Requirements are intentionally broad and flexible to accommodate the focused interests of students in understanding the diverse reality of this region. Concentration requirements include four themes: language, area studies, research, and internship / service work. A wide selection of courses from departments across the University expose students to the methods and materials of different disciplines and provide a background in the contemporary and historical contours of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a societies. Students in this concentration will: - Understand the politics and expressive cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean from several disciplinary perspectives - Acquire advanced speaking and writing abilities in Spanish, Portuguese, or another language of the region - Develop theoretical acumen in humanistic and social scientific research methods - Design a unique concentration based around a geographic region or critical question - Complete a substantial research project related to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Applications to Brown are submitted online via the Common Application. In considering whether or not Brown is the right choice for you, you should feel confident that your accomplishments would allow you to be admitted to a leading university in your own country. You should complete secondary school. Brown first-year students will have completed 12 to 13 years of primary and secondary schooling. You should plan to sit for national and international examinations, such as the GCE A-levels, German Abitur, French Baccalauréat, Chinese Gaokao and International Baccalaureate, and submit the predicted or actual scores for those examinations as part of your credentials for admission to Brown. English language proficiency must be achieved before you are admitted.