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Program checklist · Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
CIP
05.0201
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190150
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190150_2a63f0a5
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

major core · 0 items

    Select five of the following fourteen courses. One of these courses must be Latin American Civilization I (HIST UN2660), Latin American Civilization II (HIST UN2661) or Primary Texts in Latin American Civilization (LACV UN1020):

    14 items
    1. CLEN GU4644
      REVOLUTION IN/ON THE CARIBBEAN
      Not resolved to a course
    2. HIST UN1786
      4.00
    3. HIST UN2618
      THE MODERN CARIBBEAN
      Not resolved to a course
    4. HIST UN2660
      4.00
    5. HIST UN2661
      LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II
      Not resolved to a course
    6. HIST BC2664
      FAMILIES LATIN AMERICA
      Not resolved to a course
    7. HIST BC2676
      LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION, RACE, AND ETHNICITY
      Not resolved to a course
    8. HIST BC2681
      3.00
    9. HIST GU4301
      Politics and Justice in Latin America through Crime Fiction
      Not resolved to a course
    10. LACV UN1020
      PRIM TEXTS OF LATIN AMER CIV
      Not resolved to a course
    11. POLS UN3560
      PLCS URBAN DEV LATIN AMERICA
      Not resolved to a course
    12. POLS UN3565
      DRUGS ＆ POLITICS IN AMERICAS
      Not resolved to a course
    13. POLS GU4461
      4
    14. SPAN UN3300
      3.00

    *** The SPAN UN3300 section taken for the Major must focus on Latin America. Please contact the ILAS Student Affairs Coordinator for details.

    major core · 0 items

      Language Requirement

      0 items

        Select one course on Spanish, Portuguese, or an indigenous language at the intermediate or advanced level; if students can demonstrate advance knowledge of one of these languages, they can replace this course with an area studies course.

        0 items

          Discipline of Choice

          0 items

            Select four courses in a discipline or theme of choice with substantive focus on Latin America. One of these courses must be a seminar. All students, however, need to take at least two courses in a discipline or theme outside of their specialization. The director of undergraduate studies advises students on areas of specialization and must approve courses with substantial Latin American or Caribbean contents not included in the list of eligible courses.

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              Concentration in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

              concentration · 0 items

                Select three of the following fourteen courses. One of these courses must be in Latin American Civilization I (HIST UN2660), Latin American Civilization II (HIST UN2661) or Primary Texts in Latin America (LACV UN1020):

                14 items
                1. CLEN GU4644
                  REVOLUTION IN/ON THE CARIBBEAN
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. HIST UN1786
                  4.00
                3. HIST UN2618
                  THE MODERN CARIBBEAN
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. HIST UN2660
                  4.00
                5. HIST UN2661
                  LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II
                  Not resolved to a course
                6. HIST BC2664
                  FAMILIES LATIN AMERICA
                  Not resolved to a course
                7. HIST BC2676
                  LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION, RACE, AND ETHNICITY
                  Not resolved to a course
                8. HIST BC2681
                  3.00
                9. HIST GU4301
                  Politics and Justice in Latin America through Crime Fiction
                  Not resolved to a course
                10. LACV UN1020
                  PRIM TEXTS OF LATIN AMER CIV
                  Not resolved to a course
                11. POLS UN3560
                  PLCS URBAN DEV LATIN AMERICA
                  Not resolved to a course
                12. POLS UN3565
                  DRUGS ＆ POLITICS IN AMERICAS
                  Not resolved to a course
                13. POLS GU4461
                  4
                14. SPAN UN3300
                  3.00

                *** The SPAN UN3300 section taken for the Concentration must focus on Latin America. Please contact the ILAS Student Affairs Coordinator for details.

                concentration · 0 items

                  Language Requriement

                  0 items

                    Select one course on Spanish, Portuguese, or an indigenous language at the intermediate or advanced level; if students can demonstrate advance knowledge of one of these languages, they can replace this course with an area studies course.

                    0 items

                      Discipline of Choice:

                      0 items

                        Select two courses in a discipline or theme of choice with substantive focus on Latin America. One of these courses must be a seminar. All students, however, need to take at least one course in a discipline or theme outside of their specialization. The director of undergraduate studies advises students on areas of specialization and must approve courses with substantial Latin American or Caribbean contents not included in the list of eligible courses.

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                          Of Related Interest

                          0 items

                            Africana Studies (Barnard)

                            4 items
                            1. AFRS BC2005
                              CARIBBEAN CULTURE ＆ SOCIETIES
                              Not resolved to a course
                            2. AFRS BC3110
                              4.00
                            3. AFRS BC3150
                              Not resolved to a course
                            4. AFRS BC3562
                              Caribbean Sexualities
                              Not resolved to a course

                            Anthropology

                            4 items
                            1. ANTH UN1008
                              3.00
                            2. ANTH V2009
                              Culture through Film and Media
                              Not resolved to a course
                            3. ANTH V3120
                              Historical Rituals in Latin America
                              Not resolved to a course
                            4. ANTH UN3921
                              4

                            Anthropology (Barnard)

                            4 items
                            1. ANTH UN1008
                              3.00
                            2. ANTH UN3921
                              4
                            3. ANTH V3922
                              The Emergence of State
                              Not resolved to a course
                            4. ANTH G4390
                              Borders and Boundaries
                              Not resolved to a course

                            Art History

                            1 item
                            1. AHIS W3898
                              Yoruba and the Diaspora
                              Not resolved to a course

                            Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

                            8 items
                            1. CSER UN3923
                              LATINX & ASIAN AMER MEMOIR
                              Not resolved to a course
                            2. CSER UN3924
                              Latin American and Latina/o Social Movements
                              Not resolved to a course
                            3. CSER UN3926
                              4.00
                            4. CSER UN3928
                              4.00
                            5. CSER UN3932
                              US Latinx History
                              Not resolved to a course
                            6. CSER UN3964
                              Maya Guatemala-Neoliberalism ＆ Resistance
                              Not resolved to a course
                            7. CSER GU4482
                              INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:MOVEMNT/RTS
                              Not resolved to a course
                            8. CSER GU4483
                              SUBCITIZENSHIP
                              Not resolved to a course

                            Economics

                            2 items
                            1. ECON GU4301
                              3.00
                            2. ECON GU4750
                              GLOBALIZATION ＆ ITS RISKS
                              As published: “GLOBALIZATION ＆ ITS RISKS (Film)”
                              3.00

                            Film

                            0 items

                              History

                              16 items
                              1. HIST BC2321
                                3.00
                              2. HIST UN2660
                                4.00
                              3. HIST UN2689
                                4.00
                              4. HIST UN2661
                                LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II
                                Not resolved to a course
                              5. HIST UN2663
                                MEXICO FROM REVOL TO DEMOCRACY
                                Not resolved to a course
                              6. HIST BC2664
                                FAMILIES LATIN AMERICA
                                Not resolved to a course
                              7. HIST UN2618
                                THE MODERN CARIBBEAN
                                Not resolved to a course
                              8. HIST BC2676
                                LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION, RACE, AND ETHNICITY
                                Not resolved to a course
                              9. HIST BC2682
                                Modern Latin American History
                                Not resolved to a course
                              10. HIST UN3687
                                LAT AMER RIGHT IN THE COLD WAR
                                Not resolved to a course
                              11. HIST BC3870
                                GENDER＆ MIGRATN:GLOBAL PERSPC
                                Not resolved to a course
                              12. HIST UN3928
                                4.00
                              13. HIST GU4012
                                4.00
                              14. HIST GU4301
                                Politics and Justice in Latin America through Crime Fiction
                                Not resolved to a course
                              15. HIST GU4692
                                Violence in Mexico: A Historical Approach
                                Not resolved to a course
                              16. HIST GU4696
                                The Social Question and State Building in Latin America
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Latin American and Caribbean Studies

                              1 item
                              1. LCRS W3999
                                Independent Research Seminar
                                Not resolved to a course

                              LCRS UN3999 Independent Research Seminar

                              1 item
                              1. LCRS GU4415
                                PUERTO RICO UNDER U.S. RULE (1898-2016)
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Latin American and Iberian Cultures

                              10 items
                              1. PORT UN2120
                                4.00
                              2. SPAN UN3300
                                3.00
                              3. SPAN UN3349
                                3.00
                              4. SPAN UN3350
                                3.00
                              5. PORT UN3301
                                Advanced Writing and Composition in Portuguese
                                Not resolved to a course
                              6. PORT UN3490
                                3.00
                              7. SPAN UN3490
                                Latin American Humanities I: From Pre-Columbian Civilizations to the Creation of New Nations
                                Not resolved to a course
                              8. SPAN UN3998
                                Supervised Individual Research (Spring)
                                Not resolved to a course
                              9. PORT GU4033
                                Language ＆ Queer Brazil (ENG)
                                Not resolved to a course
                              10. PORT GU4467
                                Race and Decolonial Dialogues in the Americas
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Latin American Civilization

                              1 item
                              1. LACV UN1020
                                PRIM TEXTS OF LATIN AMER CIV
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Music

                              4 items
                              1. MUSI UN2020
                                SALSA, SOCA ＆ REGGAE
                                Not resolved to a course
                              2. MUSI V2430
                                Listening and Sound in Cross-Cultural Perspective
                                Not resolved to a course
                              3. POLS UN3002
                                HUMAN RIGHTS ＆ IMMIGRATION
                                Not resolved to a course
                              4. MUSI V3435
                                Music and Literature in Latin America
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Political Science

                              4 items
                              1. POLS BC3501
                                COLL: URBAN VIOLENCE
                                Not resolved to a course
                              2. POLS BC3543
                                COLL:NON-STATE GOV CRIME/WAR
                                Not resolved to a course
                              3. POLS UN3565
                                DRUGS ＆ POLITICS IN AMERICAS
                                Not resolved to a course
                              4. POLS GU4461
                                4

                              Sociology

                              2 items
                              1. SOCI UN3324
                                3
                              2. SOCI GU4370
                                Processes of Stratification and Inequality
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Sociology (Barnard)

                              1 item
                              1. SOCI V3247
                                The Immigrant Experience, Old and New
                                Not resolved to a course

                              Spanish and Latin American Cultures (Barnard)

                              12 items
                              1. SPAN UN2101
                                4.00
                              2. SPAN UN2102
                                4.00
                              3. SPAN UN2108
                                4.00
                              4. SPAN BC3099
                                INDEPENDENT STUDY
                                Not resolved to a course
                              5. SPAN BC3264
                                The Boom: The Spanish American Novel, 1962-70
                                Not resolved to a course
                              6. SPAN UN3265
                                LATIN AMER LIT (IN TRANSLATN)
                                Not resolved to a course
                              7. SPAN UN3300
                                3.00
                              8. SPAN UN3349
                                3.00
                              9. SPAN UN3350
                                3.00
                              10. SPAN BC3435
                                LANGUAGE ＆ REVOLUTION
                                Not resolved to a course
                              11. SPAN BC3470
                                Latin(o) American Art in New York City: Critical Interventions, Institutions, and Creative Lives
                                Not resolved to a course
                              12. SPAN BC3510
                                Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Cultures
                                Not resolved to a course
                              Source. Columbia University in the City of New York, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.columbia.edu/general-studies/majors-concentrations/latin-american-caribbean-studies/. Captured page pages/0124.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.