LACIS Program
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Study Abroad & Careers
CHICLA Program
Languages & Geography
100

What course can you take where you can earn 1-2 credits simply by attending public lectures?

What is LACIS 440 / Current Issues in Latin America

100

This UW–Madison department offers courses in language, literature, linguistics, and culture, along with specialized electives that connect Spanish to other fields.

What is Department of Spanish & Portuguese?

100

Spain is the top destination for UW–Madison study abroad students.

What is Spain

100

What intro course is needed for the Chicla major and certificate?

What is Chicla 201 Intro to Chicane/x & Latinx/e Studies

100

The Galapagos Islands are part of which South American country?

What is Ecuador

200

How many academic programs does the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program offer?

What is 4. Undergrad Major / Master's Degree / Master's/Law Joint program / PhD Minor


200

This language is spoken by more than 42 million people in the United States, making the U.S. the second-largest Spanish-speaking country in the world.

What is Spanish?

200

Through this opportunity, UW–Madison students can study in Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, and other Spanish-speaking countries.

What is study abroad

200

What celebratory anniversary number is Chicla celebrating in in 2026?

What is 50th

200

 What is the highest capital city in the world?

What is La Paz, Bolivia

300

What languages can you study through the LACIS program?

What is Spanish, Portuguese, Yucatec Maya, and Quechua

300

This new UW–Madison certificate, launching in Fall 2025, teaches advanced Spanish for professional and business contexts.

What is the Business Spanish Certificate

300

Bilingual employees in the U.S. can earn this much more per hour compared to monolingual employees.

What is 5–20% more

300

What is the name of our current Chicla Director?

What is Theresa Delgadillo

300

In what country will you find the world's oldest restaurant?

What is Spain

In Madrid you can eat at Sobrino de Botin, founded in 1725, and recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the world.

400

Which UW-Madison academic program brings international faculty to teach almost every semester?

 

What is LACIS. This fall we are welcoming Tinker Visiting Professor History, Dr. Orland DeAvila, from the International Institute of Caribbean Studies in Colombia 

400

Students from any major (except Spanish) can earn this new certificate without being admitted to the Business School.

What is the Business Spanish Certificate

400

Language majors at UW–Madison—including Spanish & Portuguese—can go on to careers in fields like education, healthcare, law, business, translation, and nonprofit leadership.
 

What are career paths supported by UW–Madison’s language advising and internship programs?

400

What is the full name of our luncheon series?

What is Sobremesa Community Gathering lunches 

400

How many countries in the world count Portuguese as an official language?

What is nine 

(Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, East Timor)

500

Which program offers over 400 recorded lectures going back 15 years on YouTube?  

What is LACIS

500

What is the number of academic units the department partners with for cross-listed courses?

What is two

500

What are courses cross-listed with CHICLA and LACIS

Examples of cross-listed courses include CHICLA/SPANISH 467, 469, 478, and SPANISH/LACIS 285.

500

How many Chicla core faculty members are there including the Director?

What is Eight

500

 How many countries make up the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies region?

What is 27 or 44

DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU COUNT CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES = 12 (SOUTH AMERICA) + 13 (CARIBBEAN - SOVERIEGN NATIONS) + 17 (CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES/DEPARTMENTS) (TOTAL=30) + 2 (SPAIN AND PORTUGAL)