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Latin American and Caribbean Studies - Liberal Arts and Professional Studies For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor. Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA The Latin American and Caribbean Studies program is an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Latin American and Caribbean studies majors must co-major in another department/discipline in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or with kinesiology and health science or psychology in the Faculty of Health. Students must take at least 36 credits in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program and at least 36 credits in the co-major according to the requirements and regulations specified by each department/discipline for an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Courses taken to meet Latin American and Caribbean studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the departmental major. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six credits in Latin American and Caribbean studies and six credits in the departmental major. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs. Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit. Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University. Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00. General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science. Major credits: the 36 credits in Latin American and Caribbean studies must include the following:
Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level. Credits outside the major: students who graduate in this program are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement. Honours Minor BA The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties. Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit. Minor credits: the Honours Minor in Latin American and Caribbean studies comprises at least 30 credits including the following:
All Latin American and Caribbean studies majors/minors should arrange their program of study in consultation with the program coordinator and their co-major. In addition to their course work, students registered in Latin American and Caribbean studies must satisfy a language requirement by demonstrating a working knowledge of either Spanish, Portuguese, French or another language (other than English) spoken in Latin America and the Caribbean which is relevant to the student’s program of study. Students may satisfy this requirement by translating into English a text of no more than two pages in length. Alternatively, they may complete a university-level language course (at a level determined by a departmental placement test) with a final grade of C+ or higher. Language courses do not count toward the 36 credits required of Latin American and Caribbean studies majors. Note: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Courses Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year. With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and residency requirements, students may complete other courses for program credit in Latin American and Caribbean studies. AP/ANTH 2100 6.00 Language Courses AP/POR 1000 6.00 Rules and regulations in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
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