HISPANIC/LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES CONCENTRATION

Coordinator: Dr. Dolores Flores-Silva

Students in any major interested in developing a specialization in Hispanic America, Latin America or the Caribbean may earn a concentration in Hispanic/Latin American and Caribbean Studies Concentration by successfully attaining an intermediate level of either Spanish or French. They must also complete six units as follows: two of five core courses, three electives, and a capstone Independent Study approved by the program coordinators. No more than two courses from the student’s major may apply to the concentration and no more than three courses can be taken in the same discipline.

Core Courses

HIST 272                    Latin America
SPAN 312                   Civilization and Culture: Spanish America
SPAN 315                   Contemporary Issues: Spanish America
FREN 315                   Francophone Societies
POLI 225                    Comparative Political Systems: Latin America

Electives

SPAN 330                   Commercial Spanish
SPAN 323                   Introduction to Literature: Spanish America
SPAN 340                   Area Studies in Latin America
SPAN 380                   Special Topics in Hispanic Life and Culture
FREN 330                   Technical and Business French
FREN 380                   Special Studies in French Language, Literature, and Culture
ENGL 301                  Special Studies in Language and Literature
ENGL 310                  Literatures of the African Diaspora
*ENGL 312                Studies in the Cross-Cultural Imagination
HIST 274                    History of the Caribbean
HIST 290                    Special Studies
HIST 375                    Issues in Latin American and Caribbean History
HIST 475                    Research Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean History
*POLI 252                  Human Rights Policy
*SOCI 224                  Race and Ethnicity
*BUAD 333               Global Marketing
*ECON 247                International Trade and Finance
*RELG 130                Living Religions of the World

Special Topics courses, Internships, IL courses, and Honors courses where applicable and with permission of the program coordinators.

*No more than one of the electives can be general comparative world in focus (see asterisks).