The Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) is dedicated to fostering knowledge of and experience in Latin America and the Caribbean via interdisciplinary teaching and research on campus and in the field.

Offering an undergraduate certificate in Latin American Studies, PLAS seeks to advance an understanding of the region's culture, history, socioeconomic conditions, politics, and society. Senior thesis work is supervised by a faculty adviser and is combined with a departmental major.

PLAS supports undergraduate, graduate, and faculty field research throughout the region, together with undergraduate internships. In addition, its visiting fellows program brings prominent scholars from the region to teach and undertake research at Princeton.

Students may select from undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars in African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art & Archaeology, Comparative Literature, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Economics, English, French & Italian (appropriate French courses only), History, Politics, Sociology, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures, the Woodrow Wilson School, and the Program in Latin American Studies.

PLAS also presents a range of intellectual and cultural programming that is open to the campus community and the public.