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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)
Humanities Option (30 semester hours)
9 hours of 3300-3400 level modern languages or English courses in Latin American literature;
9 hours of 3300-3400 level history courses with Latin American content;
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.
6 hours,
SPAN 3201
-3202
or 3203
-3204
. This requirement may be waived upon successful completion of an approved
competency examination and if waived, the student must complete
SPAN 3320
, 3355
, 3356
or 3357
.
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:
3 hours from courses not taken above, or selected from an
approved list of courses with a border focus.
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