Preparing for the future

Academic resources

• Latino Studies Program

  Latino Studies introduces students to a wide range of current research and scholarly opinion on the history, culture, and social status of Latinos in the United States. Students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of Latinos from an interdisciplinary perspective.

  In addition to course offerings, this department enhances the IU campus and Bloomington community through lectures, conferences, seminars, exhibits, and research.

• Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

  The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) offers several programs of study for undergraduate and graduate students on topics related to Latin America and the Caribbean. CLACS also coordinates and promotes courses in lesser-taught languages of the region.

  Additionally, it sponsors a wide range of lectures, conferences, and cultural events that highlights the region’s cultures and societies.

• Latin American Music Center

  The Latin American Music Center fosters the academic study, performance, and research of Latin American art, and popular and traditional music.

  Founded in 1961 by composer and musicologist Juan Orrego-Salas, the center continues to expand its vast library, promotes exchanges between musicians and scholars from the United States and Latin America, and commissions, performs, and records exemplary music from the region.

• Library collections

  Connect with Luis González, an IU librarian who specializes in library resources related to the Hispanic experience in the United States, Latin America, and Spain.

• Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Project

  The Minority Languages and Cultures Project (ML&CP) brings together scholars who share the goal of revitalizing subordinate languages in Latin America, while documenting the cultures of the communities that speak them.

  The program also monitors the play of language and culture in the ethnic and regional politics of this region.

• Spanish and Portuguese department

  The IU Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers courses at all levels, from elementary through graduate study, in the languages, literatures, and cultures of Spain, Latin America, Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and Catalonia. The department also offers a Spanish as a Heritage Language program designed for students who grew up speaking or hearing Spanish at home and want to strengthen their language skills while exploring their cultural and linguistic heritage.

  The department offers bachelor's degrees and minors in Spanish and Portuguese and partners with the IU School of Education to prepare students seeking teacher certification.

• Study-abroad resources

  We're proud that our students are as unique as the countries where they study abroad and intern. We're making study abroad accessible to more students. Learn about Education Abroad.