Latin American and Caribbean Studies Major Requirements
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Credit Hours: 37+
"PR" indicates a pre-requisite. "CO" indicates a co-requisite.
Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu for more information.
Major Requirements
The curriculum in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is divided into two sequences. Category A: History - Politics - Society and Category B: Literature-Art-Culture. To ensure depth and breadth, students must take 15 credit hours in each sequence with no more than 12 credit hours in any one discipline (except LACS); and no more than 15 credit hours at the 200-level or below (except LACS). All students must take the LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies; INTL 300 Comparative Methodology in International Studies; and the LACS 495 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Capstone.
All students are required to take an additional year of foreign language beyond the College general education foreign language requirement. Students must fulfill their language requirement in Spanish, Portuguese or French. The language requirement may be fulfilled by 6 semesters (or the equivalent) in one language or four semesters in one language and two semesters in another.
All majors are required to spend one semester or summer in a study or internship abroad program and earn a minimum of 6 credit hours (which may be part of the 37 credit hour major). Abroad program must be arranged with the Director of the Program and with the provision for an alternative or exemption on the basis of special circumstances.
The courses listed below may be supplemented by Special Topics, Tutorials, Independent Studies, Internships and Bachelor's Essays that focus on Latin America and /or the Caribbean in the various disciplines as well as study abroad courses not taken in College of Charleston programs.
Latin American and Caribbean Studies majors may also double major or minor in other fields. Double majors and minors gain extra skills and knowledge.
Required Courses
Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3) PR: None |
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Comparative Methodology (1) PR: Students should take INTL 300 after completing 15 credit hours of the major. |
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies Capstone (3) PR: Students should take the LACS 495 after completing 30 credit hours of the major. |
Select five courses totaling 15 credit hours from the courses listed in Category A:
Category A: History - Politics - Civilization
History
Colonial Latin America (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Latin America Since Independence (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Caribbean to 1800 (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Caribbean Since 1800 (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Sugar and Slaves in Colonial Brazil (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Modern Brazil (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
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Comparative Slavery in the Americas (3) PR: One course in pre-modern history and one course in modern history from the list of approved courses satisfying the general education history requirement (see http://advising.cofc.edu/general-edu). |
Politics
Politics of Latin America (3) PR: None |
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International Development: Theories and Practices (3) PR: None |
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Politics of Contemporary Brazil (3) PR: None |
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Cuban Revolution (3) PR: None |
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International Diplomacy Studies (3) PR: None |
Sociology/Anthropology
Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (3) PR: ANTH 101 or ANTH 202 or instructor permission |
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Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3) PR: ANTH 101 or ANTH 202 or instructor permission |
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Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean (3) PR: ANTH 101 or ANTH 202 or instructor permission |
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Social and Cultural Change (3) PR: SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102 |
Spanish
Latin American Civilization and Culture I (3) PR: SPAN 313 and one of the following: SPAN 312, 314, 328; or SPAN 350; or instructor permission |
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Latin American Civilization and Culture II (3) PR: SPAN 313 and one of the following: SPAN 312, 314, 328; or SPAN 350; or instructor permission |
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Current Issues in Spain or the Spanish-Speaking World (3) PR: SPAN 313 and one of the following: SPAN 312, 314, 328; or SPAN 350; or instructor permission |
French
A Survey of Francophone Civilization (3) PR: FREN 313 and FREN 314 or instructor permission |
Select five courses totaling 15 credit hours from the courses listed in Category B:
Category B: Literature –Art– Culture
Art History
Pre-Columbian Art and Culture (3) PR: None |
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Latin American Colonial Art (3) PR: None |
English
Survey of Non-Western 20th Century Literature (3) PR: ENGL 110 or equivalent |
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Survey of Third World Masterpieces (3) PR: ENGL 110 or equivalent |
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Colonial and Post-Colonial British Literature (3) PR: ENGL 110 or equivalent |
Portuguese Literature In Translation
Portuguese Literature in (English) Translation (3) PR: None |
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Portuguese Literature in (English) Translation: A Foreign Literature(3) PR: None |
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Studies in Brazilian Film (3) PR: None |
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Studies in Brazilian Civilization and Culture Through Literature (3) PR: None |
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Portuguese Literature in (English) Translation: A Foreign Author (3) PR: None |
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Portuguese Literature in (English) Translation: Comparative Literature (3) PR: None |
Spanish Literature In Translation
Literature in (English) Translation: Gallery World Literatures (3) PR: None |
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Literature in (English) Translation: A Foreign Literature (3) PR: None |
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Contemporary Latin American Literature in Translation (3) PR: None |
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Society, History and Culture in Spanish-American Literature (3) PR: None |
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Magic and The Real: Latin American Literature and Film (3) PR: None |
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Spanish Literature in (English) Translation: A Foreign Author (3) PR: None |
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Spanish Literature in (English) Translation: Comparative Literature (3) PR: None |
Portuguese
Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (3) PR: Spanish native speakers, Spanish majors or minors (or completed 15 or more credit hours in college-level Spanish) or instructor permission. |
Spanish
Special Assignment Abroad (3) PR: SPAN 313 and one of the following: SPAN 312, 314, 328; or SPAN 350; or instructor permission |
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Spanish Language Study Abroad (3) PR: SPAN 275 or instructor permission |
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Survey of Spanish American Literature I (3) PR: SPAN 320 or instructor permission |
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Survey of Spanish American Literature II (3) PR: SPAN 320 or instructor permission |
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Spanish Dialectology (3) PR: SPAN 381 or instructor permission |
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Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry (3) PR: SPAN 320 and an additional 300-level literature course; or instructor permission |
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Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction (3) PR: SPAN 320 and an additional 300-level literature course; or instructor permission |
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Contemporary Spanish-American Theatre (3) PR: SPAN 320 and an additional 300-level literature course; or instructor permission |
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Early Colonial Spanish-American Texts (3) PR: SPAN 320 and an additional 300-level literature course; or instructor permission |
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Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Theater (3) PR: SPAN 320 and an additional 300-level literature course; or instructor permission |
French
A Survey of Francophone Literature (3) PR: FREN 313 and FREN 314 or instructor permission |
LACS courses may count for Category A or B
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Introduction to Contemporary Cuba (3) PR: None |
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Introduction to Contemporary Chile (3) PR: None |
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Introduction to Contemporary Brazil (3) PR: None |
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Introduction to Contemporary Argentina (3) PR: None |
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Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3) PR: None |
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Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3) PR: None |
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Latin American Politics and Society in Film (3) PR: None |
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Independent Study in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (3) PR: None |
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies Internship (1-4) PR: None |
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Bachelor's Essay (6) PR: None |
