Latin American Studies

This certificate program provides students with an opportunity to gain a broad multidisciplinary perspective on Latin America, its past, its peoples, its cultures and its arts.  Students, regardless of their major, can develop a concentration in Latin American Studies as a supplement to their regular disciplinary studies.

Certificate Requirements: ( 32 units)

(No more than twelve units may be taken from any one discipline.)

• ANTH 306.         Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors (4)
• ANTH 307.         Incas and Their Predecessors (4)
• May choose only one of the following two courses:
               ANTH 324.         Pre-Columbian Art (4)
               ART 324.           Pre-Columbian Art (4)
• ANTH 354.         Cultures of Mexico and Central America (4)
• ANTH 356.         Cultures of South America (4)
• ART 328.           Mexican Art (4)
• FLAN 320.         Masterpieces of Literature (when topic pertains to Latin America) (4)
• GEOG 390.        Selected Topics in Geography: Tropical Geography (4)
• HIST 390.          History of Modern Mexico (4)
• HIST 469.          Colonial Latin America (4)
• HIST 470.          Modern Latin America (4)
• HUM 460.          Cultural Studies (when topic pertains to Mexico or Latin America) (4)
• MUS 351.          Latin American Music (4)
• SSCI 304.          Contemporary Latin America (4)
• SPAN 440.         Mexican Literature (4)