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SLAS-G-BA
Subject: Administered by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Plan: Consists of 30.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 90.00 units, will lead to a Bachelors of Arts Degree.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| A. Complete the following: | ||
| SPAN 111 | Beginning Spanish I | 3.00 |
| SPAN 112 | Beginning Spanish II | 3.00 |
| B. Complete the following: | ||
| SPAN 204 | Español intermedio | 3.00 |
| SPAN 205 | Español avanzado | 3.00 |
| 2. Option | ||
| A. Complete 18.00 units from the following course lists: | 18.00 | |
SLAS_Options_A | ||
SLAS_Options_B | ||
| Electives | ||
| Elective Courses | 60.00 | |
| Total Units | 90.00 | |
3. Notes
A. The courses chosen must not duplicate work already completed either in university or pre-university study. If a student enters the program with advanced language/grammar knowledge or speaks Spanish at the near-native level, the student is exempted from taking the language and grammar core courses noted in 1.A. and 1.B. These would be replaced with courses from SLAS_Options_A or SLAS_Options_B.
B. To register in SPAN 111 students must sign a form in the Departmental Office officially declaring that they have no knowledge of Spanish. A language placement test may apply.
C. Some courses in SLAS_Options_B may or may not cover topics directly involving Spanish and Latin American Studies, although students may approach instructors to see if assignments or papers could be written from this perspective.
D. Students must refer to the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures to find a suitable substitution(s) if necessary.
E. Courses with significant Latin American content may be approved for inclusion in this degree program with permission of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
F. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
Spanish and Latin American Studies Course Lists
The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
SLAS_Options_A
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the Spanish Latin American Studies Plan, List A | ||
| LLCU 110 | Linguistic Diversity and Identity | 3.00 |
| LLCU 111 | Introduction to Culture | 3.00 |
| LLCU 209 | Rio de Janeiro: the Marvelous City | 3.00 |
| LLCU 244 | Hips Don't Lie? Music and Culture in Latin America | 3.00 |
| LLCU 248 | Introduction to Latin American Cultures | 3.00 |
| LLCU 249 | Latin Lovers: Love, Sex, and Popular Culture | 3.00 |
| LLCU 328 | Gender, Development, and Film in Latin America | 3.00 |
| LLCU 354 | Women's Voices in Latin America | 3.00 |
| LLCU 358 | Film and Politics in Argentina | 3.00 |
| PORT 103 | Beginning Portuguese and Culture l | 3.00 |
| PORT 104 | Beginning Portuguese and Culture ll | 3.00 |
| SPAN 206 | Spanish Conversation and Culture | 3.00 |
| SPAN 301 | Gramática avanzada y composición I | 3.00 |
| SPAN 302 | Gramática avanzada y composición II | 3.00 |
| SPAN 351 | Panorama literario latinoaméricano I | 3.00 |
| SPAN 352 | Panorama literario latinoaméricano II | 3.00 |
| SPAN 354 | Voces femeninas en America Latina | 3.00 |
| SPAN 428 | Gender, Development and Film in Latin America | 3.00 |
| SPAN 458 | Film y Politica en Argentina | 3.00 |
SLAS_Options_B
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Options in the Spanish Latin American Studies Plan, List B | ||
| ARTH 272 | Latin American Art | 3.00 |
| ECON 239 | Economic Development | 3.00 |
| ECON 325 | International Trade Policy | 3.00 |
| ECON 426 | International Macroeconomics | 3.00 |
| FILM 337 | Cinema and the City | 3.00 |
| FILM 425 | Advanced Film Criticism | 3.00 |
| FILM 435 | Culture and Representation: Special Topic | 3.00 |
| GNDS 212 | Racism, Colonialism, and Resistance | 3.00 |
| GNDS 330 | Gender and the Global South | 3.00 |
| GPHY 254 | The Caribbean in Globalizing World | 3.00 |
| GPHY 365 | Geography, Development, and Environment in the 'Third World' | 3.00 |
| HIST 285 | Latin America to 1850: The Colonial Experience | 3.00 |
| HIST 286 | Latin America from 1850 to Today: The Modern Era | 3.00 |
| POLS 342 | Latin American Politics | 3.00 |
| SOCY 225 | Sociology of Globalization | 3.00 |