Latino/Latin American Studies, Bachelor of Arts
Requirements
In the major in Latino/Latin American Studies (LLS) students learn about critical issues such as: urban segregation; education; health and socioeconomic disparities; environmental justice; political mobilization; human rights; migration; language shifts; and cultural creations both in Latin America and how these affect the Latino community in the United States.
The requirements of the LLS major are flexible, incorporating courses from programs such as foreign languages (Spanish), Political Sciences, History, International Studies, and Sociology/Anthropology to facilitate obtaining double majors with these and/or other programs.
To obtain a B.A. with a major in LLS, a student must fulfill university, college, and departmental requirements. Minimum hour requirements follow:
(Testing out of academic skills requirements and enrolling in major courses that satisfy distribution requirements are likely to reduce the total number of General Education hours to 40 or fewer.)
46 hours of University General Education courses
16 hours of foreign languages
12 hours college breadth requirement
48 hours of major courses
Elective hours as required to total 120 hours
TOTAL HOURS: 120
The major requires a total of 30 credit hours. Not included in the 30 credit hours: at least 16 credit hours of Spanish or Portuguese (also fulfill Arts & Sciences language requirement). Students whose primary major is in a college other than Arts & Sciences must complete at least two semesters in Spanish or Portuguese. **Native/heritage speakers of Spanish may be exempt from this requirement. Such students should contact the Foreign Languages & Literature Department for correct placement to determine if additional coursework is necessary.
Residency requirement: No student may transfer into the major more than 9 credits. Students must complete at least 21 of the 30 credit hours at UNO.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Courses Required for Major (Core Curriculum) | ||
LLS 1000 | LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION | 3 |
LLS 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO CHICANO/LATINO STUDIES | 3 |
Select one research methods or statistics course approved by the OLLAS director/academic advisor. Most research methods or statistics courses required for other majors fulfill this requirement. A non-exhaustive list of approved courses includes: | 3 | |
PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS STATISTICS | ||
RESEARCH METHODS | ||
APPLIED STATISTICS AND DATA PROCESSING IN PUBLIC SECTOR | ||
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS | ||
CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE | ||
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY | ||
SOCIAL STATISTICS | ||
RESEARCH METHODS | ||
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE | ||
STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | ||
RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE | ||
Senior Capstone | ||
INDS 4950 | INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: CAPSTONE COURSE | 3 |
Electives | ||
Select 18 hours of LLS-approved elective courses (see below). | 18 | |
Total Credits | 30 |
Electives
Students are required to take an additional 18 hours of LLS-approved elective courses from the list below. A maximum of 9 of the 18 elective hours may be taken from a single department. At least 18 of the 30 credit hours must be taken at the 3000 or 4000 level. Other courses relating to Latinos or Latin America may be accepted as LLS electives if approved by the OLLAS Director.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Latino/Latin American Studies Electives | ||
LLS/HIST 2480 | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: PRECONQUEST TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
LLS/MUS 2810 | MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 3050 | LATIN AMERICA IN CONTEXT: HEALTH, BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY THROUGH ORAL PRACTICE | 3 |
LLS/GEOG 3070 | GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 3140 | LATINO/-A POLITICS | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 3510 | IMMIGRATION LAW AND LATINOS | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 3420 | LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 3250 | SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN FILM | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 3680 | GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 4140 | INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN FILM | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 4170 | INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURES | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 4210 | SPECIAL EXPLORATIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN FILM | 3 |
LLS/SPAN 4230 | SPECIAL EXPLORATIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
LLS/SOC 4240 | SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 4280 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/BLST 4650 | SLAVERY AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE AMERICAS | 3 |
LLS/SOC 4780 | URBAN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/INST 4950 | LATIN AMERICAN STUDY ABROAD | 3 |
Anthropology | ||
ANTH 4230 | ETHNOMEDICINES OF THE AMERICAS | 3 |
Black Studies | ||
BLST/LLS 4650 | SLAVERY AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE AMERICAS | 3 |
English | ||
ENGL 2490 | LATINO/A LITERATURE | 3 |
ENGL 4240 | TEACHING LATINO LITERATURE | 3 |
Geography | ||
GEOG/LLS 3070 | GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
History | ||
HIST/LLS 2480 | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: PRECONQUEST TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
HIST 4070 | SLAVERY AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE AMERICAS | 3 |
HIST 4460 | AMERICAN IMMIGRATION HISTORY | 3 |
International Studies | ||
INST/LLS 4950 | LATIN AMERICAN STUDY ABROAD | 3 |
Music | ||
MUS/LLS 2810 | MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | 3 |
Political Science | ||
PSCI/LLS 3140 | LATINO/-A POLITICS | 3 |
PSCI 3510 | IMMIGRATION LAW AND LATINOS | 3 |
PSCI/LLS 3680 | GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
PSCI/LLS 4280 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
Social Work | ||
SOWK 4030 | SOCIAL WORK WITH LATINOS | 3 |
Sociology | ||
SOC 3900 | RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE U.S. | 3 |
SOC/LLS 4250 | CRISSCROSSING THE CONTINENT: LATIN AMERICAN MIGRATIONS | 3 |
SOC 4240/LLS 4250 | SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
SOC/LLS 4780 | URBAN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
Spanish | ||
SPAN 3010 | SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS I | 3 |
SPAN/LLS 3050 | LATIN AMERICA IN CONTEXT: HEALTH, BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY THROUGH ORAL PRACTICE | 3 |
SPAN/LLS 3250 | SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN FILM | 3 |
SPAN 3420 | LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
SPAN 4040 | ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND STYLISTICS | 3 |
SPAN 4070 | HISPANIC BILINGUALISM | 3 |
SPAN 4130 | SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
SPAN 4150 | LITERATURE/CULTURE: CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1898-2000 | 3 |
SPAN/LLS 4140 | INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN FILM | 3 |
SPAN/LLS 4170 | INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURES | 3 |
SPAN/LLS 4230 | SPECIAL EXPLORATIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
SPAN 4970 | PRO-SEMINAR: LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE FOR THE PROFESSIONS (Public Health + Spanish in Nicaragua; Spanish Sociolinguistics) | 3 |
Teacher Education | ||
TED 2060 | EQUITY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURAL LITERACY (When taught by OLLAS approved faculty member.) | 3 |
Freshman | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
ENGL 1150 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION I (*) | 3 |
LLS 1000 | LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION (**) | 3 |
SPAN 1110 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (***) | 5 |
MATH 1220 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA (^) or INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING or QUANTITATIVE LITERACY or COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT or ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | 3-4 |
*ENGL 1150: Appropriate English placement required. | ||
**LLS 1000 counts as a General education Global diversity and Social Science course | ||
***Unless proficient in Spanish 1 | ||
^See catalog for MATH and STAT prerequisites | ||
Credits | 14-15 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 1160 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION II | 3 |
Foreign Language Course II* | 5 | |
LLS 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO CHICANO/LATINO STUDIES (**) | 3 |
Natural/Physical Science Gen Ed with Lab | 4 | |
*LLS 1020 counts as a General education US diversity and Humanities course | ||
**Unless proficient in Spanish 1 | ||
Credits | 15 | |
Sophomore | ||
Fall | ||
Social Science Gen Ed or Humanities/Fine Arts Gen Ed* | 3 | |
Humanities & Fine Arts*,** | 3 | |
Natural and Physical Science*** | 3 | |
Foreign Language Course III^ 1 | 3 | |
HIST 1000 or Minor/2nd Major Course# | 3 | |
*Most LLS approved courses fulfill Humanities, Social Sciences, Global Diversity and/or US Diversity Gen Ed requirements 2 | ||
**HFA must come from 2nd discipline. | ||
***NPS course must come from 2nd discipline. | ||
^Unless proficient in Spanish 1 | ||
#A&S College Requirement Options. | ||
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
CMST 1110 or CMST 2120 | PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS or ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE | 3 |
Elective | 3 | |
Additional HFA for A&S or Minor/2nd Major Course* | 3 | |
HIST 1010 or Minor/2nd Major Course** | 3 | |
Foreign Language Course IV*** | 3 | |
*A&S College Requirement Options. HFA course must come from 3rd discipline. Most LLS approved courses fulfill Humanities Gen Ed requirements 2 | ||
**A&S College Requirement Options. | ||
***Unless proficient in Spanish 1 | ||
Credits | 15 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
Approved Research Methods or Statistics Course** | 3 | |
Additional Quantitative Literacy for A&S or Course towards Minor/2nd Major*** | 3 | |
Additional Social Science for A&S or Minor/2nd Major Course^ | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
*No more than 9 credit hours of LLS Approved Electives may come from a single department. | ||
**Pre-reqs vary for approved research methods or statistics courses. | ||
***The A&S QL Requirement can be fulfilled with various options, one of which is any statistics course. If the major requires a research methods or statistics course, by taking statistics, the A&S QL requirement will also be satisfied. | ||
^A&S College Requirement Options. SS must come from 3rd discipline. Most LLS approved courses fulfill Social Sciences Gen Ed requirements 2 | ||
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Additional Natural/Physical Science with Lab for A&S or Course for Minor/2nd Major** | 3-4 | |
*No more than 9 credit hours of LLS Approved Electives may come from a single department. | ||
**A&S College Requirement Options | ||
Credits | 15-16 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
Elective or Minor/2nd Major Course | 3 | |
Elective or Minor/2nd Major Course | 3 | |
Elective | 3 | |
*No more than 9 credit hours of LLS Approved Electives may come from a single department. | ||
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
LLS Approved Elective at 3000-4000 Level* | 3 | |
INDS 4950 | INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: CAPSTONE COURSE (**) | 3 |
Elective or Minor/2nd Major Course*** | 3 | |
Elective*** | 3 | |
Elective*** | 3 | |
Elective*** | 0-1 | |
*No more than 9 credit hours of LLS Approved Electives may come from a single department. | ||
***Students need at least 120 credits and a minimum of 27 upper-level credits throughout the entire degree, with at least 18 credits of upper level coursework taken within the major. May need to select 3000/4000 level electives to reach the 27 credit minimum. | ||
Credits | 15-16 | |
Total Credits | 119-122 |
1 LLS requires 16 hours of Spanish or Portuguese language coursework. UNO does not offer Portuguese, but does offer Spanish. A student beginning with level 1 would take SPAN 1110 (which also counts as a Humanity/Fine Arts course), SPAN 1120, SPAN 2110 and 2120. A student who has taken up through Level IV Spanish in high school would be exempt from taking Spanish at UNO but would not earn any credit. The student could take the Foreign Language Placement Exam and try to test into level SPAN 2120 or even 3000. By taking one 3-credit 3000 level Spanish course or SPAN 2120, and passing it with a C- or better, the non-native Spanish speaker would be able to request 13-16 free retroactive credits for the Spanish courses they passed over. Those credits and courses would fill the gap of credits and earn them a Humanity/Fine Arts course. On a similar note, a native Spanish or Portuguese speaking student would be exempt from this requirement completely but would not earn any college credit toward their degree. The native Spanish speaker could gain permission to take SPAN 3010-Spanish for Heritage Speakers for 3 credits and after passing it, receive 16 free retroactive credits toward their degree. A student who fulfills the language requirement by virtue of native Spanish or Portuguese language speaking abilities, or Spanish/Portuguese through high school up through level IV and who chooses not to attempt SPAN 2120, a 3000-level Spanish or SPAN 3010 (for native Spanish speakers) at UNO will need to fill the 16 credit gap in their degree plan which will be as a result of not taking the FLNG courses planned in this 4-year plan. The student will need to include an additional Humanities/Fine Arts Gen Ed course within those 16 credits. Please consult with your advisor to discuss your options.
2LLS approved courses that fulfill a Gen Ed requirement:
Code | Title | Credits |
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Humanities and Fine Arts: | ||
LLS 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO CHICANO/LATINO STUDIES (Also counts as U.S. Diversity) | 3 |
ENGL 2490 | LATINO/A LITERATURE (Also counts as U.S. Diversity) | 3 |
LLS/HIST 2480 | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: PRECONQUEST TO THE PRESENT (Also counts as Global Diversity) | 3 |
Social Sciences: | ||
LLS 1000 | LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION (Also counts as Global Diversity) | 3 |
U.S. Diversity: | ||
LLS 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO CHICANO/LATINO STUDIES (Also counts as Humanities) | 3 |
ENGL 2490 | LATINO/A LITERATURE (Also counts as Humanities) | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 3140 | LATINO/-A POLITICS | 3 |
LLS/BLST 4650 | SLAVERY AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE AMERICAS | 3 |
SOC 3900 | RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE U.S. | 3 |
Global Diversity: | ||
LLS 1000 | LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION (Also counts as Social Sciences) | 3 |
LLS/HIST 2480 | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: PRECONQUEST TO THE PRESENT (Also counts as Humanities) | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 3680 | GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/SOC 4240 | SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/SOC 4250 | CRISSCROSSING THE CONTINENT: LATIN AMERICAN MIGRATIONS | 3 |
LLS/PSCI 4280 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
LLS/SOC 4780 | URBAN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
This plan is not a contract and curriculum is subject to change.
Additional Information About this Plan:
University Degree Requirements: The minimum number of hours for a UNO undergraduate degree is 120 credit hours. Please review the requirements for your specific program to determine all requirements for the program. In order to graduate on-time (four years for an undergraduate degree), you need to take 30 hours each year.
Placement Exams: For Math, English, Foreign Language, a placement exam may be required. More information on these exams can be found at https://www.unomaha.edu/enrollment-management/testing-center/placement-exams/information.php
**Transfer credit or placement exam scores may change suggested plan of study
GPA Requirements: 2.0