Majors/Minors

NOTE on LLS Major and Minor Requirements: 

• Starting in Fall 2025, new students and second-year students declaring the LLS major or minor will follow the new curriculum requirements.
• Those who declared the LLS major or minor in Spring 2025 may choose to follow either the 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog or the revised 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog.
• Majors and minors who declared before Spring 2025 will follow the requirements in the 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog.

When submitting Graduation Petitions, students must indicate which catalog they are following.

Major in Latina and Latino Studies

Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.

12 Required Courses

• 4 Required Courses:
  • 3 Introductory Courses: LATINO 201 (Space + Place); LATINO 202 (Movements); LATINO 203 (Expressive Cultures)
  • 1 senior-year seminar: LATINO 395-0 Capstone Seminar in Latina & Latino Studies.  All majors are required to enroll.

• 6 Core Courses in Latina and Latino Studies: 
  • 1   Courses from Space and Place 
  • 1   Courses from Movements 
  • 1   Courses from Expressive Cultures  
  • 3   Courses chosen from any of the thematic areas 

* At least 3 Courses must be at the 300-level 

• 2 Supplementary Electives (non-LLS courses)
• 1 Transnationalism or the Global South
• 1  Feminisms, Gender, Sexualities 

* At least 1 Course must be at the 300-level

Independent Study in Latina and Latino Studies

Students may work on an approved independent study or thesis in Latina and Latino Studies under the supervision of a faculty member (LATINO 399-0 Independent Study in Latina and Latino Studies). Students must submit a proposal, including a reading list, to the program director and receive confirmation from the faculty member supervising the independent study.  Seniors may complete a senior thesis regardless of whether or not they qualify for honors nomination. 

Honors in Latina and Latino Studies

Majors with strong academic records and an interest in pursuing honors should apply by the end of junior year. The application includes a project proposal and approval from a faculty thesis adviser, who may be from another department. Accepted students complete a senior thesis or project through 2 quarters of independent study (LATINO 399-0 Independent Study in Latina and Latino Studies). Taken in fall and spring of senior year, both quarters of LATINO 399-0 may count toward the major requirements.

Students whose theses and grades meet program criteria are recommended to the college for graduation with honors. For more information see the Latina and Latino Studies Honors and Honors in the Major.

Minor in Latina and Latino Studies