Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor

Requirements (24 Credits):

Social Science Division (12 Credits):

Select from the list below (a minimum of two departments must be represented, and at least two courses must be at or above the 300-level):


HIST 116 - Colonial Latin America
HIST 117 - Modern Latin American History
HIST 365 - Conquest! Latin America 1492-1600
HIST 366 - Dictators and Development in Latin America
HIST 577 - Inventing Mexico: Nationalism and National Identity in a Global Context
POLSC 235 - Government and Politics of Latin America
POLSC 242 - Immigration and Citizenship
POLSC 261 - U.S.-Latin American Relations

Humanities Division (12 Credits):

Select from the following:


SPAN 110 - Beginning Spanish I
SPAN 120 - Beginning Spanish II
SPAN 130 - Accelerated Beginning Spanish
SPAN 215 - Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 220 - Issues in Contemporary Spanish and Spanish American Culture
SPAN 225 - Hispanic Texts
SPAN 230 - Imperial Cultures
SPAN 245 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 315 - Advanced Spanish Language Study
SPAN 320 - Stories and Storytelling
SPAN 330 - Topics in Hispanic Popular Culture
SPAN 360 - Contesting Authority
SPAN 385 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture through Film
SPAN 420 - Nationalisms
SPAN 430 - Race, Gender and Power
SPAN 440 - Narrating Selves: Hispanic Literature in Contemporary Cultural Context
SPAN 445 - Topics in Hispanic Film
SPAN 485 - Hispanic Film, From Text to Screen

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