Latin American Studies
Overview
Zapata, GarcÃa Márquez, Khalo, Peron, Che, Rigoberta Menchú. Do you know who these people are? Do you want to know how they have impacted the culture and politics of the lands that lie South of the United States? This is the major for you.
Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary field, reaching over many academic areas. Students combine language coursework with work in almost all of the humanities, focusing, of course, on Latin America. Many Latin American Studies programs offer areas of concentration within the major such as 20th century literature, gender issues, or history of the Caribbean.
Students in Latin American Studies generally must become proficient in Spanish or Portuguese. Most programs strongly suggest (if not require) that students in this major spend some time studying in Mexico, South America, or the Caribbean.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM
Democracy in Latin America
Gender and Society in Latin America
History of Mexico
History of the Caribbean
Latin America to 1930
Latin American Fiction
Native Peoples of South America
Pre-Colombian Art
Spanish (or Portuguese) I
Spanish (or Portuguese) II
Spanish (or Portuguese) III
Spanish (or Portuguese) IV
Survey of Latin American Culture and Civilization
HIGH SCHOOl PREPARATION
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