Program: Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), Certificate - Widener University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 02, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

The certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is an interdisciplinary credential designed to provide coherence among courses for students who are interested in learning about the region. A minimum of 9 credits are required from the following courses offered by the College of Arts & Sciences in the three divisions of Science, Humanities, and Social Science. The three courses must be taken in at least two of the divisions, and all three must be taken in different departments. At least one class must be taken outside the student’s major. Should a student include a course from another school in the certificate, if and when such courses are approved by the Advisory Board, the remaining two must be taken within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Curriculum

College of Arts and Sciences

ASC 230 - Coffee, Culture and Environment in Costa Rica 3 Credit(s)
GWS 239 - Women and Development in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
or
ANTH 239 - Women and Development in Latin America 3 Credit(s)
or
SOC 239 - Women and Development in Latin America 3 Credit(s)

Humanities Division

ENGL 116 - Literature and Critical Writing: Poetry and Poetic form (W) 3 Credit(s) (Caribbean Poetry)
ENGL 388 - Special Topics in English 3 Credit(s) (Us Latina Literature)
FREN 303 - Introduction to Francophone Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s)
FREN 330 - Topics in Francophone Literature 3 Credit(s)
FREN 341 - Contemporary French and Francophone Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
FREN 388 - Special Topics in French 3 Credit(s) (Voices of Resistance and Revolution)
HIST 347 - Pox, Priests and Pirates: The Atlantic World, 1450 -1850 3 Credit(s)
HIST 350 - Sugar, Alcohol, Slaves: A Commodity History of the Atlantic World (W) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 384 - Caribbean Revolutions 3 Credit(s)
HIST 388 - Special Topics in History 3 Credit(s) (Slavery and the Environment in Early America)
HUM 131 - Mexican Culture and Society 3 Credit(s)
HUM 132 - Brazilian Culture and Society 3 Credit(s)
HUM 316 - The Literature of Spain & the Americas During the Age of Exploration 3 Credit(s)
HUM 318 - Spanish and Latin American Cinema (W) 3 Credit(s)
HUM 331 - Latin American Leaders 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 301 - Spanish Conversation and Composition I 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 302 - Spanish Conversation and Composition II 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 305 - Latin American Civilization and Culture 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 309 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 310 - The Hispanic Short Story 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 313 - Latin American Literature: 1492–1810 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 314 - Latin American Literature: 1810 to the Present 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 330 - Topics in Latin American Literature 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 331 - Modern Latin American Fiction 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 340 - Spanish, Latin American, and Latina Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 345 - Coffee Culture in Costa Rica 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 350 - The United States in the Latin America Imagination 3 Credit(s)
SPAN 409 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit(s) (When the topic is LACS-focused)

Social Science Division

ANTH 240 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 246 - Rum, Rasta, and Revolution 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 248 - Rum, Rasta, and Revolution Field Study 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 249 - Pura Vida: Costa Rican Culture and Society 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 251 - Progress and Poverty 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 252 - Culture, Power, and the World System 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 262 - Chasing the Dream: Latino Experiences in the United States 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 264 - Music as Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology (W) 3 Credit(s)
POLS 288 - Special Topics in Political Science 3 Credit(s) (An introduction to Latin American Politics)

Science Division

ENVR 180 - Sustainable Development: Service Learning in Tropical America 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 301 - Introductory Ecology 4 Credit(s)
ENVR 340 - Tropical Ecology 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 9

General notes:

(1) All courses in the certificate meet General Education requirements for all undergraduate students.

(2) Courses with the prefix SPAN are taught entirely in Spanish.

(3) Courses with the prefix FREN are taught entirely in French.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.