拉丁美洲和拉丁美洲研究的主要和次要课程是为希望加深对美国以及我国拉丁美洲文化至关重要的邻国地区的学生而设计的。考古学，外交政策，历史，政治，语言和文学等课程使学生能够从不同学科的角度探索拉丁美洲和美国拉丁美洲文化和社会的各个方面。专业和未成年人通过为学生提供一个国际和跨文化的有利视点，使他们可以审视自己的社会，为应付日益相互依赖的世界的挑战做好准备，从而为人文教育做出了贡献。此外，近几十年来，美洲大陆之间人民和思想的空前发展使对这一地区的研究成为理解不断增长的美国拉丁裔人口的历史和文化的重要组成部分。拉丁
The major and minor in Latin American and Latino Studies are designed for students who wish to develop an understanding of a neighboring region that is of vital importance to the United States, as well as Latino cultures in our country. Courses in archeology, foreign policy, history, politics, language and literature allow students to explore various aspects of Latin American and U.S. Latino cultures and societies from different disciplinary perspectives. The major and minor contribute to a liberal arts education by offering students an international and intercultural vantage point from which they can examine their own society, preparing them to meet the challenges of an increasingly interdependent world. Additionally, the unprecedented movement of peoples and ideas between the American continents in recent decades makes the study of this region of the world an essential component for understanding the history and culture of the expanding U.S. Latino population. The major and minor in Latin American and Latino Studies complement the study of other disciplines that have either an international or a domestic focus, and it enhances the relevance of a Lehigh education by preparing students to be citizens of a culturally diversity society and, more generally, of the Americas.