Available until 2025-2026 academic year
The LAS undergraduate certificate is designed for students who do not seek a full language immersion, but pursue an in-depth understanding of Latin America and Latin American issues with an interdisciplinary approach. LAS undergraduate minor is designed as the necessary addition for students who seek to apply their disciplines in a Latin American context.
About this Certificate
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 9, completed with minimum grades of C
- Contact: luisgomezlomeli@ufl.edu; 358 Grinter Hall; 352.273.4714
- Student Learning Outcomes (see below)
- Related Latin American Studies Programs
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Student Learning Outcomes
- SLO 1: Content
Students will identify, describe and explain the prevailing issues in and scholarly perspectives on Latin American Studies. - SLO 2: Skills
Students will critically evaluate the significance, quality and veracity of information gathered in the literature, apply it, and communicate that knowledge effectively in spoken and written formats. - SLO 3: Professional Behavior
Students will interface with peers and professors with honesty, ethical behavior, cultural sensitivity."
Required Courses
Students must complete 9 credits with 100% Latin American Content (completed with a minimum grade of C), distributed as follows:
- 3 credits of LAS 4935 undergraduate seminar. Students may repeat LAS 4935 for an additional six credits if topics vary.
- 3 credits of any LAS prefix course.
- 3 credits of any 100% Latin American content course (see non-exhaustive list bellow).
- All 9 credits must be exclusive for the certificate and cannot count as core courses for other majors or minors.
- No language requirement.
The Certificate in Latin American Studies relies on over 100 courses with Latin American content taught in more than 35 academic units of several colleges across campus.
Sample Undergraduate Courses
The offering of 100% Latin American (LAS) content courses each semester is wide. Below you will find a list of 76 courses that are 100% LAS content. Please note this list is not comprehensive and each semester some new courses with 100% LAS content are offered. If the course you are taking or you want to enroll in is not listed here, just contact the Center’s undergraduate coordinator to check if it will count and to have it add it to your transcript.
LAS 2001 Introduction to Latin American Studies
LAS 3040 Drug Wars and Oil Fortunes in Latin America
LAS 3930 Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LAS 4935 Latin America Area Seminar
AMH 3421 Florida to 1845
ANT 3162 Aztec Civilization
ANT 3164 The Inca and Their Ancestors
ANT 4336 The Peoples of Brazil
ANT 4168 Maya Civilization
ARC 3652 Ancient Andean Art
ARH 2613 Introduction to Latin American Art
ARH 3653 Mesoamerican Art
ARH 3662 Latin American Art
ARH 3664 Colonial Art of New Spain
ARH 3665 Colonial Andean Art
ARH 3678 Modern and Contemporary Art from Latin America
CPO 3303 Introduction to Latin American Politics
CP0 4306 Contemporary Problems in Latin American Politics
CPO 4384 Argentina and the Politics of Memory
CPO 4722 Latin American and Caribbean Migration to the United States
ECS 3403 Economic Development of Latin America
GEA 3405 Geography of Latin America
GEA 4464 Amazonia
HAI 3503 Haitian Culture and Literature in Translation
HAI 3564 Haitian Culture and Society
HAT 3564 Haitian Culture and Society
IDS 2334 Chemistry in the Cocina Latina
IDS 2935 Human Rights in Latin America
INR 4244 International Politics of Latin America
JMT 3500 Jamaican Creole, Reggae, and Rastafari
JOU 4951 Noticias
LAH 2020 Introduction to Latin American History
LAH 3100 Emergence of Latin American Nations
LAH 3130 Colonial Latin America
LAH 3300 Contemporary Latin America
LAH 3470 Introduction to Caribbean History
LAH 3725 Race, Religion, and Revolution in the Black Caribbean
LAH 3741 Revolution in the Americas
LAH 3931 Special Topics in Latin American History
LAH 4433 Modern Mexico
LAH 4471 Caribbean History to 1800
LAH 4472 The Caribbean, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
LAH 4473 France in the Caribbean
LAH 4602 The Conquest of Amazonia
LAH 4630 Brazil after 1750
LAH 4730 Science and Technology in Latin America, 1492-Present
LAH 4930 History Research Seminar: Latin America
LIT 4192 Caribbean Literature in English
MUH 3541 Latin American Music
PCO 4279 Latinx Psychology
POS 4074 Latino Politics and Policy
POW 3100 Monsters of the Portuguese-Speaking World
POW 3130 Colonial Brazil: Cannibalism, Enslavement and Monarchy
POW 4200 Dystopian Narrative in Brazil
POW 4382 Brazilian Drama.
POW 4455 Becoming Brazil: Nineteenth Century to the Present
POW 4480 Contemporary Brazil Narrative
POW 4720 Deep Brazil: Culture of North and Northeast
POW 4740 Crime Fiction in Brazil
REL 3381 Religion in Latin America
REL 4382 Religion and Politics in Latin America
SPN 3443 Marketing and Advertising in the Spanish-Speaking World
SPN 3520 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
SPN 3530 Theater for Social Justice
SPN 3930 Topics in Spanish and Spanish American Culture and Civilization
SPW 3030 Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Discovery to Independence
SPW 3031 Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Independence to Contemporary Times
SPW 4282 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Narrative 1
SPW 4354 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry
SPW 4364 Readings in the Spanish-American Essay
SPW 4521 US Hispanic Literature
SPW 4780 Women’s Voices Rising
SPW 4840 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Narrative 2
THE 4223 Latin American and US Latinx Theatre
WST 4383 Latinx Sexualities