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 006 - Advanced Reading Skills in French Semester Hours: 3

• or

• SPAN 005 - Advanced Reading in Spanish 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
• PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3
• SPAN 113B - Culture and Civilization 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

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 ) 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)