Discover a rich cultural history
Encompassing the enormous area of México to Tierra del Fuego, Latin America is home to an ethnically diverse and culturally vibrant population of over five hundred million.
Discover this culture and its history with our dynamic classes and exciting field schools and opportunities to study abroad.
Whether you want to build your language and cultural skills or prepare to live and work abroad, the Latin American Studies Program has something to offer you.
Anchored in diversity and tradition, this region's creativity engages with the latest trends as well as customs that have survived three millennia.
—Dr. Beatriz de Alba-Koch, Program Director
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.