Latin American and Caribbean Studies, B.A. (36 Credit Major)
The courses and credits are distributed as follows:
6 credits in:
| LAC 266 | Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean I | 3 |
| LAC 267 | Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean II | 3 |
9 credits—one course in each of the following areas:
Socio-Cultural and Economic Processes
| LAC 210 | Women in Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 224 | Dominicans in the United States | 3 |
| LAC 231 | Latinos in the United States | 3 |
| LAC 235 | Caribbean Societies | 3 |
| LAC 238 | Selected Studies in Societies and Cultures (Latin America) | 3 |
| LAC 289 | Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 307 | Black Brazil | 3 |
| LAC 312 | Latino Migrations | 3 |
| LAC 313 | Religion in Hispaniola: from Catholicism to African Religions | 3 |
| LAC 314 | Religions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino U.S. | 3 |
| LAC 317 | Early Civilization of South America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 318 | Early Civilizations of Mexico and Central America | 3 |
| LAC 323 | Economic Development in Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 347 | Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 400 | Seminar: Slavery in the New World | 3 |
Literature and the Arts
| LAC 143 | Introduction to the History of Latin American Art | 3 |
| LAC 214 | Literature of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora | 3 |
| LAC 216 | Latin-American Cinema | 3 |
| LAC 233 | Latin American Literature in Translation | 3 |
| LAC 241 | Literature of the English & Francophone Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 247 | Brazilian Literature from the Colonial Period to the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| LAC 250 | Contemporary Problems in the Hispanic World | 3 |
| LAC 265 | Contemporary Literature of Spain and Spanish America | 3 |
| LAC 300 | Literatures of the African Diaspora in Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 301 | Puerto Rican Literature | 3 |
| LAC 316 | Visual Culture of Latin America, the Caribbean and the Diaspora | 3 |
| LAC 319 | Latinos in Film | 3 |
| LAC 320 | Spanish American Literature of the 19th Century | 3 |
| LAC 329 | Literature of the Dominican Republic | 3 |
| LAC 333 | Spanish American Literature of the Conquest | 3 |
| LAC 334 | The Musical Experience of Caribbean Cultures and Societies | 3 |
| LAC 339 | Latino Literature | 3 |
| LAC 341 | Puerto Rican Music | 3 |
| LAC 342 | Latin American Popular Music | 3 |
| LAC 343 | Pre-Columbian Art | 3 |
| LAC 344 | Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry | 3 |
| LAC 346 | Introduction to Mexican and Chicano/a Literatures | 3 |
| LAC 352 | Special Topics in Hispanic Literature | 3 |
| LAC 359 | Spanish American Civilization | 3 |
History and Politics
| LAC 225 | History of the Dominican Republic | 3 |
| LAC 226 | Contemporary Dominican Politics and Society | 3 |
| LAC 268 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| LAC 304 | The Social History of Hispaniola | 3 |
| LAC 306 | The Haitian-Dominican Border: Nation, State and Race | 3 |
| LAC 315 | Comparative History of the Hispanic Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 321 | Latino New York | 3 |
| LAC 324 | History of Cuba | 3 |
| LAC 330 | Latin America in the Nineteenth Century | 3 |
| LAC 331 | Modern Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 332 | Political Systems in Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 335 | The Afro-Caribbean in World Politics | 3 |
| LAC 336 | Political Systems of Central America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 337 | Latin America and the United States from 1823 to the Present | 3 |
| LAC 338 | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| LAC 340 | Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LAC 345 | History of South America | 3 |
| LAC 349 | Latino Political Economy | 3 |
| LAC 351 | The Mexican Revolution | 3 |
| LAC 364 | Through Foreign Eyes: Outsiders look at Mexico | 3 |
21 credits in LAC electives:
At least 12 credits must be at the 300- or 400- level.
Language requirement:
In addition to the 36 credit major students must show competency in Spanish. Students must complete, or test out of, the intermediate Spanish sequence of 6 credits:
- For non-native speakers: SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish Grammar and SPA 202: Intermediate Spanish Reading.
- For heritage learners: SPA 203: Elements of Contemporary Spanish I and SPA 204: Elements of Contemporary Spanish II.