Bachelor of Arts in Latin American and Iberian Studies
Shorelight Group - University of Massachusetts Boston
USA,Massachusetts
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48 Months
Duration
CAD 36,758/year
Tuition Fee
CAD 0 FREE
Application Fee
Aug 2025
Apply Date
USA, Massachusetts
Type: University
Location Type: Urban
Founded: 1852
Total Students: 15,989 +
Int. Students: 1,710 +
Campus Detail
Main Campus Address
100 William T Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, United States
Bachelor of Arts in Latin American and Iberian Studies
Program Overview
The field of Latin American and Iberian studies explores the languages, literatures, and histories of Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Caribbean. Insight into these cultures trains students to think critically from different perspectives—an important skill in a world where communication and understanding across boundaries is essential. Latin American and Iberian studies graduates are prepared for careers in international affairs, government, education and many other fields.
Upon completion of the Major in Latin American and Iberian Studies, students will be able to:
- Communicate proficiently, using all four skills (i.e. speaking, listening, reading and writing), in academic, professional, and everyday settings in the language that is required by their selected track.1
- Conduct and disseminate academic research both orally and in writing in the language that is required by their selected track.
- Identify and analyze cultural representations of the languages, cultures and societies of the Latin American and Iberian world, both their own and those produced by others, in accordance with academic standards.
- Document data and formulate concrete research questions in order to conduct academic research at undergraduate level.
- Recognize and utilize appropriate methodologies in order to explicitly outline a research plan to conduct academic research at undergraduate level.
- Produce scholarly work in dialogue with academic fields such as anthropology, history, and geography at undergraduate level.
- Apply pre-professional translation skills to a variety of documents in both directions, Spanish to English and English to Spanish.2
- Assess a variety of theoretical approaches to Translation Studies in order to adopt adequate methodologies for the translation of a variety of documents.
Application Fee
Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE Tuition Fee
CAD 36,758 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
Living Cost in Shorelight Group - University of Massachusetts Boston
CAD 18,000 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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