{"id":33,"date":"2013-06-06T08:11:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/template-academic-small\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T23:27:53","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/undergraduate\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A full description of the major and minor requirements is available in the Johns Hopkins eCatalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The program requires a distribution of courses across disciplines, though students may choose to emphasize a particular area of specialization (e.g., politics, health, literature). The major is also particularly well suited to double majors with International Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, and other social sciences and humanities departments. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of study abroad opportunities. Seven of the 12 courses required for the major are required to be taken at JHU, and students planning to study abroad should discuss their course of study with the LACLxS director of undergraduate studies prior to their time away. All courses must be taken for a letter grade and be completed with a grade of C- or better. No more than two independent studies are acceptable toward the major. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introductory core course for the major is AS.361.100<\/a> Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and it is offered every spring. In addition to eleven LACLxS elective courses, students are required to demonstrate intermediate proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, Kreyol, or an Indigenous language. Language requirements can be waived for those who pass a proficiency exam from the relevant language department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n