Program in LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
College of Arts and Sciences
Director: Santa Arias (Modern Languages and Linguistics); Cooperating Colleges, Schools, and Departments: Anthropology, Business, Communication, Economics, English, Geography, History, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, and Urban and Regional Planning
This undergraduate program is intended for students with a strong interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Depending on the areas of emphasis selected, the baccalaureate program may be viewed as preparation for graduate school in various fields or as leading to professions in government and international service, multinational commerce, law, teaching, and translation. Majors and minors are encouraged to participate in the related University programs in Costa Rica and Panama. Note: an average of "C" must be earned for courses taken for each of the following majors.
For more information, please refer to http://www.fsu.edu/~lacs.
Requirements for a Major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Please review all college-wide degree requirements summarized in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this General Bulletin.
The major consists of thirty (30) semester hours beyond the liberal studies requirement to be selected from the approved list of courses taught by the core and affiliated faculty. The complete list is available at http://www.fsu.edu/~lacs. At least three of the departments or schools must be represented in courses selected. Students in the major may (but are not required to) choose from among several concentrations. The topical concentrations in the curriculum of the program are the following: business; cultures and civilizations of Latin America; development and political economy; history and culture of the Caribbean; human rights; Latin American arts; and Latino studies. Students with a concentration must have at least nine (9) semester hours in the selected area with courses approved by the advisor. At least twelve (12) of the total major hours must be at or above the 4000 level. To qualify for completion of the major, students also must have completed the initial sequence or equivalent of Spanish, Portuguese or another language considered by the advisor to be relevant to this area of study. (This also may be used to satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences' language requirement.)
Required Minor or Second Major
Students in the major should select a minor (or another major) after consultation with the program director; normally it should be in one of the participating departments or schools. Consult the specific department or school concerning its requirements. A minor is not required if the student is pursuing a second major.
Admission
To be admitted into the program, students must complete at least fifty-two (52) semester hours with an adjusted GPA of 2.0 on all University coursework, and at least eighteen (18) of the required thirty-six (36) total semester hours in liberal studies, including freshman English and mathematics.
Honors in the Major
The program offers honors in the major. For requirements and other information, refer to the "University Honors Program and Honor Societies" chapter in this General Bulletin.
Minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The program offers a four-course minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies for students majoring in another discipline.The minor is designed for those students who wish to concentrate their work in a major discipline yet maintain a Latin American concentration.
Approved Course
Note: descriptions of the following courses can be found under the individual departments in which they are taught.
The major coursework consists of thirty (30) semester hours (beyond the liberal studies requirement) that are to be selected from, but not necessarily limited to, courses listed below.
Anthropology
ANT 4163 Mesoamerican Archaeology (3)
ANT 4309 Conquest of the Americas (3)
ANT 4323 Peoples and Cultures of Mexico and Central America (3)
ANT 4337 Peoples and Cultures of Amazonia (3)
Economics
ECO 4704 International Trade (3)*
ECO 4713 International Finance (3)*
ECS 4013 Economics of Development (3)*
English
AML 3630 Latino/a Literature in English (3)
Geography
GEA 4405 Latin America (3)
History
HIS 4930r Special Topics in History (3)*
HIS 4935r Senior Seminar (in History) (3)*
LAH 1093 Latin America: A Cross-Cultural History (3)
LAH 3411 History of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (3)
LAH 3500 History of South America (3)
LAH 3734 Latin American History through Film (3)
LAH 4430 History of Mexico (3)
LAH 4470 History of the Caribbean (3)
LAH 4600 History of Brazil (3)
LAH 4723 Race and Class in Colonial Latin America (3)
LAH 4748 Social Revolutionary Movements in Latin America (3)
Humanities
HUM 3930r Humanities: Special Topics (1-3)*
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LAS 4905r Directed Individual Study (3)
LAS 4935 Honors Work (3)
Modern Languages and Linguistics
SPN 3440 Language and Culture in Business (3)
SPN 3520 Cultures of Latin America (3)
SPN 4440 Business Writing in Spanish (3)
SPN 4540r Regional Cultural Studies (3)
SPN 4740 Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3)
SPN 4930r Studies in Hispanic Language and Literature (3)*
SPT 3130 Latin American Literature in Translation (3)
SPW 3030 Approaching Hispanic Literature (3)
SPW 3132 Readings from Early Spanish America (3)
SPW 3391r Hispanic Cinema (3)
SPW 3493 Readings from Modern Spanish America (3)
SPW 4140r The Poetics of Hispanic Love and Violence (3)*
SPW 4150r Transatlantic Encounters (3)
SPW 4190r Special Topics in Hispanic Languages and Literatures (3)*
SPW 4301r Hispanic Culture and Performance (3)
SPW 4491 Spanish-American Women Writers (3)
SPW 4770 Caribbean Literature (3)
Music
MUH 4541 Music of Latin America I (3)
Philosophy
PHM 3331r Modern Political Thought (3)*
PHM 3350 Introduction to Marxist Philosophy (3)*
PHM 4340r Contemporary Political Thought (3)*
Political Science
CPO 3034 Politics of Developing Areas (3)
CPO 3303 Politics of Latin America (3)
INR 4244 Studies in International Politics: Latin America (3)
Religion
REL 4564 Modern Roman Catholicism (3)*
Sociology
SYD 4700 Race and Minority Group Relations (3)*
SYP 3400 Social Change (3)*
SYO 3530 Social Classes and Inequality (3)*
SYO 4550 Comparative Sociology (3)*
All courses listed above that are marked with an * will count toward either major or minor in Latin American and Caribbean studies if the content deals in part with Latin America and the Caribbean and assigned research papers are written on issues of the region.
Note: at least three of the departments or schools must be represented in courses selected. At least twelve (12) of the total major semester hours must be at or above the 4000-level. To qualify for completion of the major, the student also must have completed the initial sequence or equivalent of Spanish, Portuguese or another language considered by the advisor to be relevant to this area of study. (This may satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences language requirement.)
Definition of Prefix
- LAS - Latin American Studies
Undergraduate Courses
LAS 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours when content varies. Can be repeated within same semester.
LAS 4935r. Honors Work (3). Open to participants in the University and department honors program. Participation in a supervised research problem and the production of a paper describing the results of that work. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
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