Overview

Grounded in socially engaged scholarship, our program brings an interdisciplinary lens to understanding the region’s peoples, cultures, languages, literatures, and traditions, along with its economy, environment, history, and relations with other regions.

Explore Latin American Studies, Design Your Own Pathway

Students majoring in Latin American Studies at Oberlin College & Conservatory explore the region from different disciplinary perspectives, from art history to dance, literature to politics.

Our gateway course for the major, What is Latin America? is team-taught each year by eight professors from different disciplines, introducing students to the idea of area studies and debates in the field of Latin American studies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

What is Latin America? Issues in Latin American Studies

Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

Caribbean Survey: Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic: Indigenous to 1898

Borderlands
The Special Case of Puerto Rico

Music of Latin America

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oberlin, United States

Disciplines

American and Australasian studies View 535 other Bachelors in American and Australasian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

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Other requirements

General requirements

We accept online applications through either the Common App or the Coalition Application.
Personal Essay

School Report with Official Transcript.

Teacher Evaluations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year
Out-of-State

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year

Living costs

Oberlin

United States

1070 - 1765 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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