LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MAJOR
REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST
Name:
Expected Graduation Date:
ID#:
Course Number and Title
Waiver/
Substitution
Semester
Required Core Courses (12 units):
Regional Introduction:
LAS 376/HIST 140 Latin American Perspectives (4) (C2) (CD)
Regional Linguistic Competence:
SPAN 202 Intermediate Semester Spanish II (4) OR
SPAN 222 Spanish for Bilingual Students (4) OR
PORT 202 Fourth Semester Portuguese (4)
Regional Immersion Experience:
LAS 330 Program in Latin America (4)
Elective Courses (28 units):
Religious and Philosophical Perspectives:
Historical Perspectives:
Cultural Perspectives:
Social Perspectives:
Three additional Electives:
Total Units for the Latin American Studies Major = 40
Total Units =
**Please note: Majors must complete 16 upper division units (4 courses) on campus.
* Only two partial coverage classes can be taken for LAS credit.
Comments:
Initial Advising Approvals:
Students Signature:
Dept. Chair’s Signature:
Final Graduation Approvals:
Date:
Date:
Student’s Signature:
Dept. Chair’s Signature:
Dean’s Approval:
* This applies to students who will start the major/minor as of Fall 2012
Updated 6/11/15
Date:
Date:
Date
Units
Course Department & Number
THRS 305
Title
Religious and Philosophical Perspectives
Religion in Latin America
Liberation Theology
Panamerican Saints
Latin American Philosophy
Religion of US Latinos
Race ad Religion in the Americas
Partial Coverage Courses
Feminist Theology from the Third World
LAS 370/HIST 370
LAS 371/ HIST 371
LAS 372/ HIST 372
LAS 373/HIST 373
LAS 374/HIST 374
LAS 375/ HIST 375
LAS 377/ HIST 377
LAS 378/HIST 378
LAS 379/ HIST 379
LAS 430/HIST 430
Historical Perspectives
Colonial Latin America
Modern Latin America
Indigenous and Colonial Mexico
Modern Mexico
Central America and the Caribbean
Brazil and Amazonia
The Southern Cone
Andean Nations
Latino/as in the US
Capstone Seminar: Seminar in Latin American History
LAS 301/THRS 363
LAS 322/ THRS 322
LAS 340/THRS 340
LAS 363/PHIL 242
THRS 345
THRS 390
ENGL 212
LAS 305/THTR 305
LAS 315/MS 315
LAS 317/MS 317
LAS 380/MS 380
MS 316
SPAN 206
SPAN 255
SPAN 272
SPAN 333
SPAN 335
SPAN 336
SPAN 346
SPAN 360
SPAN 375
SPAN 431
SPAN 457
SPAN 458
SPAN 459
ART 309
LAS 210/MUS 210
LAS 350/MS 350
MUS 203
THTR 303
Cultural Perspectives
Chican@ Literature
Latin@ America Performance and Culture
Telenovelas and Soap Operas
Latin American Cinema
Latin@s in the US media
Brazilian Cinema
Confluences and Conflicts in the Hispanic/Latino World
Small, Round & Juicy: The Modern Hispanic Short Story
Gender and Sexuality in Latina Literature
Subversive Feminine Enjoyment in Latin American Film and Literature
20th Century Spanish American Literature
Feminist Discourse and Feminist Theories in Latin American Literature
Evil in Latin American, Hispanic and Latino Literature
Studies in Latin American Culture
Border and Cultural Studies
Rewriting Dante’s Divina Commedia in Hispanic Literature
Undoing Reality/Redoing Reality: Latin American Narrative
The Latin American City in its Cinema: Urban Spaces and Living Practices
Borges, the Readerly Writer
Partial Coverage Courses
Art of the Americas
Music of the Americas
Human Rights and Film
Music and Social Protest
Performance and Cultural Resistance
ECON 473
MS 407
POLS 338
POLS 345
POLS 392
POLS 450
SOC 233
SOC 302
SOC 322
Social Perspectives
Economics of Latin America
Latin@-Chican@ Culture and Society
Latin American Politics
Internship (3-6 units)
Latino Politics in the US
U.S. Mexico Borderlands
Brazilian Culture and Society
Spanish and Spanish Speakers
Language and Culture in Latin America
Building Bridges
Partial Coverage Courses
*Developmental Microeconomics
*Alt Media & Social Change
Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective
*Global Economic Justice
Special Topics: Immigration & Citizenship in US
*Political Economy of Developing Nations
Gender, Development and Globalization
*Global Inequalities and Social Justice
Resistance to Corporate Globalization
LAS 345
LAS 390
Multi and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Applies to different categories depending on topic
CELASA Seminar
Special topics
ECON 286
LAS 313 /SOC 313
LAS 331/POLS 331
LAS 396
POLS 325
SOC 314
SOC 361
SPAN 225
SPAN 325
SPAN 301
Core Fulfillment
CD, D2
CD, D2
D2
CD, D1
CD, D2
D3
CD, D2
C1
CD, SL, F
CD
CD
C1
C1
CD, F
CD
F
CD, SL, F
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD, E
CD, E
SL
CD, E
* Students taking these courses must do their research project focusing on Latin America and bring a copy of it to the LAS advisor.
** If there is any course not listed that students would like to consider as LAS elective (e.g. involving a major project focusing on Latin America), please consult with
LAS advisor.