Curriculum
Students complete the Minor in Latin American Studies with six courses. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the program, courses from at least three participating departments must be represented among the six courses completed. Students can meet the program’s foreign language proficiency requirement by completing two relevant courses from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, or by examination.
Students complete the Certificate in Latin American Studies with nine courses. In this track, the study of language and literature is emphasized. Students must complete four appropriate courses from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Five additional courses from participating departments must also be completed.
Recent course offerings have included the following:
Just Health Care in Developing Nations (with travel to the Dominican Republic)
The History of Social Protest Movements in Latin America
International Management
Global Strategic Planning
The Literature of the Southern Cone (with travel to Argentina and Uruguay)
Narratives of Exploration and Conquest in the America