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A Haitian Parade, a man stands in the center playing a saxophone.

The center’s academic programs are now housed in the Center for Global & International Studies :

https://catalog.ku.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/global-international-studies/ba/latin-american-caribbean/


Overview

The Undergraduate Minor in Latin American & Caribbean Studies provides students with a basic foundation of knowledge on Latin America & the Caribbean to complement their primary area(s) of expertise. There are two options or tracks:  the General Latin American and Caribbean Studies Track and the Indigenous Studies in Latin America (ISLA) Track.

The General Track is for students interested in building knowledge of Latin America & the Caribbean in such areas as anthropology, art history, business, film, geography, history, indigenous studies, literature, journalism, politics, and theatre. Students may take any upper-division LAC course or its cross-listed course as an elective.

The ISLA track is for students interested in indigenous people of Latin America and who wish to study an indigenous language. 

If a student would like to apply a non-LAC (or cross-listed) course with at least 25% Latin American and/or Caribbean content (which may include assignments) for either minor, they can seek approval from the CLACS Undergraduate Coordinator by sharing the syllabus. No more than 2 such courses may count toward the minor.