This concentration allows students to develop an integrated program of historical inquiry focusing on Latin America. Students benefit from interdisciplinary grounding in methods of historical research and textual criticism, cultural heritage and museum studies, anthropology, historical geography, digital humanities, oral history, and visual methods. Coursework is selected from, but not limited to, the departments of Anthropology, Art & Art History, Geography and Environmental Studies, History, Museum Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, among other departments. The concentration allows for the study of pre-Columbian through Modern periods of Latin American history and provides an excellent foundation for further academic study in history and related fields, in addition to preparing students for applied careers in history, cultural resource management, and museums.