Latin American and Iberian Studies

Departmental Honors

To graduate with departmental honors, the Spanish major must:

• attain at least a 3.5 grade point average in major courses and a 3.0 cumulative grade point average;
• write an honors thesis under the supervision of a teaching member of the department; and
• make an oral defense of the thesis in which the candidate will be asked questions in the general area of his/her written work.

The honors thesis and oral defense will be evaluated by a departmental Honors Committee.

Programs

• Latin American and Iberian Studies Major (BA)

• Latin American Studies Minor
• Portuguese Minor
• Spanish Language Minor

• Spanish-English Translation Certificate

Courses

• LATAM 101 - Latin America: Contemporary Society and Culture
• LATAM 160 - Building Language Justice: Translation, Migration, and Linguistic Human Rights
• LATAM 205L - Latin American Film
• LATAM 210G - Food, Culture, and Society in Latin America
• LATAM 240L - Work, Environment, and Revolution in Latin America
• LATAM 255L - Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800
• LATAM 256L - Skyscrapers and Shantytowns: Latin America since 1800
• LATAM 262L - Latin American, Iberian, and Afro-Luso-Brazilian Literatures in Translation
• LATAM 270 - Human Rights in Latin America
• LATAM 303 - Reform and Revolution in Latin America
• LATAM 305 - The Caribbean: Culture and Society
• LATAM 360 - Language and Power in the Americas
• LATAM 375L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures
• LATAM 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema
• LATAM 454L - Argentina
• LATAM 478 - Independent Study
• LATAM 479 - Independent Study
• LATAM 490L - Internship Course in Latin American and Iberian Studies

• PORT 101 - Elementary Portuguese I
• PORT 102 - Elementary Portuguese II
• PORT 201 - Intermediate Portuguese I
• PORT 202 - Intermediate Portuguese II
• PORT 278 - Portuguese for Heritage Speakers
• PORT 279 - Writing for Heritage Speakers of Portuguese
• PORT 304 - Advanced Portuguese
• PORT 375L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures
• PORT 385 - Special Topics in Portuguese Studies
• PORT 490L - Internship Course in Latin American and Iberian Studies

• SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
• SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
• SPAN 103 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
• SPAN 160G - Exile: The Latin American Experience
• SPAN 200G - Boston Speaks
• SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
• SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
• SPAN 230 - Spanish Composition and Conversation I
• SPAN 262L - Latin American, Iberian, and Afro-Luso-Brazilian Literatures in Translation
• SPAN 280 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 289 - Writing for Heritage Speakers of Spanish
• SPAN 301 - Adv Rdg,Wrtg &Spkng
• SPAN 304 - Spanish for Majors and Minors
• SPAN 316 - Advanced Spanish Grammar
• SPAN 317 - Introduction to Translation Studies (Spanish/English)
• SPAN 320 - Varieties of Spanish in the Americas
• SPAN 333 - Intermediate Translation Spanish/English
• SPAN 352 - History of Spanish-American Literature
• SPAN 362 - Spanish-American Short Story
• SPAN 364 - Spanish-American Essay
• SPAN 374 - Readings in Hispanic Literature
• SPAN 380 - Topics in Latin American, Iberian, and Afro-Luso-Brazilian Studies
• SPAN 401 - Advanced Translation: History, Theory and Technique
• SPAN 403 - Advanced Translation: Applied Technique
• SPAN 408 - Adv Tech&Skls Trans
• SPAN 409 - Advanced Practice of Translation
• SPAN 432 - The World of Don Quixote
• SPAN 452 - The Practice of Autobiography in Spanish and Latin-American Culture
• SPAN 454L - Argentina
• SPAN 478 - Independent Study
• SPAN 479 - Independent Study
• SPAN 490L - Internship Course in Latin American and Iberian Studies
• SPAN 491 - Honors Thesis