{"id":188,"date":"2017-10-11T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-latin-american-studies\/majorsminors\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:37:45","slug":"majorsminors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/majorsminors\/","title":{"rendered":"Majors & Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\n Latin American Studies Major <\/a> | \n\n Latin American Studies Minor <\/a> \n\n<\/p>\n\n

General Distribution Requirement<\/h3>

LATI 141<\/a>, LATI 244<\/a>, LATI 245<\/a>, LATI 246<\/a>,\u00a0LATI 248<\/a>,\u00a0LATI 249<\/a>, LATI 255<\/a>,\u00a0LATI 258<\/a>,\u00a0LATI 341<\/a>\u00a0and LATI 342<\/a>\u00a0count toward the general distribution requirement in social science. LATI 181<\/a>, LATI 281<\/a>, LATI 282<\/a>, LATI 307<\/a>,\u00a0LATI 251<\/a>, LATI 316<\/a>\u00a0count toward the general distribution requirement in humanities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

General Education Requirements<\/h3>

Courses that meet the general education requirements in writing, quantitative thinking, internationalism, and U.S. identities and differences will be posted on the Registrar's web page in advance of registration each semester.<\/p>

Additional information regarding the general distribution requirement and the general education requirements can be found in the graduation requirements\u00a0section of this catalog.<\/p>

Honors Program<\/h3>

The Latin American Studies program participates in the honors program. Eligibility requirements, application procedures and specific project expectations for the department are available from either the department office or the Academic Programs and Advising Office.<\/p>

Topics Courses<\/h3>

LATI 194<\/a>, LATI 294<\/a>, LATI 394<\/a>, LATI 494<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

Occasional courses on Latin American topics offered from time to time by program and visiting Latin American studies faculty. To be announced at registration. (4 credits)<\/p>

Independent Study<\/h3>

The department offers independent study options in the form of tutorials, independent projects, internships, preceptorships and Honors independent projects. For more information contact the department and review the Curriculum\u00a0section of the catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n

Latin American Studies Major<\/h2>\n \n

Major Requirements<\/h3>

The Latin American Studies major consists of 9 courses, as follows:<\/p>

A. Introductory course - 1 course<\/h4>

One of the following courses taken during the first year or sophomore year (including First-Year Course versions of the courses):\nANTH 255 - Latin America in Motion<\/a> \nGEOG 249 - Environment and Society in Latin America<\/a>\nLATI 181 - Introduction to Latin America<\/a> \nLATI 151 - Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance<\/a>\nLATI 245 - Latin American Politics<\/a>\nLATI 308 - Introduction to U.S. Latinx Studies<\/a> <\/p>

B. Latin American Electives - 3 courses<\/h4>

Three Latin-America focused courses taken at Macalester, including at least 1 Humanities and 1 Social Science course (see list below). No more than 1 course at the 100 level may be counted as an LAS elective, and at least 1 course must be at the 300 level. Spanish courses may count for LAS electives, only at level SPAN-305 and above; Portuguese courses may count for LAS electives, only at level PORT-331 and above.<\/p>

Humanities\nLATI 181 - Introduction to Latin America<\/a>\nLATI 235 - Captives, Cannibals, and Capitalists in the Early Modern Atlantic World<\/a> \nLATI 281 - The Andes: Landscape and Power<\/a>\nLATI 282 - Latin America: Art and Nation<\/a> \nLATI 283 - Amazon: A Cultural History<\/a>\nLATI 285 - Cold War Latin America<\/a> \nLATI 308 - Introduction to U.S. Latinx Studies<\/a>\nLATI 316 - Mapping the New World: Exploration, Encounters, and Disasters<\/a> \nPORT 331 - Journeys through Brazil<\/a>\nSPAN 332 - Spanish in the United States<\/a> \nPORT 341 - Voices from the Margins: Afro-Brazilian Women Writers<\/a> \nSPAN 354 - Here and There: Superando Limites<\/a> \nLATI 355 - Cultural Resistance and Survival: Indigenous and African Peoples in Early Spanish America<\/a> \nSPAN 359 - \"Neither Saints Nor Sinners\": Women Writers of the Early Modern Hispanic World<\/a> \nSPAN 360 - One Hundred Years of Plenitude: Modern and Postmodern Hispanic Fiction<\/a> \nSPAN 362 - Modern Hispanic Novel and the Visual Arts<\/a> \nLATI 376 - Spanish Dialectology<\/a> \nLATI 381 - Transnational Latin Americas<\/a> \nSPAN 382 - Constructing the Nation<\/a> \nLATI 385 - Frontera: The U.S. Mexican Border<\/a> \nLATI 386 - Constructions of a Female Killer<\/a> <\/h5>
Social Sciences\nSOCI 220 - Sociology of Race\/Ethnicity<\/a> \nECON 239 - Economics of Global Food Problems<\/a>\nLATI 244 - Urban Latinx Power in the U.S.<\/a>\nLATI 245 - Latin American Politics<\/a>\nLATI 249 - Environment and Society in Latin America<\/a>\nLATI 251 - Politics of Memory in Latin America<\/a> \nLATI 255 - Latin America in Motion<\/a>\nLATI 341 - Comparative Social Movements<\/a>\nLATI 342 - Urban Politics of Latin America<\/a>\nECON 426 - International Economic Development Capstone<\/a> <\/h5>

C. Research Methods course - 1 course<\/h4>

Students should choose a research methods course that will prepare them for their capstone project on their desired area of expertise. Select from 1 of the following courses:<\/p>

ANTH 230 - Ethnographic Interviewing<\/a>\nECON 381 - Introduction to Econometrics<\/a> \nGEOG 277 - Qualitative Research Methods in Geography<\/a> \nHIST 290 - History: Then and Now<\/a> \nSPAN 307 - Introduction to the Analysis of Hispanic Texts<\/a> \nPOLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods<\/a> \nSOCI 269 - Social Science Inquiry<\/a> \nSOCI 270 - Interpretive Social Research<\/a> \nSOCI 275 - Comparative-Historical Methods for Social Science<\/a> <\/p>

D. Study Away - 3 courses<\/h4>

Latin American Studies majors must complete 1 semester of full-time study away in a Latin American country, or a program approved by the Latin American Studies director. Up to 3 study off-campus courses will be counted. In case fewer than 3 study away courses are counted, a student must take additional approved course(s) to complete the major.<\/p>

E. Capstone-1 course<\/h4>

Majors normally complete their capstone during Fall semester in LATI 488 - Senior Seminar. Occasionally, a student may be approved to complete their capstone via an independent project or another appropriate course. Students participating in the Honors program normally take LATI 488 - Senior Seminar<\/a> in the Fall and LATI 644 - Honors Independent<\/a> in the Spring of their senior year.<\/p>

F. Language Proficiency Requirement<\/h4>

Option A:<\/strong> Spanish proficiency to the level of SPAN 305 - Advanced Oral and Written Expression<\/a>, demonstrated by successfully completing SPAN 305 or a higher-level Spanish course at Macalester, and Portuguese proficiency to the level of PORT 111 - Accelerated Beginning Portuguese<\/a>.<\/p>

Option B:<\/strong> Portuguese proficiency to the level of PORT 331 - Journeys through Brazil<\/a>, demonstrated by successfully completing PORT 331 or a higher-level Portuguese course at Macalester, and Spanish proficiency to the level of SPAN 110 - Accelerated Beginning Spanish<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n

Latin American Studies Minor<\/h2>\n \n

A Latin American studies minor consists of proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese (at the level of SPAN 305 or PORT 331), plus any five (5) Latin American studies courses. No more than 2 courses at the 100 level may count toward the minor, and at least 1 course must be at the 300 level.<\/p>

  • Spanish courses may count for LAS minor, only at level SPAN-305 and above<\/li> \n\t
  • Portuguese courses may count for LAS minor, only at level PORT-331 and above<\/li> \n\t
  • Up to 2 courses from study away may be counted<\/li> \n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/latin-american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}