Latin American Studies, B.A.

Additional Information

A student with knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese may be able to meet part or all of the foundation course requirements after evaluation by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

Upper-Division Writing Requirement (3 units)

• ENGL 301 - Advanced College Writing (3)

Language (3 units)

• SPAN 301 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3) or
• PORT 317 - Advanced Conversation and Composition (3)

History and Culture (9 units)

• SPAN 316 - Introduction to Spanish-American Civilization (3) or
• PORT 325 - Contemporary Brazilian Civilization (3)

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• LTAM 300 - Topics in Latin America (3)
• Three units in upper-division Latin American History (3)

Social Science (6 units)

• ANTH 325 - Peoples of South America (3)
• ANTH 329 - Peoples of the Caribbean (3)
• ANTH 380 - The Ancient Maya (3)
• ANTH 381 - The Aztecs and Their Predecessors (3)
• ECON 333 - Economic Development: Analysis and Case Studies (3)
• ECON 334 - Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
• GEOG 333 - Latin America (3)
• POSC 437 - Latin American Politics (3)

Culture

• ANTH 325 - Peoples of South America (3)
• ANTH 329 - Peoples of the Caribbean (3)
• ANTH 370 - Anthropology of Non-Western Films (3) *
• ANTH 380 - The Ancient Maya (3)
• ANTH 381 - The Aztecs and Their Predecessors (3)
• CHIC 302 - Ancient Mexican Culture (3)
• CHIC 303 - Chicano/Mexican Cultures (3)
• CHIC 353 - Mexico Since 1906 (3)

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• CPRL 367 - Religion in Latino/a Life (3) or
• CHIC 367 - Latino/a Spirituality and Religion (3)

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• LTAM 350 - Mexican Life and Culture (3) (offered only as part of CSUF La Paz program.) or
• CHIC 350 - Mexican Life and Culture (3) (offered only as part of CSUF La Paz program.)

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• PORT 317 - Advanced Conversation and Composition (3) or
• SPAN 301 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)

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• PORT 320 - Introduction to Luso-Brazilian Culture and Civilization (3)

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• PORT 325 - Contemporary Brazilian Civilization (3) or
• SPAN 316 - Introduction to Spanish-American Civilization (3)

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• SPAN 416 - Contemporary Spanish-American Culture (3)

Visual Arts, Literature and Linguistics

• ART 460 - Pre-Columbian Art (3)
• ART 462 - Latin American Art from 1800 to the 1950s (3)
• ART 480T - Selected Topics in Art History (3) *
• CHIC 304 - Music of Mexico (3)
• CHIC 330 - The Evolution of Mexican Literature (3)
• CHIC 333 - Mexican Literature Since 1940 (3)
• CHIC 336 - Main Trends in Spanish-American Literature (3)
• SPAN 440 - Spanish-American Literature to Modernismo (3)
• SPAN 441 - Spanish-American Literature Since Modernismo (3)
• SPAN 466 - Spanish Phonology and Dialectology (3)
• SPAN 467 - Spanish Morphology and Syntax (3)
• SPAN 468 - Spanish/English Bilingualism and Language Contact (3)
• SPAN 485T - Senior Seminar: Topics in Spanish-American Literature (3)

History and Politics

• HIST 350 - History of Latin American Civilization (3)
• HIST 449A - Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Latin America: A History (3)
• HIST 449B - Cuban History Through Film (3)
• HIST 451A - Colonial Period of Latin America (3)
• HIST 451B - 19th-Century Latin America: Era of Nation Building (3)
• HIST 451C - Latin America Since 1945 (3)
• HIST 452 - 20th-Century Brazil (3)
• HIST 453A - History of Mexico pre-Columbian (pre 1521) through 1821 (3)
• HIST 453B - History of Mexico from Independence (1821) to Modern Day (3)
• POSC 437 - Latin American Politics (3)

Geography and Economics

• ECON 333 - Economic Development: Analysis and Case Studies (3)
• ECON 334 - Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
• GEOG 333 - Latin America (3)
• GEOG 355 - Global Cuisine (3) *
• GEOG 452 - Ecotourism (3) *

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• LTAM 399  may be added as an option to any of the above areas of study according to course content.

Additional Information

* Accepted when focused on Latin America