Latin-American Studies

Associate in Arts
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Cost
$12,069*

Connect to your roots

Explore culture, languages, arts & history of Latin-America

Your Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Latin-American studies is a lower cost way to a bachelor’s degree. Take courses that give you a foundation in non-Western civilizations. Build your knowledge of the historical, societal and literary developments that shape Latin-American and Caribbean cultures.

What can you do with an A.A. in Latin-American Studies?

The Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in Latin-American studies prepares you to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, International Relations or related fields, which prepares you for these careers: international trade and industry, international affairs, business, journalism, banking, education, government, immigration and social services.

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  • Course Code Course Title Credits Course Highlights
    CLC 120

    CLC 120 College Success Seminar

    Class Description

    This course is designed to teach students attitudes and skills valuable for college success. Topics may include: growth mindset, self-advocacy skills, college resources, college culture, financial literacy, and academic success strategies, such as study skills, time management, and goal setting. Throughout this course, students will develop skills necessary for promoting positive human relations in a diverse society.
         		2
    ENG 121

    ENG 121 English Composition I

    Class Description

    This course is designed to help students develop their competence in college-level writing and in the analysis of texts so they can enter the dialogue of the academic community. This course includes the analysis and practice of argument and the use of critical thinking to read, analyze, and produce college-level texts.
         		3
    LAT 121

    LAT 121 Introduction to Latin American Studies

    Class Description

    This course will provide an overview of the Latin American and Caribbean people and their countries, from their origins to the present. Some of the areas examined are the political, cultural, historical, and ethnicity issues that affect these civilizations.
         		3
    MTH 140

    MTH 140 Contemporary Mathematics

    Class Description

    This course is to develop competency in analytical reasoning, problem solving, and multi-step decision making as well as exposing students to some current trends in mathematical thought. The emphasis is on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems involving mathematics. The course covers three or four of the following topics in depth: graph theory, counting techniques and probability, topics in geometry, logic/set theory, linear programming, and game theory. NOTE: A specific graphing calculator is required for this course. Contact EMPS division office for details. This course does not meet the math requirement in the Associate of Science and Associate of Engineering Science, but may be used as elective credits.
         		3
    HUM 140

    HUM 140 Introduction to International Film

    Class Description

    This is a survey course on the history and aesthetic appreciation of film as an international medium of entertainment, communication and persuasion. Through viewing and analysis of classic and contemporary films from Europe, Central and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Australia, the student will gain a global understanding of film. Films shown will be mostly narrative features by internationally recognized directors, but may also include avant-garde, documentary, animated and North American foreign-language films.
         		3
    • Course Code CLC 120
      Course Title

      CLC 120 College Success Seminar

      Class Description

      This course is designed to teach students attitudes and skills valuable for college success. Topics may include: growth mindset, self-advocacy skills, college resources, college culture, financial literacy, and academic success strategies, such as study skills, time management, and goal setting. Throughout this course, students will develop skills necessary for promoting positive human relations in a diverse society.
      Credits 2
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code ENG 121
      Course Title

      ENG 121 English Composition I

      Class Description

      This course is designed to help students develop their competence in college-level writing and in the analysis of texts so they can enter the dialogue of the academic community. This course includes the analysis and practice of argument and the use of critical thinking to read, analyze, and produce college-level texts.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code LAT 121
      Course Title

      LAT 121 Introduction to Latin American Studies

      Class Description

      This course will provide an overview of the Latin American and Caribbean people and their countries, from their origins to the present. Some of the areas examined are the political, cultural, historical, and ethnicity issues that affect these civilizations.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code MTH 140
      Course Title

      MTH 140 Contemporary Mathematics

      Class Description

      This course is to develop competency in analytical reasoning, problem solving, and multi-step decision making as well as exposing students to some current trends in mathematical thought. The emphasis is on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems involving mathematics. The course covers three or four of the following topics in depth: graph theory, counting techniques and probability, topics in geometry, logic/set theory, linear programming, and game theory. NOTE: A specific graphing calculator is required for this course. Contact EMPS division office for details. This course does not meet the math requirement in the Associate of Science and Associate of Engineering Science, but may be used as elective credits.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code HUM 140
      Course Title

      HUM 140 Introduction to International Film

      Class Description

      This is a survey course on the history and aesthetic appreciation of film as an international medium of entertainment, communication and persuasion. Through viewing and analysis of classic and contemporary films from Europe, Central and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Australia, the student will gain a global understanding of film. Films shown will be mostly narrative features by internationally recognized directors, but may also include avant-garde, documentary, animated and North American foreign-language films.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights

    Course options: Students can choose other Humanities courses instead of LAT 121, other Math courses instead of MTH 140, and other Fine Arts courses instead of HUM 140.

  • Course Code Course Title Credits Course Highlights
    ENG 122

    ENG 122 English Composition II

    Class Description

    This course furthers the work done in English Composition I by providing students more experience as academic writers, readers, researchers and critical thinkers. To help students construct their own meaning while engaging with the texts of others, they will develop the ability to collect, evaluate, and incorporate varied sources in thoughtfully-written analyses and arguments. Students' work should demonstrate the ability to position themselves within the context of academic and societal conversations using a variety of texts, which may include literature, arguments on various issues, news articles, films, advertisements, and websites.
         		3
    HUM 141

    HUM 141 World Humanities of 20/21 Century

    Class Description

    This is an interdisciplinary and multicultural course which introduces students to the visual art, architecture, literature, philosophy/religion/myth, music, dance, and history of various non-Western cultures through selected works and a comparative examination of their values, motifs and aesthetics with those of Western cultural expression during the 20th and 21st centuries.
         		3
    GEG 121

    GEG 121 Physical Geography

    Class Description

    This introductory physical science course examines the processes and agents that help to shape and change the environment in which humans live. Emphasis is placed on the interrelationships that exist between the earth's heat and energy systems and the weather, climate, soils, vegetation, streams, oceans, landforms, and human activities.
         		3
    SOC 121

    SOC 121 Introduction to Sociology

    Class Description

    This course introduces the basic concepts and perspectives for understanding sociology. The course examines how society influences and shapes human behavior. Topics of analysis include, but are not limited to, the development of sociology, theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, culture, social institutions, social change, and social inequality on the basis of class, gender, race and ethnicity, and sexuality.
         		3
    SPA 121

    SPA 121 Beginning Conversational Spanish I

    Class Description

    This course introduces the fundamentals of language necessary for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Spanish. It will include practice in pronunciation from dialogues and pattern practices. This is the college level course.
         		4
    • Course Code ENG 122
      Course Title

      ENG 122 English Composition II

      Class Description

      This course furthers the work done in English Composition I by providing students more experience as academic writers, readers, researchers and critical thinkers. To help students construct their own meaning while engaging with the texts of others, they will develop the ability to collect, evaluate, and incorporate varied sources in thoughtfully-written analyses and arguments. Students' work should demonstrate the ability to position themselves within the context of academic and societal conversations using a variety of texts, which may include literature, arguments on various issues, news articles, films, advertisements, and websites.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code HUM 141
      Course Title

      HUM 141 World Humanities of 20/21 Century

      Class Description

      This is an interdisciplinary and multicultural course which introduces students to the visual art, architecture, literature, philosophy/religion/myth, music, dance, and history of various non-Western cultures through selected works and a comparative examination of their values, motifs and aesthetics with those of Western cultural expression during the 20th and 21st centuries.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code GEG 121
      Course Title

      GEG 121 Physical Geography

      Class Description

      This introductory physical science course examines the processes and agents that help to shape and change the environment in which humans live. Emphasis is placed on the interrelationships that exist between the earth's heat and energy systems and the weather, climate, soils, vegetation, streams, oceans, landforms, and human activities.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code SOC 121
      Course Title

      SOC 121 Introduction to Sociology

      Class Description

      This course introduces the basic concepts and perspectives for understanding sociology. The course examines how society influences and shapes human behavior. Topics of analysis include, but are not limited to, the development of sociology, theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, culture, social institutions, social change, and social inequality on the basis of class, gender, race and ethnicity, and sexuality.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code SPA 121
      Course Title

      SPA 121 Beginning Conversational Spanish I

      Class Description

      This course introduces the fundamentals of language necessary for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Spanish. It will include practice in pronunciation from dialogues and pattern practices. This is the college level course.
      Credits 4
      Course Highlights

    Course options: Students can choose ENG 126 instead of ENG 122, other Humanities courses instead of HUM 141, other Physical Sciences courses instead of GEG 121, other Social and Behavioral Science courses instead of SOC 121, and World Language or other courses instead of SPA 121.

  • Course Code Course Title Credits Course Highlights
    CMM 121

    CMM 121 Fundamentals of Speech

    Class Description

    For students interested in improving their oral communication competency. This course combines a theoretical basis with practical verbal and nonverbal skills to enhance public speaking effectiveness. Students learn how to develop, research, organize, adapt, deliver and critique messages.
         		3
    BIO 120

    BIO 120 Environmental Biology

    Class Description

    This course focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment. Topics include ecology, population biology, modification of our environment, resource use, land use planning, pollution, and energy. The goal is to better understand the biological and social problems that human use and misuse of the environment cause. Students may not receive credit for both BIO 120 and BIO 140. NOTE: Required, local field trips are scheduled during several (approximate1/2) of the lab periods. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from field sites. This course is recommended for non-science majors needing a one-semester lab science course.
         		4
    HST 245

    HST 245 History of Latin America to 1825

    Class Description

    This course provides an introduction to the formation of Latin American society during the colonial period, from the European conquest to the independence of the Iberian colonies. It examines the processes of conquest and colonization, the organization of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in America, and Indian and African resistance and accommodation, in comparative perspective.
         		3
    ENG 246

    ENG 246 Latin American Writers

    Class Description

    This course introduces students to significant Latin American writers. Drawing upon poetry, short fiction, novels and memoirs in English, the course will present and discuss the significant conditions and contributions of people of this underrepresented culture. The assigned readings will be in English and will exemplify trends in Latin American literature.
         		3
    SPA 221

    SPA 221 Intermediate Spanish I

    Class Description

    This course covers the continued development of oral comprehension and accurate control of sound system and syntax. It includes selected examples of cultural and contemporary writing to elicit an awareness of the similarities and differences of each culture (English-Spanish) and a fuller understanding of the value systems of the Hispanic societies.
         		4
    • Course Code CMM 121
      Course Title

      CMM 121 Fundamentals of Speech

      Class Description

      For students interested in improving their oral communication competency. This course combines a theoretical basis with practical verbal and nonverbal skills to enhance public speaking effectiveness. Students learn how to develop, research, organize, adapt, deliver and critique messages.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code BIO 120
      Course Title

      BIO 120 Environmental Biology

      Class Description

      This course focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment. Topics include ecology, population biology, modification of our environment, resource use, land use planning, pollution, and energy. The goal is to better understand the biological and social problems that human use and misuse of the environment cause. Students may not receive credit for both BIO 120 and BIO 140. NOTE: Required, local field trips are scheduled during several (approximate1/2) of the lab periods. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from field sites. This course is recommended for non-science majors needing a one-semester lab science course.
      Credits 4
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code HST 245
      Course Title

      HST 245 History of Latin America to 1825

      Class Description

      This course provides an introduction to the formation of Latin American society during the colonial period, from the European conquest to the independence of the Iberian colonies. It examines the processes of conquest and colonization, the organization of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in America, and Indian and African resistance and accommodation, in comparative perspective.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code ENG 246
      Course Title

      ENG 246 Latin American Writers

      Class Description

      This course introduces students to significant Latin American writers. Drawing upon poetry, short fiction, novels and memoirs in English, the course will present and discuss the significant conditions and contributions of people of this underrepresented culture. The assigned readings will be in English and will exemplify trends in Latin American literature.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code SPA 221
      Course Title

      SPA 221 Intermediate Spanish I

      Class Description

      This course covers the continued development of oral comprehension and accurate control of sound system and syntax. It includes selected examples of cultural and contemporary writing to elicit an awareness of the similarities and differences of each culture (English-Spanish) and a fuller understanding of the value systems of the Hispanic societies.
      Credits 4
      Course Highlights

    Course options: Students can choose other Life Sciences courses instead of BIO 120, other Social and Behavioral Science courses instead of HST 245, other Humanities courses instead of ENG 246, and World Language or other courses instead of SPA 221.

  • Course Code Course Title Credits Course Highlights
    HST 246

    HST 246 History of Latin America from 1825

    Class Description

    This course provides an introduction to Latin American history after independence, from the consolidation of the national states to the 1980s. By focusing on the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico, within the broader regional context, it examines significant social, political, and economic developments of modern Latin America.
         		3
    SOC 225

    SOC 225 Class, Race, and Gender

    Class Description

    This course uses various sociological perspectives to examine how class, race, and gender structure individual and group access to power, resources, opportunities, and prestige. It examines how these socially constructed categories provide identity and meaning that shape social interaction and institutional structure and practice. Classical and contemporary theoretical and empirical models demonstrate how the intersection of these major dimensions of inequality represent a source of opportunity and privilege, while simultaneously contributing to the reproduction of social inequality.
         		3
    ANT 228

    ANT 228 Applied Anthropology

    Class Description

    Applied anthropology emphasizes the use of anthropological theories, methods, concepts, techniques, and information to understand and solve real world problems. Specifically, this course explores the relevance of Anthropology to development issues and to address its use in various career fields. Applied anthropology will explore problems affecting local communities both here and abroad that are a result of globalization and cultural change.
         		3
    GEG 223

    GEG 223 Geography of Latin America

    Class Description

    This introductory social science course is a survey of Latin America's cultural, economic, physical, political, and social geographies. It emphasizes problems and potentials of regional development and land use. GEG 223 is offered for elective credits.
         		3
    SPA 222

    SPA 222 Intermediate Spanish II

    Class Description

    This course continues to expand the knowledge of Spanish grammar, with emphasis in verbal and written communication. Films, short videos, readings and materials from newspapers, magazines, and media are utilized so students explore the Spanish speaking world and cultures based on authentic materials.
         		4
    • Course Code HST 246
      Course Title

      HST 246 History of Latin America from 1825

      Class Description

      This course provides an introduction to Latin American history after independence, from the consolidation of the national states to the 1980s. By focusing on the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico, within the broader regional context, it examines significant social, political, and economic developments of modern Latin America.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code SOC 225
      Course Title

      SOC 225 Class, Race, and Gender

      Class Description

      This course uses various sociological perspectives to examine how class, race, and gender structure individual and group access to power, resources, opportunities, and prestige. It examines how these socially constructed categories provide identity and meaning that shape social interaction and institutional structure and practice. Classical and contemporary theoretical and empirical models demonstrate how the intersection of these major dimensions of inequality represent a source of opportunity and privilege, while simultaneously contributing to the reproduction of social inequality.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code ANT 228
      Course Title

      ANT 228 Applied Anthropology

      Class Description

      Applied anthropology emphasizes the use of anthropological theories, methods, concepts, techniques, and information to understand and solve real world problems. Specifically, this course explores the relevance of Anthropology to development issues and to address its use in various career fields. Applied anthropology will explore problems affecting local communities both here and abroad that are a result of globalization and cultural change.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code GEG 223
      Course Title

      GEG 223 Geography of Latin America

      Class Description

      This introductory social science course is a survey of Latin America's cultural, economic, physical, political, and social geographies. It emphasizes problems and potentials of regional development and land use. GEG 223 is offered for elective credits.
      Credits 3
      Course Highlights
    • Course Code SPA 222
      Course Title

      SPA 222 Intermediate Spanish II

      Class Description

      This course continues to expand the knowledge of Spanish grammar, with emphasis in verbal and written communication. Films, short videos, readings and materials from newspapers, magazines, and media are utilized so students explore the Spanish speaking world and cultures based on authentic materials.
      Credits 4
      Course Highlights

    Course options: Students can choose other Social and Behavioral Science courses instead of HST 246, and other elective courses instead of SOC 225, ANT 228 and GEG 223. Students can also choose World Language or other courses instead of SPA 222.

Total Credit Hours

62

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