Courses Offered

Undergraduate Courses

  • SPA 4990: Seminar - Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair. This course aims at eliminating lacunae. Credit: 3 semester hours.
  • LAC 1000C: Spanish Language and Culture - Argentina. An introduction to the study of the nature, evolution, and diversity of human languages and their relationship to the development of culture.  Specific sections may deal with particular languages as indicated in the course-offering bulletin. Credit: 3 semester hours.
  • PSY 2010: Cross Cultural Psychology: An introduction to understanding human behavior in its socio-cultural context. The course takes a global perspective. Credit: 3 semester hours.

 Graduate Courses

  • SPA 118A: Contemporary Spanish America.  A study of the place of Spanish America in modern art and science, letters, architecture and music, and of the political, social and economic problems confronting the Spanish American countries in our times, with a reflection on the past. Credit: 3 semester hours. 
  • SPA 306A: Seminar: Multidisciplinary Course on Argentina: Culture, History, Politics, Art and Literature. An introduction to the study of the nature, evolution, and diversity of human languages and their relationship to the development of culture. Specific sections may deal with particular languages as indicated in the course offerings. Credit: 3 semester hours.
  • PSY 625: Cross Cultural Psychology. Cross-cultural perspectives on behavior and cognition, including verbal and nonverbal communication and interpersonal and intergroup relations. Psychological variability among cultural groups will be discussed. Credit: 3 semester hours.

This program will be led by St. John’s faculty Dr. Alina Camacho-Gingerich, Program Director, Chair for Committee on Latin American and Caribbean Studies.