Africana & Latin American Studies Major, Caribbean Studies Emphasis

Coordinator Baptiste

The Caribbean forms an important historical and cultural bridge between Africa and Afro-America, and was the birthplace of European settlement and colonization in the Americas. Better known in the United States as a tourist destination, the region has a rich but tragic history intimately connected with Euro-American imperialism and plantation slavery. Nevertheless, by bringing together people of widely diverse ethnicities from all over the world, the plantations became a virtual laboratory of socio-cultural engineering to produce some of the earliest and most complex multiracial societies. In conjunction with a study group that spends a semester at the University of the West Indies, ALST majors within the Caribbean concentration are exposed to a diverse range of issues relating to race relations, cultural identity, political governance, and economic development that are embedded in the history, literature, politics, and economies of the territories of the region.

For more information about the program, honors/high honors, transfer credit, etc., visit the Africana and Latin American studies program page.

Major Requirements

The requirements for the ALST major with a concentration in Caribbean studies are as follows:

Required Courses

ALST 203 /CORE 163C - The Caribbean (serves as ALST introduction to Caribbean studies)
ALST 220 - The Black Diaspora: Africans at Home and Abroad
ALST 360 - ALST Interdisciplinary Research Design

Four Caribbean Studies Electives

Should be chosen in consultation with the coordinator. Of the four electives, at least two courses must be at the 300 level or higher.

Caribbean Studies Electives

200- or 300-Level Elective

One additional 200- or 300-level elective must be selected from any area of the program outside of the student’s primary concentration.

Senior Capstone Seminar

UNST 410 - Seminar: Area, Regional, and Global Study

is the senior capstone seminar and is required for all majors. In the event that

UNST 410

is not offered, students may substitute another seminar in consultation with the coordinator and the program director.

Honors and High Honors

Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the Africana and Latin American Studies program page.

Africana & Latin American Studies Program

For more information about the program, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Africana and Latin American Studies program page.