Major Requirements

COURSEWORK

The Latino/a and Latin American Studies Major requires ten courses (40 units) plus SPAN 202 OR SPAN 211. Students are strongly encouraged to take a one unit-course in U.S. Latino or Latin American Performance Art (Music or Dance) before they graduate. The ten course distribution requirements are:

Introductory course:

LLAS 101

Introduction to Latina/o and Latin American Studies

Latin American History and Politics courses

Students must complete two of the following (or alternately numbered course in Latin American Politics):

HIST 150	Colonial Latin America	4
HIST 151	Modern Latin America	4
POLS 221	Latin American Politics	4

Latino Studies:

Students must select two courses in U.S. Latino Studies from the list below:

AMST 260	United States Latino Literature and Cultural Studies	4
EDUC 213	Chicano Education	4
ECON 324	The Economics of Immigration	4
HIST 359	Mexico-United States Borderlands	4
MUSC 385	Advanced Topics in the Critical Study of Music	4
PSYC 385	Chicanx in Contemporary United States Society	4
SOC 420	Immigration to the United States From Mexico and Central America	4

300-level Spanish course

Students must complete one 300-level Spanish class (or the equivalent in a study abroad course) OR a third U.S. Latino Studies course.

Additional Electives:

Students must also select three additional electives (not counting the two mandatory courses for the History and Politics requirement), from the list of courses below, including at least one 300 level course. In the interests of interdisciplinarity, no more than two electives may be taken from the same department.

AMST 295	Topics in American Studies	4
ECON 324	The Economics of Immigration	4
EDUC 213	Chicano Education	4
ENGL 365	Contemporary Literature	4
DWA 237	Cuba, Vietnam, China: Communism in a Post-Communist World	4
DWA 240	Comparative Revolutions	4
HIST 150	Colonial Latin America	4
HIST 151	Modern Latin America	4
HIST 252	Religion in Mexico, PreColumbian Times to Present	4
HIST 258	Mexican Politics in the Twentieth Century	4
HIST 300	History Colloquium	4
HIST 354	The History of Race in Latin America	4
HIST 355	Indians of Mexico	4
HIST 359	Mexico-United States Borderlands	4
MUSC 102	Music of Latin America	4
MUSC 385	Advanced Topics in the Critical Study of Music	4
MUSC 386	Performance and Politics of the United States-Mexico Border	4
POLS 221	Latin American Politics	4
PSYC 385	Chicanx in Contemporary United States Society	4
RELS 228	Chican@ Religious Identities	4
SOC 210	The Struggle for Human Rights in Mexico	4
SOC 335	Democratizing Latin America	4
SOC 420	Immigration to the United States From Mexico and Central America	4
SPAN 301	Introduction to Pre-Columbian Colonial Latin American Literature and Civilization	4
SPAN 303	Introduction to Modern Latin American Literature and Civilization	4
SPAN 309	Latin American Writers in Spain	4
SPAN 313	Latin American Film and Culture	4
SPAN 314	Latin American Women's Voices in Fiction and Film	4
SPAN 363	Hispanic Autobiography	4
SPAN 378/379	Buenos Aires in Fiction and Film	4
SPAN 382	Contemporary Mexican Novel	4
THEA 303	Latina/o Theater	4

In the interests of interdisciplinarity, no more than two electives may be taken from the same department.

Senior Seminar

LLAS 490

Senior Seminar

WRITING REQUIREMENT

The third year writing requirement for the LLAS major may be satisfied by taking any of the elective courses listed below. Course offerings will vary by year, so if a student is not able to take a designated course (due to study abroad, exceeding the departmental elective limit, etc), he or she can petition in advance to take an alternate course.

HIST 300	History Colloquium	4
HIST 359	Mexico-United States Borderlands	4
MUSC 386	Performance and Politics of the United States-Mexico Border	4
SOC 335	Democratizing Latin America	4
SOC 420	Immigration to the United States From Mexico and Central America	4

COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENT

To satisfy the comprehensive requirement students will produce a Senior thesis in the Senior Seminar. Declared majors propose the topic of their thesis before the end of their Junior year. The thesis is a research based essay of approximately 30 pages integrating both primary and secondary source materials. Successful completion of the Senior thesis along with a public presentation of it in the spring semester will satisfy the LLAS comprehensive requirement.