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Latin American and Latinx Studies, B.A.


NY State Program Code: 78856
HEGIS Code: 0308.00
CIP Code: 05.0107

(36 credits)

General Education Requirements


All students must satisfy the University’s General Education and foreign language requirements , in addition to the requirements for the major.

Language Requirement


Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or French. The language proficiency requirement can be met in one of the following ways: a proficiency exam, completion of Levels I thru IV, or Native or heritage speaker status, as determined by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Students are encouraged to take language courses beyond Level IV and consider minoring in Spanish, Portuguese or French.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Latin American and Latinx Studies


Required GPA: 2.0
Credits Required for Major: 36-37
Credits Required to Graduate: 120

The curriculum for the Latin American & Latinx Studies major consists of four required courses, courses across five thematic areas, and one elective. The themes guiding student explorations of Latin America and Latinx worlds are: historical processes; literatures & cultures; economy, society & politics; comparative transformations; and methodologies.

Required Courses


The following are required courses (12 credits).

Historical Processes


Choose one course in Historical Processes (3 credits)

Methodologies


Choose one course in Methodologies (3-4 credits) to prepare for writing a culminating research paper on a topic relevant to LAS. Other research or methods seminars are permissible upon approval of the program director and the professor teaching the course.

 

Electives


Choose one course from any of the above themes. Students may elect an independent study in consultation with the Program Director (3 credits).

Degree Map


The degree map is a term-by-term sample course schedule to make it easier for you to understand how to graduate in four years with a degree in Latin American studies.