位于卡萨希普尼察（CasaHispânica）的哥伦比亚拉丁美洲和伊比利亚文化系（LAIC）长期以来一直享誉国际，是西班牙裔美国人和墨西哥裔美国人研究中心。该部门提供西班牙语，葡萄牙语和加泰罗尼亚语的语言准备，并提供灵活的计划来研究在所有历史时期（从中世纪到全球化的现在）以及各种文化背景下的西班牙裔和葡裔世界的表现：伊比利亚半岛，拉丁美洲，葡萄牙的前殖民地和美国。<br>学生可以以任何语言和文化准备程度进入该计划。该系提供分班考试，以确定学生可以开始或继续学习的水平。西班牙裔研究和葡萄牙语研究的专业和选修
The Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures (LAIC) at Columbia, located in the Casa Hispnica, has long enjoyed an international reputation as a center for Hispanic and Lusophone studies. The department provides linguistic preparation in Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan, and offers a flexible program to study manifestations of the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds in all historical periodsfrom the medieval to the globalized presentand in a variety of cultural contexts: the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, the former colonies of Portugal, and the United States.<br><br>Students can enter the program at any level of linguistic and cultural preparedness. The department offers a placement exam to determine the level at which students may either begin or continue study. Majors and concentrators in Hispanic studies and Portuguese studies are typically double majors who bring insights and methods from fields such as history, political science, women's studies, anthropology, economics, Latino studies, Latin American studies, etc., which fosters engaging discussions.