Latin American Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

The specific requirements for an interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies are as follows:

• The minor course work must consist of 15 hours of classes with significant Latin American content with a GPA of 3.0.
• These courses must be selected from at least two different departments.
• Courses counted toward the interdisciplinary minor cannot also count toward the major.
• Students are encouraged (but not required) to pursue a Certificate of Language Ability in Spanish and explore study abroad opportunities to a Latin American country.

The following is a list of a few-but not all-courses that may be taken to fulfill the requirements of the interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies.

• AH 4660 - Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Art in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4900 - Special Studies Seminar 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4980 - Special Problems 1 to 6 Credit Hours
• ANTH 4040 - Race, Class, and Gender in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours (when the course deals with Latin America and/or U.S. Latino/as
• ANTH 4170 - Mesoamerican Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
• ANTH 4530 - The Archaeology of Ancient Cities 3 Credit Hours (when course deals with Latin America)

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• GLOS 3620 - The Atlantic World: Encounters, Empires, Diasporas, Revolutions 4 Credit Hours

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• HIST 3620 - The Atlantic World: Encounters, Empires, Diasporas, Revolutions 4 Credit Hours

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• POLS 4250 - Latin American Politics 3 Credit Hours
• RELS 4700 - Issues in Religious Studies 3 Credit Hours
• SPAN 3395 - Study Abroad 3 Credit Hours (for programs in Latin America; please consult the Office of Study Abroad for program opportunities and then confer with the Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino/a Studies)
• SPAN 4454 - Literature of Social and Political Conflict in Latin America 3 Credit Hours (in Spanish)
• SPAN 4456 - Tales of Love, Madness and Death 3 Credit Hours (in Spanish)
• SPAN 4467 - Latin American and Latino Film and Video 3 Credit Hours
• SPAN 4470 - Special Topics in Latin American Literature 3 Credit Hours (in Spanish)
• SPAN 4480 - Special Topics in Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
• WGSS 4910 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours