Program: Latin American and Latinx Studies, B.A. - Adelphi University

2025-26 University Catalog

Mar 19, 2025

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).

LAS (0143) 100 - Latinidades Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 203 - Foundations of U.S. Latinx Literature Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 222 - Latin America II Credits: 3.00
or
HIS (0136) 222 - Latin America II Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 490 - Capstone Project Credits: 3.00

Historical Processes

Choose one course in Historical Processes (3 credits)

ABC (0101) 317 - The Civil Rights Movement Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 221 - Latin America I Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
HIS (0136) 221 - Latin America I Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 223 - The Caribbean Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
HIS (0136) 223 - The Caribbean Credits: 3.00
HIS (0136) 224 - History of Central America Credits: 3.00
HIS (0136) 286 - The History of Modern Brazil: From Artists to Activists Credits: 3.00
MUH (0196) 253 - Music, Migrants, and New York Credits: 3.00

Literatures & Cultures

Choose two courses in Literatures & Cultures (6 credits).

STEP/TESOL program students must select TWO language courses from those listed here.

SPA (0172) 133 - Twentieth Century Latin American Literature Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 231 - Spanish Cross-Cultural Concepts Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
SPA (0172) 231 - Spanish Cross-Cultural Concepts Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 132 - Luso Brazilian Culture II Credits: 3.00
SPA (0172) 232 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature Credits: 3.00
SPA (0172) 240 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers Credits: 3.00
SPA (0172) 248 - Trends and Tendencies in Hispanic America Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 111 - Level I Portuguese Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 112 - Level II Portuguese Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 121 - Level III Portuguese Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 131 - Luso Brazilian Culture I Credits: 3.00
FRE (0128) 231 - French Cross-Cultural Concepts Credits: 3.00
FRE (0128) 232 - Introduction To French Literature Credits: 3.00
FRE (0128) 252 - French Grammar And Composition Credits: 3.00
ABC (0101) 257 - Food, Movies, and Texts in the Afro-Latinx World Credits: 3.00
ABC (0101) 261 - Black Writers I I Credits: 3.00
AHA (0610) 317 - Latino-American Experience Thru Film Credits: 4.00

Economy, Society & Politics

Choose one course in Economy, Society & Politics (3 credits).

ABC (0101) 333 - Women and International Development Credits: 3.00
ECA (0203) 226 - Economic Development Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 280 - Urban Environments Credits: 3.00
PHI (0154) 272 - Philosophy of Race and Multiculturalism Credits: 3.00
POL (0158) 260 - Comparative Political Analysis Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 150 - Soc of Global Social Problems Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 245 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
ANT (0103) 245 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Credits: 3.00

Comparative Transformations

Choose two courses in Comparative Transformations (6 credits).

SPA (0172) 325 - Development of Hispanic-American Identity Credits: 3.00
SPA (0172) 332 - Survey of the Literature of Hispanic America Credits: 3.00
POR (0160) 425 - Major Themes Brazil Lit Credits: 3.00
ECA (0203) 325 - International Economics Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 306 - Latin American Philosophy Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
PHI (0154) 306 - Latin American Philosophy Credits: 3.00
LAS (0143) 388 - Identities on Screen: Movies from Africa to Latin America Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
ABC (0101) 388 - Identities on Screen: Movies from Africa to Latin America Credits: 3.00
POL (0158) 305 - Race And Politics Credits: 3.00
POL (0158) 363 - Politics of Latin America Credits: 3.00
POL (0158) 366 - The Politics of Developing Nations Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 330 - Opportunity and Inequality in Society Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 344 - The Sociology of Immigration Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 345 - Social and Behavioral Aspects of Health Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 370 - The Role of Race in Contemporary U.S. and Global Society Credits: 3.00

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.

SPA (0172) 344 - Spanish Translation Techniques Credits: 3.00
FRE (0128) 344 - French Translation Techniques Credits: 3.00
TRA (0173) 345 - Introduction To Interpreting Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 295 - Research Methods in Anthropology and Art History Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 210 - Mapping Environmental Issues Credits: 3.00
SOC (0170) 301 - Qualitative Research Methods Credits: 4.00
SOC (0170) 302 - Quantitative Research Methods Credits: 4.00

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.