 140 - (BH, CC) Geography of Latin America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Category II: Literatures and Cultures

SAG 5 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (New College course)

ANTH 105 - (BH) Latin American Cultures Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 113B - Culture and Civilization of Latin America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPLT 54 - (LT) 19th- and 20th-Century Latin-American Literature Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPLT 58 - (LT) The Empire Writes Back: Autobiography and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Category III: History and Political Science

HIST 142 - Latin America: 1810 to the Present Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPLT 59 - (CC, LT) Farewell to Columbus: Rethinking the Latin American Heritage Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

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 approbal of program director(s).

MASS 181E: Journalism Traditions of Latin America
see footnote 2 below.
SAG 4. Archaeology of the New World (New College)
SAG 15. Peasant Societies (New College)
see foootnote 2 below.
SGG 30. Journey to the Heart of Mexico (New College)
see footnote 2 below.

AFST 156 - Economic and Social History of the Caribbean from Slavery to National Independence Semester Hours: 3
see footnote 2 below.
ANTH 113 - (CC) Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations Semester Hours: 3
BIO 109A - Coastal Marine Biology Semester Hours: 4
see footnote 2 below.
ENGL 168 - (CC) Caribbean Experience in Literature Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
FREN 123 - The Francophone Experience in the Caribbean Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
FRLT 50 - (LT, CC) Reconstructing French Caribbean Identities Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOG 141 - (BH) Geography of the Caribbean Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
GEOG 143 - (BH) The Geography of South America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
IB 163 - Latin-American Business Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
LACS 1 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin American and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
RLLT 101 - (LT) Colonization and Decolonization in the French- and Spanish-Speaking Caribbean Islands Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPAN 114B - (LT) Introduction to Spanish-American Literature I Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPAN 115B - (LT) Introduction to Spanish-American Literature II Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPAN 123 - (LT) Politics of the Hispanic World Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPAN 124 - (LT) Portrait of the Hispano: The Question of Identity Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPAN 125 - (LT) Hispanic Presence in the United States Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPAN 126 - (LT) Contemporary Hispanic Thought: The Usable Past Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPAN 127 - United States and Latin America: Unequal Relations Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 2 below.
SPLT 53 - Early Spanish-American Heritage Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPLT 60 - (LT) Literary Food Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Comparative

SGG 39 Women in the Third World (New College)
SPSG 16 The Colonial Experience (New College)

ANTH 107 - (BH, CC) Development, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 116 - (CC) Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective Semester Hours: 3
ECO 121 - (BH) Economics of Discrimination Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
ECO 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
LING 172 - (CC) Language and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
PSC 154 - Seminar: Comparative Politics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
see footnote 1
SPAN 122 - Economic History of Spain and Latin America: Literary Projections Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPAN 128 - (LT) Spain and Latin America Today: Changing World Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
SPLT 52 - (LT) Interpreting the Hispanic Legacy Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

4. Seminar - Semester Hours: 3

LACS 199 - Senior Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
normally taken in the last year.

Footnotes

1 Given appropriate course content

2 upper level or more specialized course

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