Minor Requirements

The Latin American and Latino Studies minor requires a minimum of six courses for 18 credits, including three core courses and three electives.

Core Courses

  • 50:590:210 Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (offered once a year)
  • 50:940:121 Intermediate Spanish I (or any Spanish course above this level, based on Spanish placement test), and
  • Either 50:516:211 or 50:516:212 Latin American History I or II (offered every fall and every spring)

Electives

The remaining three courses will be selected from among the offerings listed below. Other relevant courses may apply with advance approval of the program directors.

Any course taken under the International Studies rubric that involves a trip to Latin America may also be counted.

Anthropology (070)

  • 341 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3 credits)
  • 385 Immigrants and Families (3 credits)
  • 485 Maya Art and Culture (3 credits)

Art History (082)

  • 329 Pre-Columbian and Meso-American Art (3 credits)
  • 485 Latin American Art and Culture (3 credits)

French (420)

  • 391 Visions of Youth in the Francophone World (3 credits)

History (516 or 509 or 525)

  • 516-211 Latin American History I (3 credits)
  • 516-212  Latin American History II (3 credits)
  • 525-122  Honors Seminar, Race and Ethnicity in the Americas (3 credits)
  • 380 History of the Caribbean (3 credits)
  • 509-299 Perspectives on History: The Guatemalan Coup of 1954 (3 credits)
  • 509-481 Senior Seminar: The U.S. and Latin America in the 20th century (3 credits)

Political Science (790)

  • 211 Introduction to International Politics (3 credits)
  • 311 Comp. Government and Politics of Latin Am. (3 credits)
  • 328 Comparative Politics of Developing Nations (3 credits)
  • 338 Government and Business in the International System (3 credits)
  • 364 Politics of Minority Groups (3 credits)
  • 425 Modernization and the Third World (3 credits)
  • 469 Rich Nations/ Poor Nations (3 credits)

Psychology (830)

  • 203 Psychology of Minority Groups (3 credits)

Sociology (920)

  • 316 Race and Ethnicity (3 credits)
  • 370 Globalization and Social Change (3 credits)

Spanish (940)

  • 122 Intermediate Spanish II (4)
  • 203 Spanish Comp. and Conversation (3 credits)
  • 204 Advanced Spanish Comp and Conv (3 credits)
  • 208 Spanish-Am. Cult and Civilization (3 credits)
  • 291 Spanish for law and legal studies (3 credits)
  • 227 Spanish for the Health Professions (3 credits)
  • Any class at 200, 300, or 400 level on Latin America, with advance approval of the program directors.

School of Business (52)

  • 620:369 Management of Multinational Business (3 credits)
  • 630:371 International Marketing (3 credits)