Requirements
Students must complete 34 hours of required and elective courses: 28 hours of core courses and 6 hours of electives, with at least 12 hours being at the 300-400 level. Also, students must complete an additional 18 hours of supporting coursework.
Latina/Latino Studies Major checklist
Core Courses (28 hours)
- LLS 100: Intro Latina/Latino Studies (3 hours)
- LLS 385: Theory and Methods in LLS (3 hours) (offered only in Fall)
- LLS 490: Research and Writing Seminar (4 hours, offered in Spring) or LLS 495: Senior Honors Thesis (4 hours)
- Students must take two courses in each of the three following areas (18 hours total):
Literature, Media, and Culture
- LLS 240: Latina/o Popular Culture
- LLS 242: Intro to Latina/o Literature
- LLS 250: Latina/os on the Bronze Screen
- LLS 259: Latina/o Anthropology
- LLS 301: 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP
- LLS 357: Literatures of the Displaced
- LLS 360: Contemporary US Latina/o Lit
- LLS 365: Chicana/Latina Autobiography, Memoir, Testimonio
- LLS 375: Latina/o Media in the US
- LLS 410: Writing Latina/o Chicago
- LLS 435: Commodifying Difference
- LLS 458: Latina/o Performance
- LLS 472: Border Latina, Latino Cultures
Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- LLS 230: Latina/o Genders & Sexualities
- LLS 235: Race and the Politics of Reproduction
- LLS 265: Politics of Hip Hop
- LLS 320: Gender & Latina/o Migration
- LLS 355: Race and Mixed Race
- LLS 387: Race, Gender and the Body
- LLS 392: Chicanas&Latinas: Self&Society
- LLS 442: Latina Literature
- LLS 465: Race, Sex, and Deviance
- LLS 479: Race, Medicine, and Society
History, Politics, and Society
- LLS 220: Latina/o Migration
- LLS 238: Latina/o Social Movements
- LLS 278: Mapping Latina/o Inequalities
- LLS 279: Mexican-American History
- LLS 280: Caribbean Latina/o Migration
- LLS 343: Criminalization and Punishment
- LLS 368: Latinas/os & Public Policy
- LLS 370: Latina/o Ethnography
- LLS 379: Latina/os and the City
- LLS 382: Race and Migration in Chicago
- LLS 468: Latinas/os & the Law
- LLS 473: Immigration, Health & Society
LLS Electives (6 hours)
Six hours of electives must be selected from the above categories and an approved course list maintained by the Latina/Latino Studies office and the LLS advisor.
Supporting Coursework (18 hours)
Eighteen hours of supporting coursework must be chosen in consultation with an advisor; may be a campus-approved minor.
Total Credit Hours (52 hours)
- 28 hours Core Courses
- 6 hours LLS Electives
- 18 hours Supporting Coursework
- 52 HOURS TOTAL
Note: Twelve hours of advanced (300- and 400-level) courses must be taken on this campus.
Departmental Distinction
To be eligible for departmental distinction, a student must achieve at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average, a minimum 3.5 GPA in the major, and complete a senior honors thesis. Students graduating with at least a 3.5 GPA in the major will be awarded Distinction; those with at least a 3.7 GPA in the major will be given High Distinction.
Curricular Change Forms
LAS Multiple Major Declaration Form
Commencement
If you plan to participate in the College of LAS's joint graduation ceremony for Latina/Latino Studies and other LAS departments in May, visit https://las.illinois.edu/academics/graduation/convocation/socanthint to register.