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Program checklist · B.A.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies, B.A.

Union College · Schenectady, 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
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
16.0908
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196866
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196866_353efbfe
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Major

7 items
  1. LAS 101
    1.0
  2. One 300-level language course in Spanish or French (or subject to the approval fo the LACS Director, an equivalent-level language course in Portuguese or any other official language of Latin America, or the successful completion of Portuguese during a full term abroad.
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Three courses from a concentration
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Two courses from other areas
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Two-term senior thesis
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Note: No course from languages and humanities/social science can be counted twice to meet these requirements.
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Note: LACS Majors can choose between the following concentrations: 1. Humanities and Arts; 2. Social Sciences; 3. Student Designed Concentration (e.g., Biology, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, to be designed in consultation with the LACS Director and the student’s academic adviser). Students must take at least three courses for their chosen concentration, and at least two courses from the others. Students must participate in a full-length Term Abroad program in Latin America. Union College offers faculty-run study abroad options, and there are also Independent Study and non-Union programs. Consult with the LACS director for possibilities.
    Not resolved to a course

Requirements for Honors in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

0 items

    Five-Year Cooperative Degree Program with Georgetown

    0 items

      Course Selection Guidelines

      0 items
        Source. Union College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.union.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=29&poid=7248. Captured page pages/0274.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.