Latin American Studies Program — Requirements

I. For Admission to the Program:

A. Sophomore standing; completion of at least one course in any of the following disciplines: social sciences, Portuguese, Spanish, or management.

B. Completion of one of the following courses:

• LATAM 100 (Native Peoples of South America)
• LATAM 101 (Latin America: Contemporary Society and Culture)

C. Knowledge of the Spanish or Portuguese language, or a firm commitment to acquire such knowledge.

II. For Completion of the Program:

A. Four elective courses, of which at least three must be chosen from the list belo0w:*

• ANTH 273 (Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica)
• ANTH 274 (Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean)
• ANTH L336 (LATAM L336) (Ancient Mesoamerica)
• ANTH L338 (LATAM L338) (Ancient Peru)
• ECON 338 (Latin American Economy)
• LATAM L155 (HIST L155) (Latin America before 1800)
• LATAM L156 (HIST L156) (Latin America since 1800)
• LATAM 205 (Latin American Film)
• LAT AM G210 (Food, Culture, and Society in Latin America)
• LATAM 250 (The United States and Intervention in Central America)
• LATAM 290 (Central America: Society and Culture)
• LATAM 300 (Eyewitness Accounts of Spanish Conquest in North and South America)
• LATAM 301 (Hispanics in Urban America)
• LATAM 302 (Puerto Rico: Modernity, Cultural Identity and Politics)
• LATAM 303 (Reform and Revolution in Latin America)
• LATAM 305 (The Caribbean)
• LAT AM 350 (Latin American Popular Cultures)
• LATAM 478, 479 (Independent Study)
• LATAM 480 (Seminar in Latin American Studies)
• LATAM 481 (Capstone Seminar)
• LATAM 485 (Special Topics)
• POLSCI 371 (Latin American Politics)
• POLSCI 372 (Central American Politics)
• PORT L375/LATAM L375 (Brazilian Civilization)
• PORT 480 (Studies in Luso-Brazilian Literature)
• SOCIOL 325 (Religion and Social Change in
  Latin America)
• SPAN 261 (Modern Latin American Literature
  in Translation)
• SPAN 265 (Latin America: Literature
  and Revolutions)
• SPAN 352 (Survey of Spanish-American Literature)
• SPAN 361 (Spanish-American Civilization)
• SPAN 362 (Spanish-American Short Story)
• SPAN 364 (Spanish-American Essay)
• SPAN 367 (Literature of the Hispanic People
  in the US)
• SPAN 368 (Nineteenth Century Spanish-
  American Literature)
• SPAN L454/LAT AM L454 (Argentina)
• SPAN 461 (Spanish-American Colonial Literature)
• SPAN 462 (Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry)
• SPAN 467 (Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction)
• SPAN 468 (The Caribbean)
• Students may choose one, but only one, of their four electives, from the list below; these courses focus on Latin America and/or the Third World:**
• ANTH 251 (Peasant Society)
• ANTH 371 (Afro-American Ethnology)
• ANTH 451 (Developmental Anthropology)
• AFRSTY 310 (Modern Caribbean Society)
• ECON 335 (International Economics)
• ECON L336 (Economic Development)
• PHIL 337 (Third World Political Philosophy)
• POLSCI 202 (Comparative Politics of the
  Third World)
• POLSCI 349 (Cities and World Development)
• POLSCI 351 (The Politics of National Development)
• POLSCI 357 (Food: Politics and Policy)
• POLSCI 410 (The Politics of International Economic Relations)
• SOCIOL 272 (Social Change in the Third World)
• SOCIOL 474 (Ideology and Social Control in Southern Africa and Central America)

*Students may substitute, for a course on this list, any course offered from time to time which focuses primarily on Latin America.

**Students may substitute, for a course on this list, any course offered from time to time which focuses on the Third World.

B. The Seminar in Latin American Studies (LATAM 480) or the Senior Seminar (LATAM 481). Students who can demonstrate scheduling difficulties may petition to substitute an approved internship or an independent study course.