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Undergraduate Catalog 07-08
College of Arts and Sciences
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Revised May 2007
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Latin-American Studies Program
206 Ruby Jones Hall
610-436-3162
Linda Stevenson, Coordinator
Any student in the University, regardless of his or her area of specialization, may earn a minor and a letter of verification in Latin-American studies after satisfactory completion of 18 semester hours of work, distributed as follows:
Minor in Latin-American Studies
Required: Either A or B (18 semester hours)
A. 1. Spanish or Portuguese (6 semester hours)
(Intermediate level or above)
2. Latin-American history (6 semester hours)
3. Electives (6 semester hours)
OR
B. 1. Latin-American history (6 semester hours)
2. Latin-American culture, politics, geography (6 semester hours)
3. Electives (6 semester hours)
Selected under advisement from Latin-American-oriented courses offered by the departments of Anthropology and Sociology, Geography and Planning, Political Science, Economics, Art, or others. In track A, one three-credit course must be devoted to literature, art history, or music.
For advising, see Dr. Linda Stevenson in the Department of Political Science.
A student should maintain a 2.5 average in area-studies courses to be recommended for graduate work in the area-studies concentration.