Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Minor · 18 credits

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One literature or culture course (Group A)

Pick 1 course · 23 courses to choose from

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Two additional upper-division courses (Groups A and B)

Pick 2 courses · 2621 courses to choose from

Too many to list: the 34 listed courses

Introductory course

HUS 254Latin America Today3 cr
or
HUS 250Caribbean Cultures3 cr
or
HIS 214Modern Latin America3 cr
or
POL 214Modern Latin America3 cr

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HUS 254 - Latin America Today 3 credits OR HUS 250 - Caribbean Cultures 3 credits OR HIS 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits POL 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits

One literature or culture course (Group A)

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AFH 339Arts of the African Diaspora3 cr
ARH 329Arts of the African Diaspora3 cr
AFH 368Caribbean and American Connections in Literature3 cr
EGL 368Caribbean and American Connections in Literature3 cr
AFH 385French Caribbean Literature3 cr
HUF 385French Caribbean Literature3 cr
ARH 326Arts of Ancient Mesoamerica3 cr
EGL 375
EGL 376The Literature of Imperialism3 cr
HUS 254Latin America Today3 cr
HUS 261Latin American Literature in a Global Context3 cr
HUS 271United States Latino Literature and Culture3 cr
HUS 272Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America3 cr
HUS 290Latin American Cinema3 cr
JRN 390Special Topics in Journalism3 cr
LIN 240Spanish in the U.S.3 cr
SPN 392The Culture and Civilization of Latin America3 cr
SPN 410Theory in Contexts3 cr
SPN 415Hispanic Cultures in Contact3 cr
SPN 420Topics in Spanish and Latin American Cinema3 cr
SPN 435Topics in Latin American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Present3 cr
EGL 372Topics in Women and Literature3 cr
MUS 311Topics in Ethnomusicology3 cr
SPN 405Issues in Hispanic Cultural Studies3 cr

Excluding courses already counted toward “Introductory course”.

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One literature or culture course, to be chosen from those listed in Group A

Two additional upper-division courses (Groups A and B)

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ARH 326Arts of Ancient Mesoamerica3 cr
ARH 329Arts of the African Diaspora3 cr
AFH 339Arts of the African Diaspora3 cr
AFH 368Caribbean and American Connections in Literature3 cr
EGL 368Caribbean and American Connections in Literature3 cr
AFH 385French Caribbean Literature3 cr
HUF 385French Caribbean Literature3 cr
EGL 372Topics in Women and Literature3 cr
EGL 375
EGL 376The Literature of Imperialism3 cr
HUS 261Latin American Literature in a Global Context3 cr
HUS 271United States Latino Literature and Culture3 cr
HUS 272Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America3 cr
HUS 290Latin American Cinema3 cr
JRN 390Special Topics in Journalism3 cr
MUS 311Topics in Ethnomusicology3 cr
SPN 392The Culture and Civilization of Latin America3 cr
SPN 405Issues in Hispanic Cultural Studies3 cr
SPN 410Theory in Contexts3 cr
SPN 415Hispanic Cultures in Contact3 cr
SPN 420Topics in Spanish and Latin American Cinema3 cr
SPN 435Topics in Latin American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Present3 cr
AFH 329Pan-African Literature I3 cr
AFH 330Pan-African Literature II3 cr
AFS 350Black Women and Social Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective3 cr
HIS 350Topics in African History3 cr
ECO 335Economic Development3 cr
SUS 316Cuba and Sustainability3 cr
HIS 380Topics in Latin-American History3 cr
HIS 389Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-20203 cr
POL 372
SOC 364Sociology of Latin America3 cr
WST 395Topics in Global Feminism3 cr
WST 398Topics in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity3 cr

Excluding courses already counted toward “One literature or culture course (Group A)”.

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Two additional upper-division courses to be chosen from Groups A and B

Internship or independent research

LAC 488Internship0–6 cr
or
LAC 487Independent Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies0–6 cr

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LAC 488 - Internship 0-6 credits, OR LAC 487 - Independent Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies 6 credits.

Total minor credits

Completion of the minor requires 18 credits.

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Completion of the minor requires 18 credits.