The Department of World Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce the approval of a Latin American Studies concentration. This multidisciplinary program offers students who have studied Spanish the opportunity to add a regional focus. The concentration provides a coherent framework for the study of Latin America and is designed to prepare students for leadership roles by increasing their specialized knowledge of the peoples, cultures, languages, and social systems of Latin America. It is also intended for heritage speakers of Spanish who wish to gain greater understanding of their identity, as well as for those who simply wish to acquire more knowledge about Latin America.

The Latin American Studies concentration requires 18 hours of coursework, 12 hours of which must be taken at Drake. No more than nine hours may be completed in any single discipline. Students in this concentration must complete at least one Spanish class at Drake above the SPAN 052-level (fourth semester) or one Portuguese class at another institution above the fourth semester.

Students can contact the Director of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, Marc Pinheiro-Cadd, at marc.pinheiro-cadd@drake.edu or for further details about program requirements please refer to www.drake.edu/wlc/

—Submitted by Drake International