Undergraduate
LACS provides a variety of undergraduate interdisciplinary programs and courses concerning the histories, cultures, and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, including transnational migrations in and beyond the region.
About LACS Undergraduate Programs
The Undergraduate Certificate strengthens the intellectual breadth and depth of Maryland students, especially those majoring in fields that are identified as possessing particular importance for the State of Maryland, such as STEAM, multilingualism, multicultural education, healthcare, and sustainability. The Certificate nurtures a globally-conscious citizenry and grows a well-trained, professional workforce prepared to succeed in areas such as international business and finance, marketing, communications, ecological and environmental studies, government and diplomacy, law, development, education, literary arts and cultural expression.
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Certificate program and its extracurricular events help attract a highly diverse student body to the University of Maryland, and attract an equally diverse faculty who are singularly active in developing and promoting campus diversity. LACS functions as a dynamic and supportive community, in which each participant (undergraduate, graduate student, faculty, staff, public) is a crucial component of the whole.
Undergraduate Programs
Certificate
The Undergraduate Certificate strengthens the intellectual breadth and depth of Maryland students, especially those majoring in fields with particular importance to the State of Maryland, such as STEAM fields, multilingualism, multicultural education, healthcare, and sustainability.
Undergraduate Certificate
Minor
The interdisciplinary minor program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is open to University of Maryland, College Park, undergraduates in any major who are interested in Latin America and/or the Caribbean. The minor will help prepare students for careers related to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Professional Minor