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Latin American Studies Minor

 

Requirements

The minor in Latin American Studies consists of 18-20 credit hours, as follows:

Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 105Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.

TWO COURSES from either SPAN or PORT sequences (both in the same language):

 
CourseTitleCreditsOffered
SPAN 113Intermediate Spanish

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SPAN 115Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World

4

 Fall, Spring.
SPAN 201WConversation and Composition

4

 Fall, Spring.
SPAN 202WComposition and Conversation

4

 Fall, Spring.
PORT 113Intermediate Portuguese

4

Spring.
PORT 114Readings in Intermediate Portuguese

4

Fall.
PORT 115Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

4

 Fall, Spring.
PORT 201WConversation and Composition

4

 Fall.
PORT 202WComposition and Conversation

4

 Spring.

TWO COURSES from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

 Fall, Spring.
HIST 241Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America

3

Annually.
HIST 242Modern Latin America

3

Annually.
HIST 243Latino Peoples and US History

3

Annually.
LAS 363Seminar: Topics in Latin American Studies

3

 Alternate years.
POL 103Global Politics

4

 Fall, Spring.
POL 341Politics of Development

4

Spring.
PORT 304Brazilian Literature and Culture

4

 Alternate years.
PORT 460WSeminar in Portuguese

3

As needed.
SPAN 312Latin American Literature and Culture: Pre-Eighteenth Century

4

 Fall.
SPAN 313Latin American Literature and Culture: From Eighteenth Century

4

 Spring.
SPAN 460WSeminar in Spanish

3

Annually.

Note: PORT 460W must be in Brazilian culture/literature and SPAN 460W must be on Latin American culture/literature.

Note: PORT 304 and PORT 460W each has PORT 202W as a prerequisite and SPAN 312, SPAN 313, or SPAN 460W has SPAN 202W as a prerequsite.

Total Credit Hours: 18-20