This curriculum would provide students with a deeper understanding of current affairs, history, economics, identities, and culture of diverse groups in the U.S., as well as a skill for effective and culturally relevant communication and media production. Therefore, this major requires substantive study in both areas.
| Program Requirements | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|
| Liberal Studies Requirements | 84 |
| Major Core Courses | 32 |
| Major Requirements | 44 |
| Open Electives | 32 |
| Total hours required | 192 |
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the cultural diversity of the Latino/a population in the United States and their history
- Appreciate the significance (historical and contemporary) of Latino/a communities in the United States
- Identify, interpret and differentiate interdependence, power, and privilege among dominant groups and Latino/s within tDemonstrate awareness, knowledge, and understanding of international and cultural groups other than their own, through opportunities to interact with others with differing world views
- Compare and contrast media and communication practices as they relate to diverse populations and contexts
- Communicate ideas and values clearly and effectively in multiple contexts, with diverse audiences and via appropriate media and formats
- Research and analyze Latino/a literatures, media, cultures and/or texts to understand the communication dynamics and how they are shaped by history
- Inquire and analyze cultural traditions and practices, as they are represented in the media
Liberal Studies Requirements
Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.
| First Year Program | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Quarter | ||
| LSP 110 or LSP 111 | DISCOVER CHICAGO or EXPLORE CHICAGO | 4 |
| Focal Point | ||
| LSP 112 | FOCAL POINT SEMINAR | 4 |
| Writing | ||
| WRD 103 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I 1 | 4 |
| WRD 104 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC II 1 | 4 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| MAT 120 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING 2 | 4 |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| Race, Power, and Resistance | ||
| LSP 200 | SEMINAR ON RACE, POWER, AND RESISTANCE | 4 |
| Junior Year | ||
| Experiential Learning | ||
| Required | 4 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| Capstone | ||
| LST 390 | SENIOR SEMINAR 1,3 | 4 |
| 1 | Students must earn a C- or better in this course. |
| 2 | Readiness for MAT 120 is determined by the math placement test taken online after admission. Students may need to take developmental coursework prior to MAT 120. The MAT 120 requirement may be waived by credit already earned for advanced math coursework or by passing a dedicated proficiency exam. Students who complete MAT 120 and both a Computational Reasoning course and a Statistical Reasoning course in the Math and Computing Domain take one less Learning Domain course. Students may not apply the course reduction to any Domain where only one course is required, and cannot be applied to the SI Domain. |
| 3 | A student majoring in Latino/a Culture and Communication is required to complete the Capstone offered by the Latin American and Latino Studies (LST) Department. This is the case even if a student is double majoring (or pursuing a dual degree) and the secondary major (or degree) requires its own Capstone. A Latino/a Culture and Communication major in the University Honors Program shall take the University Honors Capstone and the LST Capstone. |
Learning Domains
Arts and Literature (AL)
- 2 Courses Required
Historical Inquiry (HI)
- 2 Course Required
Math and Computing (MC)
- 2 Courses Required
[1 CR Course and 1 SRCourse]
Philosophical Inquiry (PI)
- 2 Courses Required
Religious Dimensions (RD)
- 2 Courses Required
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
- 2 Courses Required
[1 Lab Course and 1 SWK Course]
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI)
- 1 Course Required
Notes
See an advisor to utilize the modern language option.
Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a general elective or the Experiential Learning requirement.
In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.
Degree Requirements
Core Courses (32 credit hours)
Composed of five introductory core courses offered by the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, plus three additional introductory courses which are also required for all College of Communication majors.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 32 | |
| STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| CONSTRUCTING LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO | ||
| GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
Major Area Courses (44 credit hours)
In addition to the core courses, students will complete 24 credit hours in both the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science and 20 credit hours in the College of Communication.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Students must select 4 LALS courses (16 credits) and 2 Spanish Courses (8 credits) from the following list: | 24 | |
| AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND AFRO-LATIN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS | ||
| LATINOS/AS AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| LATINO/A LIBERATION TRADITIONS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| BORDER MATTERS:LITERATURE & CULTURE IN THE LATINO/A BORDERLANDS | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO | ||
| GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S. | ||
| MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. | ||
| LATINA/O SEXUALITIES | ||
| GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| MEXICAN CINEMA | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| LATINO POLITICS | ||
| LATINO POLITICAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONS | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| CULTURAL RHETORICS | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN WRITING, RHETORIC AND DISCOURSE | ||
| BASIC SPANISH I | ||
| BASIC SPANISH II | ||
| BASIC SPANISH III | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH III | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS I | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS II | ||
| TRANSITIONAL SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS | ||
| ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| ADVANCED CONVERSATION | ||
| ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS I | ||
| ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS II | ||
| ADVANCED CONVERSATION FOR THE HERITAGE LEARNER | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| PUERTO RICAN LITERATURE | ||
| CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LITERATURE | ||
| MEXICAN LITERATURE | ||
| THE HISPANIC ESSAY | ||
| CONTEMPORARY POETRY | ||
| U.S. LATINO/A WRITERS | ||
| AREA STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| MODERN LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE | ||
| LATINO GAY AND LESBIAN LITERATURE | ||
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Students must choose one of the following focus areas and select 5 elective courses (20 credits) from the following: | 20 | |
Advocacy and Social Change Communcation | ||
| COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| CULTURAL AND SYMBOLIC CRITICISM | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| PERSUASION | ||
| CULTURES IN CONVERSATION | ||
| LATINX COMMUNICATION, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING | ||
| STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS | ||
| CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | ||
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION | ||
or JOUR 311 | CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION | |
| ARGUMENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND DELIBERATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY | ||
| PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, POWER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES | ||
| POLITICS & GOVERNMENT REPORTING | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NEWS | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING 1 | ||
| SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | ||
| DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING | ||
| PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING | ||
| Group and Organizational Communication | ||
| BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND GROUP DECISION-MAKING | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | ||
| EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING | ||
| DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING | ||
| VIRTUAL TEAMS | ||
| HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNICATION | ||
| WORK/FAMILY COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS | ||
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| PERSUASION | ||
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | ||
| APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING | ||
| PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING | ||
| ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES | ||
| Journalism and Media | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM | ||
| PHOTOJOURNALISM | ||
| NEWS REPORTING | ||
| FEATURE WRITING | ||
| REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE | ||
| CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NEWS | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING II | ||
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION | ||
| WRITING FOR THE DEPAULIA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES | ||
| TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING: BUILDING A NARRATIVE WORLD | ||
| DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION | ||
| TOPICS IN GLOBAL CINEMA | ||
| TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES | ||
| FANDOM & PARTICIPATORY CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY | ||
| LATINO/A TELEVISION AND MEDIA | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| TOPICS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION | ||
| Public Relations and Adversiting | ||
| RESEARCH, DATA AND INSIGHTS | ||
| DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR PRAD PROFESSIONALS | ||
| EVENT PLANNING | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ETHICS | ||
| DIVERSITY & CURRENT ISSUES IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLANNING | ||
| COPYWRITING | ||
| DIGITAL ADVERTISING | ||
| ADVANCED WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES | ||
| CRISIS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT | ||
| NON-PROFIT PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| BRANDED CONTENT | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | ||
| DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| VIRTUAL TEAMS | ||
| HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| PERSUASION | ||