Latin American & Caribbean Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to give you a broad understanding Latin America and Caribbean people, societies, cultures, histories, artistic expressions, and diasporic movements. As a LACS major or minor, you will gain extensive knowledge of this vibrant and important world area from a range of disciplinary perspectives including Anthropology, Black Studies, Communications, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Language, Literatures and Cultures, Political Science, Sociology, Theater Arts, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Both the LACS major and minor plans of study require our foundational course, “Introduction to Latin American Studies” (LAM 270). One of the unique qualities of our program is that you design, along with your advisor, your plan of study from a wide range of classes offered in more than ten departments.

I. Required courses...................................................................................6 credits
LAM270 Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)
Senior capstone experience (3)

II. Content courses...................................................................................24 credits (minimum)
These credits must be taken from at least four (4) different departments, distributed as follows:
Group A - Social Sciences.......................................................6 credits (see course list below)
Group B - Humanities: History, Literature & the Arts.........9 credits (see course list below)
Group A - Social Sciences or Group B - Humanities............9 additional credits

III. Language proficiency in Spanish, French or Portuguese
through the Intermediate II (202) level or demonstrated proficiency
in another widely spoken language of the region................................0-12 credits