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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements LTAMCACRT1
The certificate is awarded upon graduation to students who have demonstrated knowledge of Latin America beyond the level of a normal minor in accord with the requirements listed below. (Students may elect to complete the minor or the certificate but not both.) Curriculum planning should be done in consultation with the undergraduate advisor for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours (with at least a B average), including the requirements listed below.
  1. The Latin American Experience. One (1) course:
    • LTAM-L 210 Latin America & Caribbean: Cultures, Histories, and Politics
  2. Contemporary Problems in Latin America. One (1) course:
    • LTAM-L 200 Topics in Latin American Studies
    • LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
    • LTAM-L 230 Maya Cultures, Religion, Communities & Identity in Mexico and Guatemala
    • LTAM-L 275 Altered States: Spirituality, Power, Healing
  3. Electives. Additional credit hours from the Related Courses list.
    • LTAM-L 200 Topics in Latin American Studies
    • LTAM-L 426 Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
    • AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora
    • AAAD-A 350 Black Atlantic
    • AAAD-A 427 Cross-Cultural Communication
    • AMST-A 200 Comparative American Identities
    • AMST-A 201 U.S. Movements and Institutions
    • AMST-A 202 U.S. Arts and Media (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • AMST-A 351 American Studies in Transnational Contexts (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • AMST-A 399 Advanced Topics in Social and Historical Studies for American Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-A 200 Topics in Anthropology of Culture and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-B 310 Bioanthropology: A History of Ideas
    • ANTH-B 472 Bioanthropology of Aboriginal America
    • ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
    • ANTH-E 208 Global Jazz, Reggae, and Hip-Hop: African Diasporic Music Beyond the African Diaspora
    • ANTH-E 210 Rethinking Race Globally
    • ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
    • ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
    • ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
    • ANTH-E 340 Indigenous Populations of Mexico and Central America
    • ANTH-E 393 World Fiction and Cultural Anthropology
    • ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-E 426 Coffee Culture, Production, and Markets
    • ANTH-E 456 Anthropology of Race
    • ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology (approved topic: "Arts: Creativity and Collaboration")
    • ANTH-E 463 Anthropology of Dance
    • ANTH-E 474 The Anthropology of Human Rights
    • ANTH-E 485 Art and Craft of Ethnography
    • ANTH-P 200 Introduction to Archaeology
    • ANTH-P 230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
    • ANTH-P 370 Archaeology of the Andes
    • ANTH-P 430 Archaeology of Violence and Conflict
    • ANTH-X 477 Fieldwork in Anthropology (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-X 478 Practicum in Anthropology (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ANTH-X 490 Individual Readings in Anthropology (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ARTH-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
    • CJUS-P 305 Deviant Images/Deviant Acts
    • CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
    • COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • ECON-E 303 Survey of International Economics
    • ECON-E 331 International Trade
    • ECON-E 332 International Monetary Economics
    • ECON-E 337 Economic Development
    • ECON-E 490 Advanced Undergraduate Seminar in Economics (approved topic: "International Trade II")
    • ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
    • FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • FOLK-F 404 Topics in Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • FOLK-F 420 Forms of Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 306 Current Issues in Globalization, Development and Justice (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GEOG-G 323 Geography of Latin America
    • GEOG-G 369 The Geography of Food
    • GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
    • GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • GNDR-G 402 Problems in Gender Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
    • HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
    • HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 425 Structure of Portuguese Language
    • HISP-P 470 Poetry in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 476 Prose in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 495 Luso-Brazilian Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 220 US Latino Literatures
    • HISP-S 265 Topics in Hispanic Literature in Translation (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 322 Introduction to Film Analysis in Spanish
    • HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
    • HISP-S 326 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
    • HISP-S 328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
    • HISP-S 334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
    • HISP-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the United States
    • HISP-S 417 Hispanic Poetry
    • HISP-S 418 Hispanic Drama
    • HISP-S 420 Modern Spanish-American Prose Fiction
    • HISP-S 422 Hispanic Cinema
    • HISP-S 425 Spanish Phonetics
    • HISP-S 427 The Structure of Spanish
    • HISP-S 429 Hispanic Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
    • HISP-S 430 The Acquisition of Spanish
    • HISP-S 435 US Latino Literatures
    • HISP-S 470 Gender in Hispanic Texts
    • HISP-S 471 Colonialism to Modernism
    • HISP-S 479 Mapping Mexico
    • HISP-S 480 Argentine Literature
    • HISP-S 481 Hispanic American National/Regional Literatures
    • HISP-S 495 Hispanic Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 498 Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-X 492 Individual Readings in Luso-Brazilian Literature
    • HIST-A 352 History of Latinos in the United States
    • HIST-F 100 Issues in Latin American History
    • HIST-F 336 Modern Central American History
    • HIST-F 340 Modern Argentina
    • HIST-F 345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
    • HIST-F 346 Modern Mexico
    • HIST-F 348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality
    • HIST-H 211 Latin American Culture and Civilization I
    • HIST-J 300 Seminar In History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HIST-W 300 Issues in World History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HIST-X 490 Undergraduate Readings in History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
    • LATS-L 101 Introduction to Latino Studies
    • LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
    • LATS-L 103 Introduction to Latino Cultures
    • LATS-L 105 Diversity by the Numbers
    • LATS-L 111 Latino Film: An Introduction and Overview
    • LATS-L 220 Introduction to Latino Literature
    • LATS-L 301 Latino Immigrants in United States Society
    • LATS-L 302 Latinos in the Media
    • LATS-L 380 Latino Education across the Americas
    • LATS-L 396 Social and Historical Topics in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • LATS-L 398 Arts and Humanities Topics in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • LATS-L 400 Advanced Topics in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • LATS-X 490 Individual Reading in Latino Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • LING-L 367 Languages of the World
    • MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • POLS-X 490 Undergraduate Readings in Political Science (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
    • POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
    • POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
    • POLS-Y 496 Foreign Study in Political Science (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • REL-C 401 Topics in American Religious History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
    • BUS-C 330 INTL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
    • BUS-D 270 THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
    • BUS-D 490 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
    • BUS-G 316 SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
    • BUS-G 494 PUBLIC POLICY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
    • EDUC-E 300 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
    • EDUC-M 300 TEACHING IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
    • EDUC-T 450 CULTURAL/COMMUNITY FORCES AND THE SCHOOLS
    • MUS-M 413 TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
    • MUS-Z 413
    • SPEA-E 400 TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • SPH-B 310 HLTH CARE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
    • SPH-I 471 UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY TECHNIQUES
  4. Advanced Language. Six (6) credit hours in Spanish or Portuguese beyond fourth semester proficiency, selected from the Advanced Language list.
    • HISP-P 311 Advanced Grammar and Composition in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese
    • HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
    • HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
    • HISP-P 425 Structure of Portuguese Language
    • HISP-P 498 Portuguese Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 308 Composition and Conversation in Spanish
    • HISP-S 315 Spanish in the Business World
    • HISP-S 317 Spanish Conversation and Diction
    • HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
    • HISP-S 328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
    • HISP-S 334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    • HISP-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
    • HISP-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the United States
    • HISP-S 417 Hispanic Poetry
    • HISP-S 420 Modern Spanish-American Prose Fiction
    • HISP-S 422 Hispanic Cinema
    • HISP-S 425 Spanish Phonetics
    • HISP-S 427 The Structure of Spanish
    • HISP-S 429 Hispanic Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
    • HISP-S 471 Colonialism to Modernism
    • HISP-S 472 Dictatorship and Democracy in Spanish American Literature and Culture
    • HISP-S 479 Mapping Mexico
    • HISP-S 480 Argentine Literature
    • HISP-S 481 Hispanic American National/Regional Literatures
    • HISP-S 498 Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
  5. Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.