Latin American Studies Concentration

Director: Dr. Satya Pattnayak
Office: 273 St. Augustine Center
Tel. (610) 519-4773
Website: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/latinamerstudies/

The Latin American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program that provides two degrees: a Minor and a Concentration. It is open to all students in the University’s four undergraduate colleges.

MINOR:
A total of 21 credits are needed to satisfy the requirements for a Minor. Two courses in Spanish language at or above the intermediate level (6 credits), LAS 3950 (3 credits), and any four additional courses (12 credits) from the course list below will suffice.

CONCENTRATION:
A total of 24 credits are needed to satisfy the requirements for a Concentration. Two courses in Advanced Spanish language (6 credits), LAS 3950 (3 credits), and any combination of five courses (15 credits) from the list below will suffice.

COURSES:
Chile* Summer courses in Chile: 001. Latin American Voices; 002. Globalization, Culture, and Society in Chile; 003. Modern Political History of the Southern Cone; 004. Chilean Economic Development; 005. Intensive Spanish; 006. Internship

Costa Rica** Semester courses in Costa Rica: 001. Human Development and Poverty in Central America; 002. Justice, Gender, and Challenges in Development; 003. Justice and Human Rights in Latin America; 004. Politics and Democracy and Development in Latin America; 005.
Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development in Central America; 006. Urban and Rural Development: Impact on Central America’s Environment; 007. Intensive Spanish

ECO 3127 Economics of Underdevelopment
ECO 4200 Topics: 001. The Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean; Topics: 002. Economic Development of Central America
ENG 2041 Travel writings: Latin America
HIS 4405 The Americas and Spanish Conquest
HIS 44l0 Colonial Latin America
HIS 4415 Revolutionary Latin America
HIS 4420 Contemporary Latin America
HIS 4470 Third World Revolutions
HIS 4490 Topics in World History: 001. Racism and Justice in the Americas
HIS 4495 Topics in Latin American History
HIS 4499 History of the Caribbean
HON 4000 Latin American Themes
LAS 3412 Special Topics: 001. Religion in Latin America;
Special Topics: 002. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Development
LAS 3950 Inter-disciplinary Latin American Seminar
LAS 5000 Internship*; **
LAS 6000 Independent Study Research
PHI 2410 Ethics of war
PSC 4750 Latin American Politics
PSC 5800 Politics of International Economics
SOC 3600 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 3750 Human Populations
SOC 4000 Sociological Themes: 001. Immigration, Ethnicity,
and Development
SOC 6500 Modernization and Development Seminar:
Latin America in Comparative Perspective
SPA 1121 Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 1122 Intermediate Spanish II
SPA 1131 Conversation and Composition
SPA 1132 Advanced Conversation and Composition
SPA 1133 Business Spanish I
SPA 1134 Business Spanish II
SPA 1138 Advanced Spanish Grammar
SPA 2143 Latin American Culture
SPA 2212 Survey of Latin American Literature
SPA 2213 Latin American Theater
SPA 2214 Latin American Novel
SPA 2215 Latin American Short Story
SPA 3412 001. Poesia, Historia y con Política;
002. Latin America Today;
003. Women’s Voices in Latin America;
004. Neruda
SPA 3822 Latin American Poetry
THL 3740 Liberation Theologies
THL 4300 Ethical Issues in Peace and Justice
THL 4600 Global Poverty
THL 5990 Religion in Latin America

* Offered through Villanova Summer Program in Valparaiso, Chile.
** Offered through VU’s partner (CIDH: International Center for Sustainable Human Development) in Costa Rica.
 

See the website address above for more information.