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Program checklist · Latin American and Latinx Studies Major

Latin American and Latinx Studies Major

Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY

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Program
Award
Latin American and Latinx Studies Major
CIP
30.4701
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
197133
CourseShelf checklist
CK_197133_8be76871
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Required Units

0 items

    Total Number of Specific Courses Required

    2 items
    1. LALS 105
      1
    2. LALS Senior seminar (number changes at the discretion of the Program Director and seminar instructor)
      Not resolved to a course

    Distributional Content Area Units Required

    0 items

      One methods course chosen from

      8 items
      1. ANTH 245
        1
      2. ANTH 250
        1
      3. ANTH 255
        1
      4. HISP 216
        1
      5. SOCI 254
        1
      6. POLI 207
        1
      7. POLI 273
        1
      8. Competency in Spanish or Portuguese through third year (i.e., through HISP 216 or PORT 210 or PORT 310 with additional coursework in Portuguese). One unit beyond this level is strongly recommended. Maximum of four language units counted towards major.
        Not resolved to a course

      One course on the pre-1900 period chosen from

      4 items
      1. ANTH 243
        1
      2. ANTH 240
        1
      3. ANTH 268
        1
      4. HIST 263
        1

      One course in Latinx studies chosen from

      4 items
      1. ENGL 230
        1
      2. GEOG 246
        1
      3. SOCI 253
        1
      4. EDUC 270
        1

      One additional 300-level seminar

      0 items

        Intensives

        0 items

          Other

          3 items
          1. LALS 300
            Senior Thesis
            As published: “Senior Thesis is a prerequisite for the 300-level Thesis Intensive”
            0.5
          2. Only two courses at the 100-level can count towards the major
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Highly recommend three units at the 300-level: Senior seminar plus two other seminars, or Senior Seminar, one seminar and senior thesis
            Not resolved to a course
          Source. Vassar College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalogue.vassar.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=64&poid=25227. Captured page pages/1680.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.