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Article: Ball State U. offers new Latin American studies major
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- February 16, 2005
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Yoko Kandori
University Wire
02-16-2005
(Daily News) (U-WIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Students interested in Latin America can now major in Latin American studies at Ball State University.
The major is an interdisciplinary and multicultural major on campus, Marina Guntsche, director of Latin American studies, said.
Studying Latin American countries is as important as studying the United States because of the growing number of Hispanic population in the United States, Guntsche said.
"Latin American culture has been a part of the American culture for long time," she said.
The United States has the fifth-largest Hispanic population in the world, according to the Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation.
"What ...