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Brazilian Studies, B.A. requirements

The 2026-27 catalog, with the courses that satisfy each requirement and which ones are offered this term.

Why the catalog year matters

Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year - see every catalog year on file for this program.

24 Upper Division Major Electives

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Areas of Focus

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Brazilian Studies

Course
BRAZ 325 - Brazilian Democracy and Society
3 unitsOpen seats
BRAZ 333 - The Amazon is the Center of the World
3 unitsOpen seats
BRAZ 433 - Creative Interventions in South American Streets: Activism, Art, and the City
3 unitsNot offered
BRAZ 455 - Sport in Brazilian Society
3 unitsOpen seats
BRAZ 496 - Experimental Topics
1-4 unitsNot offered

Brazilian Studies, B.A. - Roadmap

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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

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History, Politics, and Economics

Course
AFRAS 320 - Political Economy of African Diaspora
3 unitsNot offered
BRAZ 325 - Brazilian Democracy and Society
3 unitsOpen seats
ECON 464 - Economic Problems of Latin America
3 unitsNot offered
HIST 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
3 unitsOpen seats
HIST 416 - Modern Latin America
3 unitsOpen seats
HIST 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
3 unitsNot offered
HIST 556 - History of Brazil
3 unitsNot offered
HIST 557 - Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America
3 unitsOpen seats
HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs
3 unitsNot offered
I B 410 - Doing Business in Latin America
3 unitsNot offered
LATAM 325 - Political Economy of Brazil
3 unitsNot offered
LATAM 350 - Globalization and the Americas
3 unitsOpen seats
LATAM 366 - Latin American Politics
3 unitsNot offered
LATAM 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America
3 unitsNot offered
LATAM 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas
3 unitsNot offered
LATAM 556 - History of Brazil
3 unitsNot offered
POL S 366 - Latin American Politics
3 unitsOpen seats
POL S 564 - Political Ecology of Latin America
3 unitsNot offered

International Experience

No course list published for this category.

Language Requirement

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Major

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One Three-unit Capstone Requirement, Fulfilled by

Course
BRAZ 444 - Brazilian Studies Capstone Seminar
3 unitsNot offered

Preparation for the Major

12 units
Course
BRAZ 222 - Art, Sport, and Culture in Contemporary Brazil
3 unitsOpen seats

Six Units of Electives Selected From

Course
ANTH 102 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
3 unitsOpen seats
BRAZ 233 - Latin American Documentary Practices
3 unitsNot offered
ECON 101 - Principles of Economics
3 unitsOpen seats
GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments
3 unitsOpen seats
GEOG 106 - World Regional Geography
3 unitsOpen seats
GEOG 170 - Sustainable Places and Practices
3 unitsOpen seats
LATAM 101 - Introduction to Latin American Studies
3 unitsNot offered
POL S 104 - Introduction to Global Politics
3 unitsOpen seats
PORT 250 - Women’s Literature in the Portuguese-speaking World
3 unitsNot offered
SOC 101 - Introductory Sociology: The Study of Society
3 unitsOpen seats
TFM 160 - Cinema as Art
3 unitsOpen seats
WGSS 103 - Women and Global Justice
3 unitsNot offered

Sustainability and Cultures

Three Units of Statistics or Logic Selected From

Course
ECON 201 - Statistical Methods
3 unitsOpen seats
PHIL 120 - Introduction to Logic
3 unitsNot offered
POL S 201 - Statistics and Politics
3 unitsOpen seats
PSY 280 - Statistical Methods in Psychology
4 unitsOpen seats
SOC 201 - Elementary Social Statistics
3 unitsOpen seats
STAT 119 - Elementary Statistics for Business
3 unitsOpen seats
STAT 250 - Statistical Principles and Practices
3 unitsOpen seats

This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.