CAS - Information on the Major

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The Central American Studies Major consists of two options: The Standard Major and the Double Major.

The details of each option are provided below.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Lower-division Required Courses (12 Units)

Select one of the following:

• CAS 100 Introduction to Central American Studies (3)
• CAS 102 The Salvadoran Experience (3)

Required Courses:

• CAS 201 Survey of Central American Literature (3)
• CAS 202 Survey of Central American Visual, Installation, and Performance Arts (3)
• CAS 270 Fieldwork in Central American Communities (3)

2. Lower-division Electives (3 Units)

Select one of the following:

• ART 112 History of Non-Western Art (3)
• CHS 202 Race, Racism, and Critical Thinking  (3)
• CHS 280 Workshop in Minority Writing (3)
• PAS 274 History of Caribbean Societies since 1830s (3)
• PAS 282 African Religion in the New World (3)
• URBS 250 Planning the Multiethnic City (3)

3. Upper-division Requirements (21 Units)

Select 7 of the following courses:

• CAS 303 Central American Film (3)
• CAS 309 Ancient to Pre-Modern History of Central American Peoples (3)
• CAS 310 Modern History of Central American Peoples (3)
• CAS 311 The Central American Diaspora (3)
• CAS 350 Urbanization in Central America (3)
• CAS 355 Environment, Development and Social Exclusion in Central America (3)
• CAS 356 Afro-Caribbean Central American Cultures and Identities (3)
• CAS 364 Culture and Violence in Central America (3)
• CAS 365 Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)
• CAS 366 Contemporary Indigenous People of Central America (3)
• CAS 367 Contemporary Religious Movements of Central America (3)
• CAS 368 Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)
• CAS 369 Contemporary Social Movements of Central America (3)

4. Upper-division Electives (6 Units)

Select two of the following:

• ANTH 353 The Maya: Ancient and Modern (3)
• ANTH 428 Archeology of Mesoamerica (3)
• ART 403 History of Latin American Art (3)
• CHS 381 Contemporary Chicana Writers (3)
• ENG 487 Latino/a Literatures of the Americas (3)
• GEOG 350 Metropolitan Los Angeles (3)
• GEOG 322 Latin America (3)
• HIST 463 20th Century Latin American History (3)
• HIST 468 Social and Intellectual History of Latin America (3)
• HIST 485B The United States and Latin America since 1989 (3)
• SPAN 380 Latin American Civilization (3)
• PAS 376 African Enslavement in the New World (3)
• PAS 465 Pan Africanism: Development of an Ideology, 1865-1954 (3)
• PAS 487 Pan African Philosophical Thought (3)
• POLS 332 Politics of Latin America (3)
• POLS 433A Politics of Central America (3)
• URBS 380 Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

5. Central American Studies Seminar (3 Units)

Select one of the following:

• CAS 440 Seminar on Central American Culture (3)
• CAS 460 Seminar on Central American Politics (3)
• SPAN 421 Seminar on Central American Literature (3)

Total units required for the B.A. in Central American Studies: 45
GENERAL EDUCATION UNITS: 48
ADDITIONAL UNITS: 27
TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 120

 

1. Lower-division Required Courses (9 Units)

Select one of the following:

• CAS 100 Introduction to Central American Studies (3)
• CAS 102 The Salvadoran Experience (3)

Select one of the following:

• CAS 201 Survey of Central American Literature (3)
• CAS 202 Survey of Central American Visual, Installation & Performance Arts (3)

Required course:

• CAS 270 Fieldwork in Central American Communities (3)

2. Upper-division Requirements (21 Units)

Select 7 of the following courses:

• CAS 303 Central American Film (3)
• CAS 309 Ancient History of Central American Peoples (3)
• CAS 310 Modern History of Central American Peoples (3)
• CAS 311 The Central American Diaspora (3)
• CAS 350 Urbanization in Central America (3)
• CAS 355 Environment, Development and Social Exclusion in Central America (3)
• CAS 356 Afro-Caribbean Central American Cultures and Identities (3)
• CAS 364 Culture and Violence in Central America (3)
• CAS 365 Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)
• CAS 366 Contemporary Indigenous Peoples in Central America (3)
• CAS 367 Contemporary Religious Movements in Central America (3)
• CAS 368 Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)
• CAS 369 Contemporary Social Movements in Central America (3)

3. Central American Studies Seminar (3 Units)

Select one of the following:

• CAS 440 Seminar on Central American Culture (3)
• CAS 460 Seminar on Central American Politics (3)
• SPAN 421 Seminar on Central American Literature (3)

Total units required for the B.A. in Central American Studies: 33
GENERAL EDUCATION UNITS: 48.
ADDITIONAL UNITS: 39
TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 120