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Latin American Studies (BA)

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International and Area Studies Bachelors BA

Minimum Credit Hours

36

Maximum Credit Hours

60

Major Academic Plan

Title

Factual Knowledge

Learning Outcome

Latin American Studies majors will acquire basic competency in the history, culture, and politics of Latin American societies, as well as mastery in at least one of the major languages of the region.

Title

Social Science Research and Writing Methodology

Learning Outcome

Our LAS students will understand and learn basic methodologies of social science research and writing as well as humantities/language based research. This includes modern library skills as well as humanities/language based research. Students will demonstrate their understanding by writing papers in Spanish and/or Portuguese as well as producing a major capstone project of 20 plus pages.

Title

Oral Presentation of Critically Analyzed Ideas

Learning Outcome

Latin American Studies students will be able to critically analyze ideas evidence and arguments relating to a topic or a significant historical event or process in Latin America and make a significant oral presentation demonstrating recent knowledge from books newspapers and journals many of which are written in target languages.

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Language Proficiency

Learning Outcome

LAS students will demonstrate written and verbal fluency in Spanish or Portuguese in the numerous language courses required in the major. Students also have the opportunity to learn other Latin American languages such as Haitian Creole, Kiché, and Ecuadorian Quechua.

Program Requirements

Courses do not double count between the different requirements sections in the major.

Requirement 1 —Complete 1 Course

course - Intro Latin American Studies 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 2 Options

Depending on language proficiency, students may need to complete lower-division language courses before enrolling in SPAN 321 or PORT 321.

For language placement and course sequence, see https://spanport.byu.edu/whichportuguese-class-should-i-start-with or https://spanport.byu.edu/which-spanish-classshould-i-take

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 2 Options

Option 2.1 —Complete 2 Courses

course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0

Option 2.2 —Complete 2 Courses

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 3 of 4 Options

Social Science courses:

Option 3.1 —Complete 1 Course

course - Middle & South America 3.0

Option 3.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

Option 3.3 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0

Option 3.4 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

course - Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 3.0

course - Soc of International Develpmnt 3.0

course - World Populations 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 2 of 10 Courses

Humanities courses:

course - Humanities of Latin America 3.0

course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Brazil 3.0

course - Luso-Braz Theat Pr - You may take once 3.0

course - Spec Topics Cultures Brazil - You may take once 3.0

course - Intro to Hispanic Literature 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Span America 3.0

course - Spanish Variation & Change 3.0

course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0

course - Spec Topics Culture Span Amer - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 1 Course

course - LAS Senior Seminar 3.0

Requirement 6 — Complete 3 hours

Complete 3.0 hours of an internship course, a service learning course, or Study Abroad program. Internship students (field study, or service learning) will register for IAS 399R; Study Abroad programs should be in a Latin American venue, either Portuguese speaking or Spanish speaking.

course - Model OAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Topics in IAS - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Contemporary Culture - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

course - Academic Internship - You may take up to 3.0 credit hours 0.5v

Requirement 7 —Complete 6 hours

Elective courses (courses taken above will not double count): With prior approval from the program coordinator, FHSS 351 can be substituted when it focuses on Latino civil rights.

course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Middle & South America 3.0

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - History of Mexico 3.0

course - Romance Languages Paleography 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Inter-American Relations 3.0

course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Prof Dev International Studies 1.0

course - KC Lecture Series - You may take once 1.0

course - International Studies Seminar - You may take once 1.0v

course - Model OAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Humanities of Latin America 3.0

course - Special Topics for LAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Business Portuguese - You may take once 3.0

course - Business Spanish - You may take up once 3.0

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - Topics in Intl Relations - You may take once 0.5v

course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0

course - Survey Luzo-Brazilian Ling 3.0

course - Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0

course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Brazil 3.0

course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0

course - Contemporary Culture - You may take once 0.5v

course - Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3.0

course - Luso-Braz Theat Pr - You may take once 3.0

course - Machado de Assis 3.0

course - 20th-Century Brazilian Lit 3.0

course - Spec Topics Cultures Brazil - You may take once 3.0

course - Special Topics in Brazil Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - Adv Portuguese Grammar 3.0

course - Romance Philology 3.0

course - Hist of Portuguese Lang 3.0

course - Special Topics in Port Ling - You may take once 3.0

course - Academic Internship - You may take up once 1.0v

course - Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 3.0

course - Soc of International Develpmnt 3.0

course - World Populations 3.0

course - Intro to Hispanic Linguistics 3.0

course - Span Phonetics & Pronunciation 3.0

course - Intro to Hispanic Literature 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Span America 3.0

course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0

course - Contemporary Culture - You may take once 0.5v

course - Spanish Variation & Change 3.0

course - Span & Engl Struct 3.0

course - Hispanic Cinema 3.0

course - Early Spanish-American Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0

course - The Spanish-American Novel - You may take once 3.0

course - Spanish-American Poetry - You may take once 3.0

course - Spanish-American Drama - You may take once 3.0

course - Spec Topics Culture Span Amer - You may take once 3.0

course - Hispanic-American Short Story - You may take once 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Span-Am Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - Problems in Spanish Grammar 3.0

course - Romance Philology 3.0

course - History of Spanish Language 3.0

course - Spec Topics Span Linguistics - You may take once 3.0

Note: All Spanish and Portuguese courses may double count toward a minor or second major in Spanish or Portuguese. Please see the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for more information.