COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR: LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Teaching (Code 340-003)
Minimum of 60 credits with at least 33 Spanish language credits (including courses cross-listed with Spanish) from:
Required courses—minimum of 26 credits*:
_____FLG 378: Second Language Acquisition Theory (3 crs.)
_____LAS 150: Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 crs./ GE IIIG; CD2; FC)
_____LAS 450: Capstone for Latin American Studies (1-3 crs)
_____Span 202 or 232: Intermediate Spanish II or Communication in the Professions II (4 crs./GE IA)
_____Span 301: Advanced Composition (3 crs./ GE IA)
_____Span 302: Advanced Conversation and Composition (3 crs./ GE IA)
_____Span 325: Phonetics and Pronunciation (3 crs.)
_____Span/LAS 352: Contemporary Latin American Civilization (3 crs/GE IVD; CD1; FC)
_____Span/LAS 367: Survey of Latin American Literature (3 crs./ GE IVD; FC)
and 15 credits from the following*:
_____Span 405: Advanced Conversation (3crs. GE IA)
_____Span 410: Advanced Grammar (3 crs.)
_____Span/LAS 475/675: Topics in Latin American Literature (3 crs./ FC)
_____Span/LAS 476: The Novel in Latin America I: 1850-1950 (3 crs./ FC)
_____Span/LAS 477: The Novel in Spanish America II: 1950-present (3 crs./ FC)
_____Span/LAS 480: Spanish American Literature and Film (3 crs/ FC)
_____Span/WMNS 482: Women in Latin American Literature (3 crs/ FC)
_____Span 491: Special Topics (Latin American topics only) (3crs.)
Electives—a minimum of 19 credits in the Humanities and Social Sciences*:
_____ ANTH/WMNS 356: Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 crs./ GE-IIIA; FC)
_____ Span/LAS 312 Latinos in the U.S. (2 crs./GE IVD; CD2)
_____ Art History/AIS 335: Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (3 crs./GE IVA; FC)
_____ Art History/AIS 337: Art of Tawantinsuyo (3 crs./ GE IVA; FC)
_____ Economics 355: Economic Development of the Third World (3 crs./FC)
_____ Economics/LAS 356: Economic Development of Latin America (3 crs/GE III B; FC)
_____ FLTR/LAS 350: Spanish-American Literature in Translation (3 crs/GE IV D; FC)
_____ Geography/LAS 321: Geography of Latin America (3 crs/GE IIIC; FC)
_____ Geography 920L: Costa Rican Environment and Geography (S; 3 crs/GE IIIC)
_____ Honors 304: Honors Colloquium (Crossing Borders: Discourses from Latin America) (3 crs./GE IV)
_____ HIST/LAS 309 (previously HIST 410): Latin America through Independence (3 crs./GE IVC)
_____ History/LAS 311 (previously HIST 411): Latin America since independence (3 crs./GE IVC; FC)
_____ LAS 222: U.S. Latino History and Culture (S; 3crs./ GEIVE; CD3)**
_____ LAS 491: Special Topics (3crs.)
_____ LAS 488: Internship (1-6 crs.)
_____ LAS 498: Internship with Language Immersion (1-6 crs.)
_____ Math 107: Mathematics and Latin American Cultures (4 crs./ GEIB)
_____ Politics/LAS 319: Politics of Latin America (3 crs./GE IIID; FC)
_____ Politics/LAS 320: Caribbean Politics (3 crs./GE IIID; FC)
_____ Religion/AIS 330: Indigenous religions of the Americas (3 crs./GE IVB; CD2; FC)
_____ Span/LAS 312 Latinos in the U.S. (2 crs./GE IVD; CD2)**
_____ Sociology 312: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. (3 crs./GE-IIIF; CD3)**
_____ Sociology 314: Social Class and Inequality (3 crs./GE-IIIF; CD1)**
**LAS students may not earn credit towards their degree in both SOC312 and SOC314 but must choose one or the other
**LAS students may not earn credit towards their degree in both LAS 222 and SPAN/LAS 312 but must choose one or the other.
FC=Foreign Culture credit
CD=Cultural Diversity credit
*=or equivalent courses offered in the study abroad programs
Maximum number of internship credits that can be earned from LAS 488 and LAS 498 is 6, only 3 of which can be counted towards
an LAS major, comprehensive major or minor program. See LAS website or contact LAS program director Dr. Analisa DeGrave for
more information and internship opportunities.
Language Immersion Requirement:
Liberal Arts majors must complete an appropriate period of language immersion in residence in an approved academic program in a
Latin American country. Students facing extenuating circumstances may participate in an alternative domestic language immersion
experience pre-approved and determined in conjunction with the LAS Committee from the following options: National Student
Exchange, internship or volunteer work. The minimum time period for meeting the residence/immersion requirement is six weeks.
However, the Latin American Studies program recommends that students spend at least one semester abroad.
LAS Teaching Comprehensive Majors should have an advisor in LAS and another advisor knowledgeable in Early
Childhood through Adolescence (ECA program). Suggested advisors are Anne Hlas (hlasac@uwec.edu) and Paul Hoff
(hoffpj@uwec.edu).
LAS Comprehensive Teaching Majors must take and pass the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) or the ACTFL
Oral Proficiency Interview-computer (OPIc) and the ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) with a rating score of
Intermediate High Level or above on both exams.
(Updated 10/17/12)