Latin American Affairs Certificate
Students earning a Latin American Affairs certificate will have gained a broad knowledge and understanding of the history and current situation in Latin America. The program allows students with majors in any discipline to complement their professional studies; certificates are awarded concurrently with the undergraduate or graduate degree.
Course work is drawn from several departments and schools, primarily in the College of Liberal Arts. Interested students should contact the program director early in their academic careers in order to plan their schedules.
Certificate Code: C810
- Demonstrate verbal and written proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or an aboriginal/indigenous language of Latin America.
- Understand and contextualize knowledge related to the history, geography, social conditions and cultural production of Latin America and the relationship of Latin America to major world powers.
- Situate Latinx communities in the present-day United States within a broader Latin American context and analyze connections between Latin America and Latinx histories, social conditions, and cultural production such as literature and film.
The course of study consists of a minimum of 30 credits: 9 credits of required core courses, and 21 credits of appropriate electives. In addition, the student must have proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese equivalent to that attained by the end of the third-year language sequence, as certified by the School of Language, Culture, and Society, or by placement scores.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirement | ||
| HST 350 & HST 351 | *EARLY LATIN AMERICA and *MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 8 |
| SPAN 336 | *LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | 3 |
| Electives 1 | ||
| Select a minimum of 21 credits of approved Latin American courses outside the major from at least two departments/schools from the following: | 21 | |
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-LATIN AMERICA | ||
ES 311 | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| MODERN MEXICO | ||
| PROBLEMS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| INTELLECTUAL ISSUES OF MEXICO AND MEXICAN AMERICANS | ||
| *LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| THIRD YEAR SPANISH | ||
| THIRD YEAR SPANISH | ||
| THIRD YEAR SPANISH | ||
or SPAN 314 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS | |
or SPAN 315 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS | |
or SPAN 316 | THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS | |
| *LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | ||
| *LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | ||
| ^SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE | ||
| SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
Appropriate open-ended courses (402, 405, 407) through participating departments/schools, as well as transfer credits, may also be used to satisfy requirements when approved in advance by the program director
Certificate Code: C810