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    Departments :

  • Aerospace Studies
  • African American
    Studies

  • Art
  • Chicano Studies
  • Communication
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  • History
  • Languages and
    Linguistics
  • Latin American Studies
  • Military Science
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  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology and
    Anthropology
  • Theater Arts
  • Western Cultural
    Heritage
  • Women's Studies

    Dr. Howard C. Daudistel, Dean

    Dr. Mimi R. Gladstein, Associate Dean

    Dr. Evelyn Posey, Associate Dean


    Liberal Arts Bldg., 343
    Phone: (915) 747-5666
    Fax: (915) 747-5905

  • Latin American Studies

    209 Burges Hall
    (915) 747-5196, 747-5157

    DIRECTOR: Duncan Earle
    PROFESSORS EMERITI: James M. Day, Julius Rivera
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS: David B. Eyde
    PROFESSORS: Amastae, Bath, Cardon, Elerick, García, Haddox, James, McGee Deutsch, Natalicio, Pérez, R. Schmidt, Stoddard, Teschner, Villarreal
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Armengol, Bagby, Brannon, Ford, Howard, Ibarreche, López, Meléndez-Hayes, R. Peterson, S. Schmidt
    ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Blanco, Campbell, Carmichael, Martin, Montes, Ramos, Rocha, J. Peterson

    BA in Latin American Studies
    The Latin American Studies degree is an interdisciplinary major consisting of interrelated fields designed to provide students with the opportunity to prepare themselves for appropriate employment in business, government, or education or for advanced study in a Latin American area at the graduate level. In addition to the regular academic program, lectures, special seminars, and other Latin American resource opportunities are provided. The Director of the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies serves as advisor to Latin American Studies majors.

    In addition to fulfilling the general requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, the student must complete 30 hours of credit toward the major. In order to provide flexibility and relevance in the program, the student may choose among five options. In fulfilling the options, no single course may be used to satisfy more than one course requirement.

    Students may satisfy the language requirement by successfully completing SPAN 3201 -3202 (for non-native speakers) or 3203 -3204 (for native speakers). This requirement may be waived upon successful completion of an approved competency examination. If the requirement is waived, students must complete one of the following: SPAN 3320 (Hispanic Civilization; recommended for students relatively fluent in the language), SPAN 3355 (Advanced Conversation), SPAN 3356 (Advanced Conversation for Native Speakers), or SPAN 3357 (Advanced Composition; recommended for students needing enhancement of either oral or writing skills).

    Behavioral Science Option (30 semester hours)

        9 hours of 3400 level Political Science courses in Latin American politics; or 9 hours of 3300-3400 level Economics courses with Latin American content;
        9 hours of 3400 level courses with Latin American content, selected from an approved list.
    Border Studies Option (30 semester hours)
        3 hours from an approved list of courses with a border focus.
    Business-Economics Option (30 semester hours)
        6 hours of Accounting;
    Humanities Option (30 semester hours) Spanish-Linguistics Option (30 semester hours)
        15 hours of 3300-3400 level Spanish courses with Latin American content;
        6 hours in the linguistics of Spanish;
        3 hours of 3300-3400 level course work with Latin American content, selected from an approved list.
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    Minor in Latin American Studies
    A student may pursue an 18-hour minor in Latin American Studies as part of the BA degree or as a complement to other degrees. Courses taken to fulfill minor field requirements may not be used to satisfy other degree requirements.

    Minor in Border Studies
    A student may pursue an 18-hour minor in Border Studies as part of the BA degree or as a complement to other degrees. Requirements for this minor are: Go to top


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