Latin American Studies
All students must take the following five courses in the major:
- Latin American Studies 301
- Government 328L
- Any anthropology, geography, economics, or sociology course cross-listed with Latin American studies
- Any upper-division history course cross-listed with Latin American studies on colonial Latin America or any of its nations before independence
- Any upper-division history course cross-listed with Latin American studies on modern Latin America or any of its nations since independence
A list of courses that meet requirements 4 and 5 is available in the Latin American studies advising office. Spanish 322K may be substituted for either the colonial or the modern Latin American history course (requirement 4 or 5), but not for both.
In addition, all Latin American studies majors must take twenty-one semester hours in a single discipline chosen from the following: anthropology, art history, business, communication, economics, geography, government, history, sociology, Portuguese, and Spanish. A concentration in another area may be organized with the approval of the Undergraduate Program Committee of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. The twenty-one semester hours must include at least twelve hours of Latin American content coursework and at least twelve hours of upper-division coursework.
Students must complete the equivalent of at least two years in Spanish or Portuguese. Credit used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement.