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Program Requirements
Latin American Studies Major
Requirements:
1. Course work: Undergraduate students must successfully complete seven full courses or their equivalents sponsored or approved by LAS@UofT, as well as satisfy the requirements of their departmental specialization. The requirement is only six full courses for students who begin their language study in PRT 220Y1 or SPA 220Y1/SPA 319Y1, or who demonstrate language proficiency by exam. Of the required courses:
• One course must be LAS 200Y1
• At least one course must be LAS 300 or LAS 301. Note that if the subject matter and/or instructor has changed, it will be possible to take, and be credited for, LAS 300 or LAS 301 more than once.
• At least two courses in total must be taken at the 300 level or above.
* Please note that some of the courses may have pre-requisites: in all cases, check on departmental requirements.
* For Descriptions of LAS-sponsored Courses and of Courses across the departments that are eligible for programme credit, please click on the COURSES tab just above.
2. Language: Students must successfully complete (with a grade of at least 65%) the first two levels of instruction in the Spanish or Portuguese language by the end of the third year of study ( SPA 100Y1 then SPA 220Y1; or SPA 319 [for heritage-speakers, and viewed by the programme as an equivalent of SPA 220Y1]; PRT 100Y1/PRT 110Y1 then PRT 220Y1 ), or demonstrate equivalent proficiency in the given language through examination by LAS@UofT before the end of the second year.
Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto replaces Ibero-American Studies welcomes you with its mix of course offerings and public events, as well as through its connections to other units and across social science and humanities departments.
