Degrees

Latin American Studies offers an exciting and diverse undergraduate major, one of the few area-studies majors at Penn State. The major requires 43 credits; an undergraduate minor is also offered with a 30-credit requirement.

The degree is offered by the College of Liberal Arts and includes courses in the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, and Spanish and Portuguese, as well as the Geography department in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Required courses are Anthropology 45, Economics 14, History 178 & 179, Political Science 456, Portuguese 001, and Spanish 200, 131, 400, & 476, but substitutes can be made for courses not offered in a particular semester (see the Director or Advisor for Latin American Studies). There are also a number of LAS-related Education Abroad programs.

Starting in Fall 2009, Latin American Studies also offers a graduate minor.

Spring 2009 Courses

The major and minor in LAS are designed to be combined with other majors and minors to create a multidisciplinary degree that will enrichen the student¹s educational experience at Penn State and be appealing to potential graduate programs and employers. Most LAS majors go on to law school or graduate school; others find jobs with corporations that have Latin American interests or with US government agencies such as the NSA and State Department.

Click here for the MAJOR Requirements

Click here for the MINOR Requirements

Click here for GRADUATE MINOR Requirements.