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Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Concentration / Minor
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies programs at the
University of New Orleans offer courses at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels in Spanish language, social sciences,
humanities, business, and science.
The BAIS Latin American & Caribbean
Studies Concentration
The BAIS concentration in Latin American & Caribbean
Studies is designed to produce students with a broad and deep
understanding of the history, culture, politics, and society
of Latin America and the Caribbean region.
The concentration prepares students for careers in international
business, law, economic development, journalism, education,
and social services. The Latin American & Caribbean Studies
concentration also provides an excellent foundation for graduate
work in Latin American & Caribbean Studies or within a
particular social science discipline.
Languages
12 hours (or equivalency exam) in Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
Course Distribution Requirements
The BAIS requires 24 hours of course work in the student’s
chosen concentration. 3 hours of that course work must include
IS 4998 (International Studies Internship), and students are
required to take either HIST 2401 or 2402 (they may take both)
and either
POLI 4700 or 4705 (they may take both). 12 hours must be taken
in courses that are 2000-level or above. In addition, the concentration
of 24 hours plus the 7 hours of electives must include 15 hours
of course work in the social sciences. Students may only take
up to 9 of the 21 credits in any single discipline.
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies concentration includes
the following courses:
Anthropology
ANTH 3305 Indigenous Civilizations of Middle America
ANTH 3307 South American Prehistory
ANTH 3315 Caribbean Peoples and Cultures: Colonialism, Creolization,
Diaspora
ANTH 3325 Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica
ANTH 3320 Amazonia: People, Culture, and Nature
English
ENGL 4093 Studies in Black Literatures
Geography
GEOG 2404 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 4320 Tropical Lands and Their Utilization
History
HIST 2401 Colonial Latin America
HIST 2402 Latin America since Independence
HIST 2315 Conquest Slavery and Disruption: The Age of Discovery
HIST 4401 Latin American Cities
HIST 4403 History of Mexico
HIST 4406 Caribbean Civilization
Political Science
POLI 4700 Latin American Government and Politics
POLI 4705 U.S.-Latin American Relations
POLI 4710 Politics of Developing Areas
POLI 4780 Comparative Democratization
Spanish
SPAN 3271 Spanish-American Civilization
SPAN 3402 Masterpieces of Spanish and Spanish-American Literature
in Translation
SPAN 4172 Spanish-American Prose
SPAN 4175 Studies in Spanish-American Fiction
SPAN 4176 Spanish-American Poetry
SPAN 4203 Spanish-American Civilization I
SPAN 4204 Spanish-American Civilization II
Latin American and Caribbean
Studies Minor
Undergraduates in any discipline at UNO may also earn a minor
in Latin American and Caribbean Studies by fulfilling the
following requirements:
- Completion of the requirements of a degree
in one of the colleges at UNO.
- Completion of courses in Spanish
through 2002 or its equvalent.
- Completion of an additional eighteen semester
hours of Latin American and Caribbean Studies coursework,
including a minimum of six semester hours at the 3000 level
or above.
The eighteen semester hours must be selected from at
least three disciplines; no more than two courses from any
single
discipline may be applied toward the minor.
- Students must maintain an overall grade point
average of 2.0 or higher on all coursework applied toward
the minor.
- Courses that are counted as credits for the minor cannot
also be counted towards the major.
International Programs
The University of New Orleans sponsors the following programs
available to students and faculty members in the Latin American
and Caribbean Studies Program and other members of the university
community:
UNO-Costa Rica Summer Program: This travel-study
program provides students an in-depth learning experience
in Central America. Students live with local families while
attending classes in such areas as anthropology, biology,
political science and Spanish taught by UNO and University
of Costa Rica-San Ramon faculty members. For information,
contact Marie Kaposchyn, Office of International Study Programs,
Education Building Room 117, University of New Orleans. Phone
(504) 280-7455 or http://www.uno.edu/~inst/costa/.
Year-long Student Exchanges: The University
of New Orleans has signed agreements with a number of universities
in Costa Rica, Brazil, and Chile to promote faculty and student
exchanges and the development of joint academic and cultural
programs.
To find out more, go to http://www.uno.edu/~inst/.
For more information, contact
us
John Hazlett, Director, BAIS
Tel: 280-6142
bais@uno.edu |
