Latin American Studies - California State University - East Bay

Latin American Studies from California State University - East Bay is a Campus Bachelor Latin American Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Latin America, with its rich Indigenous, African, and Iberian heritage, is a unique and extraordinarily varied region of the world about which North Americans are often very poorly informed. Yet the relationship between Latin America and the U.S. is necessarily a close one: we are bound together by history, by geography, by long-standing financial and commercial relationships, by the often-disappointed expectation on the part of the U.S. that Latin America is our natural political and military ally, and finally, by the growing number of men and women of Latin American origin and culture living in the U.S. The Latin American Studies major draws on courses taught in the Departments of Anthropology, Art, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies , History, and Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy and Political Science; as well as courses taught from time to time in other departments. It provides the student with an opportunity to acquire a broad and deep understanding of the richness of Latin American and Iberian civilizations. The major in Latin American Studies is a liberal arts program which is of particular interest to students planning to enter careers related to the Latin American region (teaching, business, government, or other agency service, for example.) A minor, double major, or Liberal Studies option in Latin American Studies is appropriate for students who wish to enrich their career prospects by establishing expertise not only in their major fields and in Spanish or Portuguese, but also in Latin American culture and history. It is also desirable for students with majors in the liberal arts disciplines represented in the Latin American Studies major for whom a regional specialization adds another dimension to the mastery of the themes and methodologies of their major fields. View more details on California State University - East Bay . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Latin American Studies courses.