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If you’re interested in exploring the historical, political, economic, and cultural relationships and linkages between the United States and our neighbors to the south, Whitman’s Latin American Studies program is a major you should definitely consider. Highlights of this program include:

• A holistic, interdisciplinary and cooperative curricular approach that explores such urgent contemporary issues as immigration, diversity, and the economic and security implications of the nation’s relationships with Latin America by weaving together relevant insights from a variety of fields, including Hispanic literature, history, politics, economics, society, art, and culture.
• A language requirement designed to ensure you develop a working knowledge of the Spanish language and the cultures of 18 Spanish-speaking countries across the world.
• Professors who are dedicated to teaching and mentoring, who challenge you and collaborate with you in different ways, who are invested in groundbreaking scholarship within their respective fields.
• A rich and rewarding selection of faculty-led study abroad opportunities within Latin American nations and cultures as well as related, on-campus cultural programming and activities.