Puerto Rican and Latino Studies and Business, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2021-2022

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ENGL 1010: English Composition I
Pathways Required Core
3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II
Pathways Required Core
3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning
Pathways Required Core
3 Life & Physical Sciences
Pathways Required Core
3
College Option
Pathways College Option (SPAN 1010 recommended)
3 College Option
Pathways College Option (SPAN 1020 recommended)
3
PRLS 1001: Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latin@ Studies
Major (Also Satisfies Pathways Flexible Core)
3 World Cultures & Global Issues
Pathways Flexible Core
3
BUSN 3100: Principles of Marketing, or BUSN 3130: Advertising & Direct Marketing, or BUSN 3140: Consumer Behavior, or BUSN 3200: Principles of Management
Major
3 BUSN 3100: Principles of Marketing, or BUSN 3130: Advertising & Direct Marketing, or BUSN 3140: Consumer Behavior, or BUSN 3200: Principles of Management
Major
3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 16 credits Credits
Individual & Society
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Scientific World
Pathways Flexible Core
3
Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3
PRLS 3215: Mexican Migration and the Chican@/x Experience
Major
3 PRLS 3220: Exiles and Immigrants: U.S. Cuban Communities
Major
3
BUSN 3170: International Business
Major
3 PRLS 3320W: Latinxs Remaking the United States
Major
4
General Elective
General Elective (Students are required to demonstrate proficiency in Spanish by examination or complete SPAN 1030. See advisor for more information*)
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
CAST 1001 or PRLS 2300 or PRLS 3205 or PRLS 3210/ANTH 3520 or PRLS 3335 or PRLS 4510 or PRLS 4615 or PRLS 4635 or PRLS 4645 or PRLS 5710 or PRLS 5715
Major
3 PRLS 4505: Models of Economic Development for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 BUSN 3100: Principles of Marketing, or BUSN 3130: Advertising & Direct Marketing, or BUSN 3140: Consumer Behavior, or BUSN 3200: Principles of Management
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 14 credits Credits
PRLS 4515: Ethnic Marketing and Multicultural Business
Major
3 PRLS 3340: Critical Research Methods in Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
Major
4
PRLS 4610: Internship
Major
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
2
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
2

Degree Details

39 Pathways Credits*

41 Major Credits

40 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits

120 Total Credits

*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies and Business major includes one course [PRLS 1001] that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Puerto Rican and Latino Studies and Business only need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits.

*Students are required to complete one course in Spanish at Level 3 (SPAN 1030 or higher) or to demonstrate an equivalent proficiency by examination.

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.

Contact Information

Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
1205 Boylan Hall
Alan Aja, Chairperson
aaja@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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