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
College Core Requirements
Study in the Major Field
The student’s course of study in the College consists of three parts: Liberal Studies, the major field, and electives. Together these three parts contribute to the liberal education of the student which is the common purpose of all study in the College. By “liberal education” the College understands not only a deep and thorough knowledge of a particular area of study but a knowledge of the diverse areas of study represented by criticism, history, the arts, the behavioral and social sciences, philosophy, religious studies, the natural science, and mathematics.
The major field program generally is built upon a set of core courses and a specialized “concentration.” The number of courses required for a major varies by department. Most students go beyond the minimum requirements, electing additional courses which both broaden and deepen their understanding of their chosen discipline.
Because no academic major program is built in isolation, students are required to pursue a number of electives of the student’s choice. The inherent flexibility of this curriculum demands that the student consult an academic advisor at each stage in the total program and at least once prior to each registration.
Students will be prompted to visit the College Office for their official graduation check early in their senior year.
Declaration of Major, Minor and Concentration
All students in the College are required to declare a major field prior to beginning their junior year. The student will then be assigned a faculty advisor in the major field department or program and should make an appointment to see that advisor at his or her earliest convenience.
Students must declare or change majors, minors, and concentrations, via Campus Connection. However, for the purpose of exploring the possibility of changing a major field, the student should consult an academic advisor in the Office for Academic Advising Support.
The Modern Language Requirement (MLR)
All students will be required to demonstrate competence in a modern language (i.e., a language other than English) equivalent to the proficiency attained from one year of college-level language study. This Modern Language Requirement (MLR) may be demonstrated by:
- placing into 104 or above on the DePaul language placement exam
- completing the last course or earning AP/IB credit for the last course in the first-year college sequence of any language (e.g. 103 for DePaul language classes)
- completing a college course or earning AP/IB credit for a college course beyond the first-year level in any language (e.g. 104 or above for DePaul language classes)
- completing the final course of a four-year sequence of the same modern language in high school*
- completing a proctored exam by BYU and passing the exam (see the Department of Modern Languages website for registration details)
- completing a proctored Written Proficiency Test (WPT) by Language Testing International (LTI) and achieving a score of Beginner High or above (see the Department of Modern Languages website for registration details)
*Students are strongly encouraged to take the DePaul language placement exam even if they have met the MLR via study of a language in high school. This will ensure continuation of language study at the proper level.
Please note: Modern Languages courses with an E-designation are taught in English and may not be applied to the Modern Language Requirement.
Students who complete an Inter-College Transfer (ICT) to the College will abide by the MLR in place on the effective date of the ICT, regardless of when they first matriculated at DePaul.
Students who have met the MLR and wish to pursue further work in the language may elect the “Modern Language Option” (see below).
The Modern Language Option (MLO)
The Modern Language Option is available to all BA students who wish to study a modern language beyond the level required by their College, and to all other undergraduate students without a modern language requirement who wish to study a language at any level.
Students selecting the MLO may substitute a sequence of three courses in the same language for three domain courses.
The three MLO substitutions must be made in three different domains, and any substitutions must be consistent with the principle that students complete at least one course in each learning domain.
MLO substitutions may not be used to replace requirements in the Math & Computing, and Scientific Inquiry, domains.
Students majoring in one modern language may use the Modern Language Option for study of a second language at the Intermediate level or above.
Modern Languages courses with an E-designation are taught in English and may not be applied to the Modern Language Option.
NOTE: Please contact your college/school regarding additional information and restrictions about the Modern Language Option.
External Credit and Residency
A student who has been admitted to the College begins residency within the college as of the first day of classes of the term in which the student is registered. Students in residence, whether attending on a full-time or part-time basis, may not take courses away from DePaul University without the written permission of the college. Permission must be obtained in advance of registration to avoid loss of credit or residency in the college; see the LAS website for more information.
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 passing a dedicated proficiency exam, or by credit earned for advanced math coursework at DePaul (MAT 135, MAT 136, MAT 147, MAT 148, MAT 149, MAT 150, MAT 151, MAT 152, MAT 155, MAT 156, MAT 160, MAT 161, MAT 162, MAT 170, MAT 171, MAT 172, or equivalent) or any transfer, CLEP, IB, or AP Calculus credit. Calculus course(s) may be used to fulfil any of the three QR/MCD requirements.
- 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 | ||
| THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE, TECHNOLOGY | ||
| 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: WRITING WITH AI | ||
| 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 | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| TOPICS IN RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND DECISION-MAKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS | ||
| CULTURAL AND SYMBOLIC CRITICISM | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| PERSUASION | ||
| CULTURES IN CONVERSATION | ||
| LATINX COMMUNICATION, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING | ||
| STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS | ||
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | ||
| EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING | ||
| CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | ||
| DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING | ||
| THE FUTURE OF REMOTE AND VIRTUAL TEAMS | ||
| RELATIONAL, GROUP, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY | ||
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| 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 | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING | ||
| PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING | ||
| Group and Organizational Communication | ||
| 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 | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | ||
| Public Relations and Adversiting | ||
| PERSUASION | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | ||
| CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | ||
| DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| THE FUTURE OF REMOTE AND VIRTUAL TEAMS | ||
| RELATIONAL, GROUP, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY | ||
| RESEARCH, DATA AND INSIGHTS | ||
| DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR PRAD PROFESSIONALS | ||
| EVENT PLANNING | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ETHICS | ||
| DIVERSITY & CURRENT ISSUES IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS | ||
| 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 | ||