Students are required to take a total of 18 courses and to satisfy a senior comprehensive requirement. For the combined major in Latin American and Latino studies/global economics, students complete a total of eight lower-division course requirements for both the Latin American and Latino studies and global economics majors. Students are assigned a faculty adviser from each discipline.

A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMICS/LATIN AMERICAN & LATINO STUDIES MAJOR
The following is the basic outline of the course requirements.

Economics Required Courses:

    *  1 Introduction to Microeconomics
    *  2 Introduction to Macroeconomics
    *  11A and 11B Math Methods for Economists
    *  100A or (100M) Intermediate Microeconomics
    *  100B or (100N) Intermediate Macroeconomics
    *  113 Introduction to Econometrics
    *  Applied Math & Statistics 5 Statistics

Other Required Courses (choose two from the following list):

    * 104 (Is There Truth in Numbers: The Role of Statistics in Economics)
    * 106 (Evolutionary Thought in the Social Sciences)
    * 114 (Advanced Quantitative Methods)
    * 120 (Economic Development)
    * 125 (Economic History of the U.S.)
    * 126 (Why Economies Succeed or Fail)
    * 128 (Poverty and Public Policy)
    * 130 (Money and Banking)
    * 131 (International Financial Markets)
    * 137 (Performing Arts in the Public and Private Economy)
    * 140 (International Trade)
    * 141 (International Finance)
    * 142 (Advanced Topics in International Finance)
    * 148 (Latin American Economies)
    * 149 (The Economies of East and Southeast Asia)
    * 150 (Public Finance)
    * 152 (Setting Domestic Priorities)
    * 153 (Cost-Benefit Analysis)
    * 160A (Industrial Organization)
    * 165 (Economics as an Experimental Science)
    * 169 (Economic Analysis of the Law)
    * 170 (Environmental Economics)
    * 171 (Natural Resource Economics)
    * 175 (Energy Economics)
    * 183 (Women in the Economy)
    * 184 (Labor Wars in Theory and Film)
    * 189 (Political Economy of Capitalism)
    * 195 (Senior Thesis)
    * 199 (Independent Study)

Latin American and Latino Studies Required Courses:

    * 80B-X (choose two)
    * 100 (Concepts and Theories in Latin American Latina/o Studies
    * 100A (Politics and Society:  Concepts and Methods)
    * 100B (Culture and Society:  Culture in a Global Context)
 
Other Required Courses: 

 * Two upper-division LALS electives

Two of the upper-division courses must be taught in Spanish or Portuguese*** and two to four (at least one quarter) must be courses of academic study abroad, internship, or field study in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking country.  The Comprehensive requirement is met by the completion of a senior thesis on a topic suitable to both global economics and Latin American and Latino Studies, supervised by a faculty member from either department and read and approved by the student's advisers from both departments.  Inquiries regarding this major should be directed to Alessandra Alvares (aalvares@ucsc.edu or 831-459-2119) in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department.

***Upper-division courses in Portuguese are currently not taught a UCSC and must be take elsewhere.