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Latin America is a culturally rich and diverse region shaped by the meeting of Amerindian, African, and European peoples.  The Latin American Studies major provides students with an interdisciplinary framework for studying the societies of this varied and complex region.  Students are exposed to the perspectives and methodologies of multiple academic fields, and develop a more profound political, social, historical, economic, and cultural knowledge of the region than could be realized in a single department.