Option I: Standard Major (45 Units)
1. Lower-division Required Courses (12 Units)
Select one of the following:
- CAS 100 Introduction to Central American Studies (3)
- CAS 102 The Salvadoran Experience (3)
Required Courses:
- CAS 201 Survey of Central American Literature (3)
- CAS 202 Survey of Central American Visual, Installation, and Performance Arts (3)
- CAS 270 Fieldwork in Central American Communities (3)
2. Lower-division Electives (3 Units)
Select one of the following:
- AAS 201 Race, Racism and Critical Thinking (3)
- AFRS 204 Race and Critical Thinking (3)
- AFRS 252 Popular Culture and the Black World (3)
- ART 112 History of Non-Western Art (3)
- CHS 202 Race, Racism, and Critical Thinking (3)
- URBS 250 Planning the Multiethnic City (3)
3. Upper-division Requirements (21 Units)
Select 7 of the following courses:
- CAS 303 Central American Film (3)
- CAS 309 Ancient to Pre-Modern History of Central American Peoples (3)
- CAS 310 Modern History of Central American Peoples (3)
- CAS 311 The Central American Diaspora (3)
- CAS 350 Urbanization in Central America (3)
- CAS 355 Environment, Development and Social Exclusion in Central America (3)
- CAS 356 Afro-Caribbean Central American Cultures and Identities (3)
- CAS 364 Culture and Violence in Central America (3)
- CAS 365 Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)
- CAS 366 Contemporary Indigenous People of Central America (3)
- CAS 367 Contemporary Religious Movements of Central America (3)
- CAS 368 Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)
- CAS 369 Contemporary Social Movements of Central America (3)
- CAS 410 Central American Child (3)
Upper-division Electives (6 Units)
Select two of the following:
- ANTH 351 Peoples of Middle America (3)
- COMS 356 Intercultural Communication (3)
- GEOG 322 Latin America (3)
- GEOG 350 Metropolitan Los Angeles (3)
- GWS 351 Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality (3)
- HIST 463 20th Century Latin American History (3)
- JOUR 372 Diversity and the Media (3)
- POLS 332 Politics of Latin America (3)
- QS 302 LA in Transit: Communities, Organizations, and Politics (3)
- SPAN 380 Latin American Civilization (3)
5. Central American Studies Seminar (3 Units)
Select one of the following:
- CAS 421 Seminar on Central American Literature (3)
- CAS 440 Seminar on Central American Culture (3)
- CAS 460 Seminar on Central American Politics (3)
- Total units required for the B.A. in Central American Studies: 45
- GENERAL EDUCATION UNITS: 48
- ADDITIONAL UNITS: 27
- TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 120