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Latin American Studies Minor Courses

The interdisciplinary minor program in Latin American Studies consists of 18 credit hours in LAS-approved courses. As with all minors, at least 6 of these hours must be at the 300 or 400 level. Only 9 of these hours may be in the same discipline as the major. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) count towards the minor only when the content is Latin American.

Spanish Electives (6 credit hours)

Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

  • SPAN 202 - Spanish Readings (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 301 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 320 - Introduction to Hispanic Cultures (3 credit hours)

Latin American Electives (9 credit hours)

Choose 9 credit hours from the following:

  • ANTH 305 - Anthropology of Religion (3 credit hours)
  • ANTH 491G - Research in Cultural Anthropology (3-6 credit hours)*
  • ECON 415 - International Economics (3 credit hours)
  • FORL 331 - Foreign Literatures in Translation I, II (3 credit hours)*
  • GEOG 306 - Geography of Latin America (3 credit hours)
  • HIST 351 - Colonial Latin America (3 credit hours) or HIST 352 - Modern Latin America (3 credit hours)
  • HIST 361 - Business and Economic History (3 credit hours)*
  • HIST 362 - Diplomatic History (3 credit hours)*
  • HIST 366 - Gender in History (3 credit hours)*
  • HIST 371 - Topics and Themes (3 credit hours)*
  • HIST 440G - Latin American History Seminar (3 credit hours)
  • HUMN 300 - Themes in the Humanities (3 credit hours)*
  • HUMN 400G - Humanities Colloquium (3 credit hours)*
  • SOCI 310 - Minority Groups (3 credit hours)

Spanish Electives (3 credit hours)

Choose 3 credit hours from the following:

  • SPAN 402G - Literary, Linguistic or Cultural Studies (3 credit hours)*
  • SPAN 441 - Survey of Latin American Literature I (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 442 - Survey of Latin American Literature II (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 451G - Topics in Hispanic Culture (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 455G - Hispanic Cinema (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 462G - Linguistic Studies (3 credit hours)*
  • SPAN 480G - Topics in Spanish American Literature (3 credit hours)
  • SPAN 492G - Topics in Hispanic Literature (3 credit hours)*

 

For details on these courses, please see the University catalog.