BA Latin American And Caribbean Studies

This concentration is ideal for students who wish to study the Latin American and Caribbean regions (defined as including Mexico, Central America, South America, and the islands located in the Greater and Lesser Antilles) in multiple historical and geographic contexts and from a variety of complementary perspectives: political, sociological, economic, religious, artistic, linguistic, etc. Courses focusing on Latin American and Caribbean history, politics, geography, economics, belief systems, social issues, arts and literatures, film genres, and cultures are most relevant for this major. (Note: Students pursuing this concentration must meet their IGS foreign language requirement by completing at least 6 upper-level semester hours of Spanish or another approved language of the region [e.g., French, Quechua, etc.]. Native speakers of a regionally appropriate language may appeal to the Director to waive this requirement.)