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 Latin
American Studies
Elizabeth
Kiddy, Ph.D., Director
Latin America has always occupied a place of unique
and singular importance for the United States. For instance, the
Panama Canal, the economic embargo of Cuba, the NAFTA, preservation
of the Amazon rainforests, drug trafficking, etc., are just a few
of the many subjects that have consumed the imaginations, the interests,
and the energies of U.S. business people, politicians, students,
and even tourists. In fact, the regions of North, Central, and South
America, including the Caribbean, are becoming ever more intertwined
culturally, linguistically, economically, and politically.
For the student interested in issues of bi-lingualism in secondary
education, international trade and finance, foreign affairs, diplomatic
history, modern foreign languages, etc., knowledge of Latin America
and the region’s relationship to the United States is becoming
ever more indispensable. The Latin American Studies curriculum offers
students the opportunity to learn about Latin America from a broad-based
interdisciplinary perspective.
Students interested in pursuing a course of study
at Albright with the primary focus on Latin America have the option
of selecting Latin American Studies as an Interdisciplinary Area
of Concentration.
Students wishing to complement a traditional disciplinary
focus with a Latin American contextualization can choose to combine
Latin American Studies with another concentration.
And, finally, students who are pursuing other
concentrations, but who would like to become more familiar with
Latin America in a very general way, may choose to participate in
the five-course Latin American Studies Program. Each of these options
is explained more fully below.
Students interested in any of the Latin American
Studies curricular options should consult Professor
Elizabeth Kiddy, director of the Johnson Center for Latin American
Studies.
The Latin American
Studies Program:
The Latin American Studies Program is a simple
five-course curriculum. In either their first or second year of
study, students must take the Introduction to Latin American Studies
course (LAS 225). In the third or fourth year of study, students
must take the core seminar on Latin America (LAS 400). The students
must then take, at any point in their four years at Albright, one
Latin American content course in the humanities and one in the social
sciences. The fifth course is an elective course, which is basically
any Latin American content course listed across the curriculum.
For the Program option only, students are permitted to "double-count"
these courses as fulfilling both the Latin American Studies Program
requirements and either general studies requirements or the particular
requirements of any degree program.
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Latin American Studies
as a Combined Concentration:
Latin American Studies as a combined concentration
consists of a seven-course curriculum. Students will take the Introduction
to Latin American Studies course (LAS 225) in their first or second
year and then the core seminar on Latin America (LAS 400) in their
third or fourth year. Students must also take at any point in their
four years at Albright two Latin American content courses in the
Humanities and two Latin American content courses in Social Sciences.
The seventh course is an elective course, which is basically any
Latin American content course listed across the curriculum.
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The Interdisciplinary
Concentration in Latin American Studies:
The Interdisciplinary Concentration in Latin American
Studies consists of a 12-course curriculum. Students will take the
Introduction to Latin American Studies course (LAS 225) and the
core seminar (LAS 400). Students would then declare a primary and
a secondary track from the two tracks, (Humanities and Social Sciences)
then take five Latin American content courses within the primary
track and three Latin American Content courses within the secondary
track. The remaining two course are elective courses, which are
basically any two Latin American content courses listed across the
curriculum.
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