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Concentration course requirements may be fulfilled in part through successful
completion of one of the College's academic programs in Costa Rica or Mexico.
To apply, see Lewis Fortner, the director of undergraduate foreign studies (HM
286).
B.A. Essay. All students in the Latin American Studies concentration are
required to write a B.A. essay under the supervision of a member of the
concentration faculty. Registration for the B.A. essay preparation course
(Latin American Studies 299) is optional. Students who do register for Latin
American Studies 299 may count this course as one of the five they must take
dealing with Latin America. The grade students receive for this course depends
on successful completion of the B.A. essay.
Summary of Requirements
Concentration 2 courses in Spanish or Portuguese (in addition
Grading. All of the required courses for the Latin American Studies
concentration must be taken for a letter grade.
Honors. Students who have done exceptionally well in their course work and
on their B.A. essay are considered for graduation with special honors.
Candidates must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 overall and 3.25 in
the concentration.
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ROBERT Z. ALIBER, Professor, Graduate School of Business
ANDREW H. APTER, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and the
College
DONALD J. BOGUE, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology
JANE E. BUIKSTRA, Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor, Department
of Anthropology, Committees on Human Nutritional Biology and Evolutionary
Biology, and the College
PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY, Professor, School of Social Service Administration
ROSALBA CAMPRA, Edward Larocque Tinker Visiting Professor, Department of
Romance Languages & Literatures (Autumn 1995)
MANUELA CARNEIRO DA CUNHA, Professor, Department of Anthropology
THOMAS CUMMINS, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and the College
RENé DE COSTA, Professor, Department of Romance Languages &
Literatures and the College
T. BENTLEY DUNCAN, Associate Professor, Department of History
PAUL W. FRIEDRICH, Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics and
Committee on Social Thought
SUSAN GZESH, Lecturer in Law, the Law School
GEORGE HALEY, Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and
the College
WILLIAM F. HANKS, Associate Professor, Departments of Anthropology and
Linguistics and the College
ARNOLD C. HARBERGER, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics
THOMAS HOLT, James Westfall Professor, Department of History and the College
FRIEDRICH KATZ, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor, Department of
History and the College
ALAN L. KOLATA, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College;
Director, Center for Latin American Studies
BRETT LEVINSON, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages &
Literatures and the College
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CHARLES LIPSON, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and the
College; Director, Program on International Politics, Economics, &
Security
CLAUDIO LOMNITZ, Professor, Department of History
LARISSA LOMNITZ, Edward Larocque Tinker Visiting Professor, Department of
Sociology (Spring 1996)
NORMAN A. MCQUOWN, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anthropology and
Linguistics
GUILLERMO MONDINO, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business
SALIKOKO MUFWENE, Professor, Department of Linguistics
ALBERTO PALLONI, Professor, Department of Sociology
ADAM PRZEWORSKI, Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor, Department
of Political Science and the College; Director, Center for Ethics, Rationality,
& Society
PAUL ROGERS, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History
MARIO SANTANA, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages &
Literatures and the College
JULIE SAVILLE, Associate Professor, Department of History
JOSE SCHEINKMAN, Alvin H. Baum Professor, Department of Economics and
the College; Chairman, Department of Economics
PAUL SERENO, Associate Professor, Department of Organismal Biology &
Anatomy
LARRY A. SJAASTAD, Professor, Department of Economics and the College
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Go to: FacultyLatin American Studies
Program Adviser: Rachel Massey, Ky 308, 702-8420
Program of Study
Students concentrating in Latin American Studies gain competence in Spanish or
Portuguese as a tool for further work; knowledge of one or more of the social
sciences as they deal with Latin American materials; and a thorough grounding
in selected aspects of Latin American history, politics, economics, or related
subjects. The Bachelor of Arts program in Latin American Studies can provide an
appropriate background for careers in business, journalism, or government, or
for graduate studies in one of the social sciences disciplines. An alternative
program of concentration in Romance languages and literatures is available.
Program Requirements
Before entering the program in Latin American Studies, students are expected to
have completed the Common Core foreign language requirement with either Spanish
(Spanish 101-102-103-201 or Spanish 121-122-201) or Portuguese (Portuguese
101-102-103 or Portuguese 204-205); this requirement may be fulfilled by taking
the appropriate College courses or by satisfactory performance in a placement
examination. Students are required to fulfill the Common Core civilization
requirement with the three-course sequence in Latin American Civilization
(Latin American Studies 345-346-347). This sequence of courses is the best
introduction to the concentration.
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The concentration program requires an additional two courses in Spanish or
Portuguese, bringing the student's total language courses to six (for students
with Spanish) or five (for students with Portuguese). In addition to the Latin
American Civilization sequence, the concentration program requires five further
courses dealing with Latin America. The Center for Latin American Studies
publishes an up-to-date listing of such courses, entitled "Courses to be
Offered," available in Ky 308. Of these five required courses on Latin America,
at least four must be in the social sciences. Courses that focus primarily on
disciplinary, methodological, or comparative topics (such as international
relations) may also be counted toward this requirement, provided the student
successfully completes a paper or other major project treating a Latin American
theme. The course instructor must certify the completion of such a project by
means of a form available from the Center for Latin American Studies. Students
are required to take two additional courses in the social sciences, bringing
the concentration course total to nine.General Introductory sequence in Spanish
Education or Portuguese or equivalent
LatAm 345-346-347
to the Common Core requirement)
5 courses dealing with Latin America
(4 in the social sciences)
2 courses in social sciences
- B.A. essay
9 (total)
Faculty
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