Latin American Studies Certificate

This certificate offers students, with a baccalaureate degree in any field, an opportunity to supplement their education with a focus on the interdisciplinary study of Latin America. Courses used to meet this certificate may be counted also, where applicable, toward General Education requirements, and the major or minor requirements of the cooperating departments. Recommended: successful completion of two college intermediate level courses in Spanish, Portuguese or any other language appropriate to concentration area of the equivalent fluency as determined by the program advisor.

Please be aware that this program is not eligible for Financial Aid unless pursued concurrently with a degree program.

Requirements

The following are the requirements for the Latin American Studies Certificate.

Consultation with the program advisor

Including formal declaration of the Certificate, and application for graduation.

Completion of 24 units distributed as follows:

Core (required of all students)

Take one of the following:

LAS 161 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 units)
SPAN 445 - Latin American Civilization (3 units)

Electives

18 units from the following courses, selected from at least two disciplines:

ANTH 432 - Peoples of Mexico and Central America (3 units)
ANTH 448 - Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America (3 units)
ANTH 440 - Ethnographic Field School (3 units) *
ANTH 490 - Selected Topics in Anthropology (3 units) *
ANTH 499 - Guided Studies in Anthropology (1-3 units) *
AH 457C - Pre-Columbian Art (3 units)
AH 557C - Pre-Columbian Art (3 units)
AH 458 - Art of Latin America: 1800-1940 (3 units)
AH 558 - Art of Latin America: 1800-1940 (3 units)
AH 459 - Art of Latin America: 1940-Present (3 units)
AH 559 - Art of Latin America: 1940-Present (3 units)
CHLS 352 - Central American and Caribbean Peoples in California (3 units)
CHLS 380 - Chicano/Latino Theatre (3 units)
CHLS 341 - Asian American and Chicano/Latino Cinema (3 units)
ASAM 341 - Asian American/Chicano and Latino Cinema (3 units)
CHLS 400 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Politics in the U.S. (3 units) *
CHLS 420 - Chicano Heritage in the Arts of Mexico and the Southwest (3 units)
CHLS 490 - Selected Topics in Chicano and Latino Studies (1-3 units) *
CHLS 499 - Directed Studies (1-3 units) *
CWL 440 - Selected Topics - Latin American Literary Studies (3 units)
CWL 499 - Directed Studies (1-4 units) *
ECON 490 - Selected Topics in Economics (3 units) *
ECON 499 - Directed Study (1-3 units) *
FEA 392 - Selected Topics in International Cinema (3 units)
HIST 362 - Colonial Latin America (3 units)
HIST 364 - Latin American Nations (3 units)
HIST 459 - Religion in Colonial Latin America (3 units)
HIST 462 - Mexico (3 units)
HIST 463 - Power and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (3 units)
HIST 465 - Seeing Latin America: Visual Culture and History in the Latin American World (3 units)
HIST 466 - Selected Topics in Latin American History (3 units)
HIST 490 - Selected Topics in History (1-3 units) *
HIST 495 - Selected Topics (3 units) *
HIST 498 - Directed Studies (1-3 units) *
LAS 161 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 units)
POSC 358 - Contemporary Latin American Politics (3 units)
POSC 481 - U.S. - Latin American Relations (3 units)
POSC 497 - Selected Topics in Political Science (3 units) *
POSC 499 - Readings and Conference in Political Science (1-3 units) *
SOC 341 - Central American and Caribbean Peoples in California (3 units)
SOC 490 - Selected Topics in Sociology (1-3 units) *
SOC 499 - Directed Studies (1-3 units)
SPAN 341 - Literary Masterpieces: Spanish America (3 units)
SPAN 441 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Narrative (3 units)
SPAN 442 - Nation Building and Women’s Writing in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America (3 units)
SPAN 444 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish America and the National Family Romance (3 units)
SPAN 445 - Latin American Civilization (3 units)
SPAN 450 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature (3 units)
SPAN 490 - Selected Topics in Spanish (3 units) *
SPAN 492 - Studies in Hispanic Theater (3 units)
SPAN 493 - Women and War (3 units) *
SPAN 550 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature (3 units)

Note:

* Special Topics and Independent Study courses in the area of Latin American Studies (including Short Term Study Abroad) must be approved by the advisor.