Bachelor degrees in Latin American Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow of immigrants from other societies.
The goal of the Latin American Studies program is to examine issues related to the region and to the history of the North American Hispanic groups. The field of study brings together the diverse regions of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
Students will find that Latin American culture consists of not only Western but also Chinese, Japanese, African, and pre-Columbian strands and that a great variety of languages are spoken, such...
Latin America and the Caribbean have always occupied a place of unique and singular importance for the United States. For instance, the Panama Canal, the economic embargo of Cuba, 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,...
Latin America and the Caribbean have always occupied a place of unique and singular importance for the United States. For instance, the Panama Canal, the economic embargo of Cuba, 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,...
The BA in Economics combines economic theory with applied fields such as labor economics or international finance. This degree allows the student the flexibility of a double major with other departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of International Service, the Kogod College of Business Administration, the School of Public Affairs, or the School of Communication.
The Latin American cultural matrix will be studied through a conscious application of interdisciplinary methods to an analysis of the relationships among historical, economic, political, artistic, literary, geographic and other perspectives which define the Latin American experience. The goal will be both theoretical and practical understanding of Latin American cultures....
The Major in Latin American Studies is designed to respond to the increasing interest in the societies of the region and to the need to understand the complexity of their history, political and economic systems, social structures, and literary and artistic expression. The history of the Latin American nations and the development of their distinctive identities developed since pre-Columbian times through colonization, the struggle for independence,...
Augustana's Latin American Studies Program offers an opportunity for students to appreciate and understand the evolution of culture in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Coursework in several disciplines-often augmented by participation in Augustana's Latin American term- encourages analysis of how historical experience and physical environment interact to influence the ways Latin Americans have expressed themselves individually through language and...
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