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Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway Course | ||
| LAS 101 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 |
| Advanced Language Proficiency in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Advanced Spanish | ||
| Advanced French | ||
| Intermediate Haitian Creole I (or equivalent) | ||
| Intermediate Portuguese II | ||
| Secondary Language Competence in another Latin American or Caribbean Language | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Accelerated Elementary Spanish | ||
| Accelerated Elementary French | ||
| Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers | ||
| Elementary Haitian Creole II (or equivalent) | ||
| Upper Division LAS Courses | ||
| Select two courses in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latine history 1 | 6 | |
| Select three courses in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latine social sciences 3 | 9 | |
| Select two courses in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latine humanities, literature, culture, and arts 4 | 6 | |
| Select one course in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latine environment 5 | 3 | |
| Select one course in Civic Engagement, Internship, or Independent Study | 3 | |
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Written Communication Skills: | ||
| WRS 105 | First-Year Writing I | 3 |
| WRS 106 | First-Year Writing II | 3 |
| or ENG 106 | Writing About Literature and Culture | |
| Quantitative Skills: | ||
| MTH 113 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| Areas of Knowledge: | ||
| Arts & Humanities or People and Society Cognate (9 credits) (fulfilled through the major) | ||
| People and Society or Arts and Humanities Cognate (depending on which is fulfilled through the major) | 9 | |
| STEM Cognate | 9 | |
| Additional Required Courses | ||
| UMX 100 | The University of Miami Experience | 0 |
| Minor (not LAS) | 15 | |
| Electives to 120 credits | 42 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
- 1
Any course can only be applied to one requirement category below (double-counting is not permitted)
- 2
Eligible courses include those from the Department of History (HIS) and others approved by the program director as satisfying this requirement.
- 3
Eligible courses include those from the Departments of Anthropology and Archeology (APY), Economics (ECO), Geography and Sustainable Development (GEG), International Studies (INS), Political Science (POL), Sociology (SOC), and the Programs of Cuban Studies (CUB), Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (GSS), and Global Health Studies (GHS). In addition, students may enroll in LAS 385 Politics and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean and others approved by the program director as satisfying this requirement.
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Eligible courses include those from the Departments of Art and Art History (ART), Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL), Religious Studies (REL), Theatre Arts (THA), and others approved by the program director as satisfying this requirement.
- 5
Eligible courses include those from the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development (GEG), Ecosystems Science and Policy Program (ECS), and others approved by the program director as satisfying the requirement
- 6
In addition to advanced language proficiency in English and a first Latin American and Caribbean language such as Spanish, students must demonstrate competency in a second Latin American and Caribbean language: Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, or a major indigenous language of Latin America. Students may establish second language competency by passing one 3-credit course taught in the target language, such as SPA 105, POR 105, FRE 105, HAI 102. Students may alternatively provide proof of such second language competency in another manner: native speaker with proof of coursework in target language (a diploma or transcript from a high school at which the primary language of instruction and of school administration was not English would constitute such proof).
Disclaimer: This is a model plan of study only. It is not guaranteed that every course will be available in the year/semester noted below.
Suggested Plan of Study
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| WRS 105 | First-Year Writing I | 3 |
| LAS 101 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 |
| MTH 113 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| UMX 100 | The University of Miami Experience | 0 |
| STEM Cognate course | 3 | |
| Language Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| WRS 106 | First-Year Writing II | 3 |
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine history course | 3 | |
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine social sciences course | 3 | |
| LAS Language Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine humanities, literature, culture, or arts course | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities Cognate Course | 3 | |
| STEM Cognate course | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine social sciences course | 3 | |
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine history course | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities Cognate Course | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine social sciences course | 3 | |
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine humanities, literature, culture, or arts course | 3 | |
| Minor course | 3 | |
| Minor course | 3 | |
| Elective course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine humanities, literature, culture, or arts course | 3 | |
| Arts & Humanities cognate | 3 | |
| Minor course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| Civic Engagement, Internship, or Independent Study course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Latin American, Caribbean or Latine environment course | 3 | |
| STEM cognate course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Mission
The mission of the B.A. in Latin American Studies is to prepare students as they acquire knowledge of the history, literature, culture, politics, economics, and natural sciences of the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean. This knowledge acquisition should occur within an interdisciplinary framework that emphasizes the languages of the Hispanophone, Francophone, and Lusophone Americas, and which includes the transnational study of Latin American and Caribbean diasporic communities in the United States.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students should graduate from the program with a deep understanding of Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as of the individual countries within the region, as acquired through internships, travel and study abroad.
- Students will demonstrate proficiency in Latin American regional learning, a critical analysis of and an engagement with complex, interdependent regional systems and legacies (such as natural, physical, social, cultural, economic, and political) and the lives and sustainable development of the region.
- Students will demonstrate proficiency in inquiry and analysis. Inquiry is a systematic process of exploring issues/ objects/works through the collection and analysis of evidence that result in informed conclusions/ judgments. Analysis is the process of breaking complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.
