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Latin American Studies

General

Program Title

Degree Designation

Award Type

Baccalaureate

Program Level

Undergraduate

Instruction Mode

On Campus

Program Description

This is an interdepartmental program designed to provide students with an integrated, balanced perspective of Latin America. In order to earn a bachelor of arts degree students must complete 36 semester hours of classes with a Latin American focus drawn primarily from the social sciences. Two years of college-level Spanish or Portuguese is required. A 27-credit minor is also offered. The Latin American Studies program in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Languages operates a one semester academic program in Latin America.

Department/Unit(s)

Political Science

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Status

Active

Requirements

Free Form Requisites

Credits: 36

Program Requirements

course; course; course, course; course or course.

course, course; course; course, course; course; course, course (Spanish-American only), course, course, course; Independent Study 199-499 (maximum 6 credits).

Up to 6 credits of seminar/topics/problems/field study or new courses in various departments which have a substantial Latin American content also may be used with the permission of the advisor.

Students who have participated in SCSU's Latin America program may use a maximum of 9 credits of non-Spanish language courses and 3 credits of course completed in Latin America toward the major.

Notes

Language Competency: Completion of a year of 200 level course work or the equivalent in Spanish or Portuguese.

See program website for additional information.

Degree Maps or Program Completion Plans

Major Code

1087

Program Code

413