| Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ | Catalog: University Catalog 2012-2013 Program: Latin-American Studies, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________ | |||
Latin-American Studies, B.A.The Bachelor of Arts degree program in Latin American Studies affords the student a wide range of career opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. The growth of the Latina/Latino population in the U.S. has produced an increasing need for trained persons with a knowledge of the region to work in government, teaching, not-for-profit organizations, business, and other fields. The total number of units required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American Studies Program is 180 units, of which 64-80 units are in the major. Consult with an advisor for the specific number of units required in all areas of the degree including GE and free electives. |
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree (64-84 units)
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Lower Division Required Courses (8 units)
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| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
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| LAS 150 - Introduction to Latin American Studies | (4) | |||
| CHS 255 - Diverse Latin American Populations in Southern California (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| LAS 255 - Diverse Latin American Populations in Southern California | (4) | |||
Language Requirement (4-24 units)The language requirement for Latin American studies is based on competency. Students must demonstrate that they can place into a 300-level Spanish course by taking the placement exam in the Department of Modern Languages. Students who are unable to place in a 300-level Spanish course must complete a 200-level Spanish sequence successfully. Students who wish to study Portuguese must also demonstrate competency in Spanish by being placed at the 300-level in the Department of Modern Languages Placement Exam. | ||||
| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| SPAN 200A - Intermediate Spanish Non-Heritage Speakers | (4) | |||
| SPAN 200B - Intermediate Spanish Non-Heritage Speakers | (4) | |||
| SPAN 200C - Intermediate Spanish Non-Heritage Speakers | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 205A - Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers | (4) | |||
| SPAN 205B - Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 300A - Advanced Composition and Grammar | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 300B - Advanced Composition and Grammar | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 315 - Spanish-American Civilization | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 411 - Spanish-American Literature I | (4) | |||
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| SPAN 413 - Spanish-American Literature II | (4) | |||
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Upper Division Courses (52 units)
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Upper Division Required Courses (8 units)
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| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| LAS 497A - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Latin American Studies | (4) | |||
| LAS 497B - Research and Writing on Selected Latin American Topics | (4) | |||
Select 8 units in History
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| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| HIST 459 - Sexuality in the Americas | (4) | |||
| HIST 461 - Latin America: Colonial Period | (4) | |||
| HIST 462 - Latin America: 1810–1914 | (4) | |||
| HIST 463 - Latin America: 1914 to Present | (4) | |||
| HIST 464 - Central America Since Independence | (4) | |||
| HIST 465 - Brazil | (4) | |||
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| HIST 466A - Colonial Mexico also listed as | (4) | |||
| CHS 466A - Colonial Mexico | (4) | |||
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| HIST 466B - Building the Mexican Nation also listed as | (4) | |||
| CHS 466B - Building the Mexican Nation | (4) | |||
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| HIST 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy also listed as | (4) | |||
| CHS 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy | (4) | |||
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| HIST 469 - Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, 1325-1910 | (4) | |||
Select 8 units in Latin american Studies
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| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| LAS 335 - Race and Culture in the Americas | (4) | |||
| LAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| PAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development | (4) | |||
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| LAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| PAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| POLS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World | (4) | |||
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| LAS 404 - The Central American Experience in the US (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| CHS 404 - The Central American Experience in the US | (4) | |||
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| LAS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| CHS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| RELS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion | (4) | |||
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| LAS 424 - The United States and Latin America | (4) | |||
| LAS 425 - Latin American Responses to Imperialism and Globalization | (4) | |||
| LAS 430 - Cuba and the World | (4) | |||
| LAS 450 - Special Studies in Latin American Studies | (1–4) | |||
| LAS 465 - Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Migration | (4) | |||
| LAS 470 - Labor and Social Movements in the Americas | (4) | |||
| LAS 482 - Latin American Women’s Movements | (4) | |||
Select 28 units in Elective Courses
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| Course Name | Credits: | Term Taken | Grade | Gen Ed |
| ANTH 404 - Peoples of South America | (4) | |||
| ANTH 408 - Peasant Cultures of Middle America | (4) | |||
| ANTH 428 - Civilizations of Western Mesoamerica | (4) | |||
| ANTH 429 - Maya Civilization | (4) | |||
| * ANTH 454L - Special Topics in Anthropology | (1–6) | |||
| ART 447 - The Art of Mesoamerica and the Southwest | (4) | |||
| ART 450 - The Colonial Art of Mexico and Guatemala | (4) | |||
| ART 453 - Aztec Art and Culture | (4) | |||
| * ART 454L,P - Special Topics in Art | (1–4) | |||
| ART 456 - Art oft the Ancient Andes | (4) | |||
| ART 457 - Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo | (4) | |||
| CHS 311 - Chicano Cultural History | (4) | |||
| CHS 400 - Literatures of Mesoamerica | (4) | |||
| CHS 405 - The Mexican People as Immigrants | (4) | |||
| CHS 406 - Latina/o Communities in U.S. Society | (4) | |||
| CHS 409 - U.S. Latinos, Culture, and Global Cities | (4) | |||
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| CHS 413 - Chicana and Mexican Women Writers (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| WOMN 413 - Issues in Feminist Philosophy | (4) | |||
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| CHS 430 - Chicano Political Behavior | (4) | |||
| CHS 444 - History of the Chicano People in the United States | (4) | |||
| CHS 460 - The Chicano Movement | (4) | |||
| CHS 468 - U.S.-Mexico Borderlands | (4) | |||
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| CHS 466A - Colonial Mexico also listed as | (4) | |||
| HIST 466A - Colonial Mexico | (4) | |||
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| CHS 466B - Building the Mexican Nation also listed as | (4) | |||
| HIST 466B - Building the Mexican Nation | (4) | |||
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| CHS 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy also listed as | (4) | |||
| HIST 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy | (4) | |||
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| CHS 467 - Modern Mexico and the Chicano People | (4) | |||
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| CHS 480 - Chicana Feminisms and Women’s Movements | (4) | |||
| ECON 460 - Economics of Developing Countries | (4) | |||
| ECON 465 - Current Issues in Latin American Economies | (4) | |||
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| ENGL 487 - Latin American Literature in Translation (also listed as) | (4) | |||
| ML 487 - Latin American Literature in Translation | (4) | |||
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| GEOG 333 - Environment and Development in the Third World | (4) | |||
| GEOG 427 - Mexico and Central America | (4) | |||
| GEOG 428 - South America | (4) | |||
| * GEOG 496 - Special Topics | (1–4) | |||
| * GEOG 497 - Special Topics | (1–4) | |||
| HIST 357 - Gender in History | (4) | |||
| HIST 360 - Revolution and Society in Developing Countries | (4) | |||
| HIST 383 - Rise of Urban America | (4) | |||
| * HIST 450B - Research Capstone: Special Studies in History | (4) | |||
| * HIST 451 - Special Lectures in History | (2–4) | |||
| HIST 459 - Sexuality in the Americas | (4) | |||
| HIST 461 - Latin America: Colonial Period | (4) | |||
| HIST 462 - Latin America: 1810–1914 | (4) | |||
| HIST 463 - Latin America: 1914 to Present | (4) | |||
| HIST 464 - Central America Since Independence | (4) | |||
| HIST 465 - Brazil | (4) | |||
| HIST 469 - Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, 1325-1910 | (4) | |||
| LAS 335 - Race and Culture in the Americas | (4) | |||
| LAS 395 - Community Service in Latin American Studies | (1–4) | |||
| LAS 404 - The Central American Experience in the US | (4) | |||
| LAS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion | (4) | |||
| LAS 424 - The United States and Latin America | (4) | |||
| LAS 425 - Latin American Responses to Imperialism and Globalization | (4) | |||
| LAS 430 - Cuba and the World | (4) | |||
| LAS 450 - Special Studies in Latin American Studies | (1–4) | |||
| LAS 465 - Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Migration | (4) | |||
| LAS 470 - Labor and Social Movements in the Americas | (4) | |||
| LAS 482 - Latin American Women’s Movements | (4) | |||
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| LAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development also listed as | (4) | |||
| PAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development | (4) | |||
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| LAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World also listed as | (4) | |||
| PAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World also listed as | (4) | |||
| POLS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World | (4) | |||
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| TVF 434 - Latin American Radio Documentary Production | (4) | |||
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| ML 410 - Chicana and Mexican Women Writers | (4) | |||
| MUS 358 - Music of the Oppressed in Latin America | (4) | |||
| MUS 458 - Music of Latin America | (4) | |||
| PAS 412 - Third World Women and Development | (4) | |||
| PAS 456 - Politics of the Caribbean and Central America also listed as | (4) | |||
| POLS 456 - Politics of the Caribbean and Central America | (4) | |||
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| PHIL 433 - Latin American Philosophy | (4) | |||
| POLS 451 - Latin American Politics | (4) | |||
| * POLS 420A - Model United Nations | (4) | |||
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| SOC 423 - Political Sociology of Globalization and Resistance | (4) | |||
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| SOC 442 - Social Change | (4) | |||
| * POLS 454 - Selected Topics in Comparative Politics | (1–4) | |||
| SPAN 300A - Advanced Composition and Grammar | (4) | |||
| SPAN 300B - Advanced Composition and Grammar | (4) | |||
| SPAN 310 - Spanish Civilization | (4) | |||
| SPAN 315 - Spanish-American Civilization | (4) | |||
| SPAN 401 - Introduction to Literary Analysis | (4) | |||
| SPAN 411 - Spanish-American Literature I | (4) | |||
| SPAN 413 - Spanish-American Literature II | (4) | |||
| SPAN 417 - Spanish-American Short Story | (4) | |||
| SPAN 419 - Colonial Spanish-American Literature | (4) | |||
| SPAN 421 - Mexican Literature of Twentieth Century | (4) | |||
| SPAN 429 - Nineteenth Century Spanish-American Literature | (4) | |||
| SPAN 431 - Spanish-American Testimony | (4) | |||
| * SPAN 454L,P - Special Topics in Spanish | (1–4) | |||
| * SPAN 459 - Hispanic Play Production | (3–4) | |||
| SPAN 483 - Contemporary Spanish-American Novel | (4) | |||
| SPAN 485 - Southern Cone Fiction | (4) | |||
*when topic is Latin America | ||||
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