Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Concentration
The Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies multidisciplinary program promotes the dissemination of knowledge about the histories, cultures and politics of Latin American and Caribbean peoples across the Americas. The program offers a concentration and a major* and covers topics such as:
- the diversity of Latin American and Caribbean peoples, cultures, histories, politics, race/ethnicity, languages and religions
- how Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean identities and experiences shape and are shaped by contact and migration processes
- how the practices and contexts of colonialism, imperialism and globalization have shaped Latin America and the Caribbean
- the role of Latin America and the Caribbean in shaping other areas of the world, particularly Europe and the United States
Requirements
Concentration requirements include six courses plus the language requirement.† Specifically, these include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| One gateway course: 1 | |
| Cultures and Politics of Latin America | |
| Colonial Latin America | |
| Modern Latin America | |
| Intro to Latin America | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| Aspects of Spanish-American Culture | |
| One additional History course from the list above or below: | |
| Wicked Women and Proud Patriarchs: Gender & Sexuality in Colonial Latin America | |
| U.S. Mexican Border | |
| Afro-Latin America | |
| Raza e Identidad | |
| America's Colony: Puerto Rico since 1898 | |
| Rebels & Radical Thinkers | |
| Four LALC electives from the introductory course list and/or the list below, with no more than two per discipline: 2 | |
| Black Europe | |
| Global Queer Activism | |
| Microbiology of a Hurricane | |
| Seeking Justice | |
| Latin American Economic History and Development | |
| English Learners | |
| Multicultural Education | |
| American Immigrant Narratives | |
| Latinx Literature | |
| Confrontations with Christianity | |
| Latinx Migration | |
| Musics Of Latin America | |
| Global Pop | |
| Musical Cultures of Brazil | |
| Politics of Development | |
| Liberation Theology | |
| Teología Andina | |
| Un tal Jesus | |
| Race & Power | |
| Race, Crime, and Justice | |
| Education and Society | |
| Intermediate Spanish 2 | |
| Directed Independent Intermediate Spanish 2 | |
| Direct Intensive Inter Spanish | |
| Directed Independent Medical Spanish | |
| Spanish Composition & Conversation | |
| Español para Hispanohablantes | |
| Intro to Textual Analysis | |
| Readings in Latin American Lit | |
| Filmmaking in Spanish | |
| Spanish for Business | |
| Creative Writing in Spanish | |
| Modern Spanish-American Narrative | |
| Modern Span & Span-Amer Poetry | |
| Colonial Span Amer Literature | |
| Literature of Exile, Immigration & Ethnicity | |
| Spanish in the U.S. | |
| Second Language Acquisition & Spanish | |
| Bilingualism in Spanish Speaking World | |
| Latin American Film | |
| Latinidades in Literature & Pop Culture | |
| Decolonizing Dance | |
| Art of Africa and the Americas | |
| Note: Students must demonstrate post-intermediate competency in Spanish, French or another LALC-related language. 3 | |
| * | Information on requirements for the LALC template major are available on the LALC website. |
| † | Up to three courses in Study Abroad programs in Latin America can be approved for Concentration credit. Only two courses with Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies topics can be applied to the concentration for students studying abroad in Spain. |
| 1 | Or a course with a broad focus on Latin America approved by the LALC Director. |
| 2 | LALC offers a regular concentration track and a social justice track. For specific course requirements for the social justice track, see the LALC website. |
| 3 | Typically through completion of SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish 2 or FREN 202 Intermediate French 2 or above. For further information on language guidelines please see the LALC website. |