{"id":566,"date":"2014-08-30T20:31:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T20:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:02:35","slug":"latin-american-and-caribbean-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American and Caribbean Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Latin American and Caribbean Studies\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>\n<h3><strong>Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(Regional, multi-disciplinary)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Requirements:<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/latinamericanandcaribbeanstudies\/#Specialization_in_Latin_American_and_Caribbean_Studies__BGInS_Honours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Specialization in Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/latinamericanandcaribbeanstudies\/#Stream_in_Latin_American_and_Caribbean_Studies__BGInS\">Stream in Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample Course Selection:<span style=\"color: #1f7699;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\"><a title=\"First Year: Latin American and Caribbean Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/first-year-latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\/\">First Year: Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><br>\n<\/span><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/second-year-latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\/\">Second Year: Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affiliated Faculty Members:<span style=\"color: #1f7699;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\"><a title=\"Faculty: Latin American and Caribbean Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/faculty-latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\/\">Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsoring Unit Website:<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/iis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies<\/a><\/p><\/td><td>\u201cI chose the Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) degree because of its unique and multifaceted approach to global issues such as poverty, transnational politics and world inequalities. My specialization in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is particularly interesting to me as an international student from the Caribbean as it functions as a lens through which it is possible to closely examine the factors that shape the historical and contemporary relations between this dynamic region and the rest of the world.\u201d<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Laquesha Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/p>\n<\/td><td><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7962 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey-360x450.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Laquesha-Bailey.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"latin-american-and-caribbean-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Latin America and the Caribbean may seem far away and exotic but these regions are connected and close to Canada because of the intimate ties we share through people, politics, culture and the economy. This&nbsp;Specialization allows students to explore common experiences as well as our differences; it provides a platform for communication between cultures and regions. The broad multidisciplinary approach will challenge assumptions about the region and prepare students to become global citizens. It will allow students to connect with Latin America and the Caribbean whether it is their heritage or the background of someone they know and admire. Students will learn about the history, economy, politics, culture, environment, land and societies of the regions and their place with the global system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latin American and Caribbean Studies follows a multidisciplinary approach that draws on the many experts on the region who teach at Carleton.&nbsp; Students in this program will acquire a deep knowledge of the region: its historical, political, legal, cultural, and socio-economic interconnections in an international global context. They will be able to challenge issues both from many different angles both within their disciplines and based on regional particularities.&nbsp; They will contest both their own world views and mainstream ideas.&nbsp; Because studying a foreign language is part of the curriculum, they will be ready to be global citizens and to engage with people and ideas from other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future career paths: development, foreign affairs, graduate work in humanities and social sciences, Non-Governmental Organizations, human rights and social justice, business, journalism, travel industry, education and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Regional, multi-disciplinary) Program Requirements: Specialization in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stream in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Sample Course Selection: First Year: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Second Year: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Affiliated Faculty Members: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Sponsoring Unit Website: Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10809,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566\/revisions\/10809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}