{"id":135,"date":"2023-04-06T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2025-11-05T07:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:08:11","slug":"usc-academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC offers a wide range of undergraduate programs related to Latino\/a and Latin American studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">B.A. Chicano\/Latino Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/chicano-latino-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicano\/Latino Studies<\/a> is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical, cultural, social, and political experience of Chicanos and Latinos, with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the Chicano\/Latino communities in California and the West, as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues on Chicano\/Latino communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">B.A. Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies (CLLA) is an interdisciplinary major bridging the fields of Latin American Studies (focusing on the history and cultures of Central and South America) and Latino Studies (focusing on the experience of Chicano\/a and Latino\/a communities in the United States).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">B.A. Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media and Politics<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The major in <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b5caead0-960e-3168-a446-8401965dbf2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latin American and Iberian Cultures<\/a>, Media and Politics underscores the global reach and import of the nations in the Americas, Europe and Africa in which Spanish and Portuguese are spoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">B.A. Spanish<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>A major or minor in<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latin-american-and-iberian-cultures\/department-major-requirements-for-the-b-a-in-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Spanish and Portuguese<\/a> can complement interests in international relations, political science, business, education, sociology, linguistics, political science&#8230; the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Minor Latin American Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latin-american-and-iberian-cultures\/latin-american-studies-minor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minor in Latin American Studies<\/a> for students in any major who want to pursue a complementary concentration on the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-89dMpJVwnU\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Minor Luso-Brazilian Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-89dMpJVwnU\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-89dMpJVwnU\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latin-american-and-iberian-cultures\/luso-brazilian-studies-minor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luso-Brazilian Studies minor<\/a> offers students the opportunity to further the study of the Portuguese language and take significant steps toward its mastery both as a richly layered expressive tool in the contexts of literary and cultural analysis and in the interpretation and articulation of critical thinking, as well as a highly effective instrument tailored to the practical needs of business interactions in a world that is increasingly more diverse and globalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":173,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-05T07:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/\",\"name\":\"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-06T23:16:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T07:08:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg\",\"width\":1760,\"height\":880,\"caption\":\"Students wearing backpacks walk toward a building on campus.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/\",\"name\":\"Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife Center for Latinx &amp; Latin American Studies\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/","og_site_name":"Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies","article_modified_time":"2025-11-05T07:08:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1760,"height":880,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/","name":"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies - Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-06T23:16:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-05T07:08:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2023\/04\/GOULD-AcademicSchool-Image-v3.jpg","width":1760,"height":880,"caption":"Students wearing backpacks walk toward a building on campus."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/usc-academics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Undergraduate Programs In Latino\/a and Latin American Studies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/","name":"Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies","description":"USC Dornsife Center for Latinx &amp; Latin American Studies","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/latinx\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/latinx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}