Latin American Studies
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM
This is a multidisciplinary program that includes courses in History, Economics, Modern Languages and Cultures, Anthropology, Psychology, English, Environmental Studies, and Fine Arts. The program provides students with the awareness of and sensitivity to Latin American culture, economic development, and institutional structures necessary to be effective practitioners of a variety of disciplines: international management, marketing, accounting and world trade, law and diplomacy, nursing, speech therapy and clinical psychologists planning to work with a U.S. Latino clientele, and postgraduate work in Latin American History, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Languages, Environmental Science and Economics.
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Required Courses: 18 |
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| Foundation Courses | |||
| Required: Three courses (9)—must include at least one course from each of Groups A and B below. |
9 |
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Group A |
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SPA |
263 | Spanish for Native Speakers |
(3) |
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SPA |
280 | Intensive Review of Spanish |
(3) |
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SPA |
283 | Intermediate Spanish Conversation |
(3) |
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SPA |
284 | Intermediate Spanish Composition |
(3) |
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Group B |
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HIS |
133 | Latin America: The Colonial Era |
(3) |
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HIS |
134 | Modern Latin America |
(3) |
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HIS |
231 | Latin America: A Century of Social Changeand Revolution |
(3) |
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ANT |
296H | The Traditional and Modern Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean |
(3) |
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LAS |
101 | The Other “ America”: Introduction to Latin American Studies**** |
(6) |
| Advanced Courses | |||
| Required: Three courses (9)—must include at least one course from each of Groups C and D below |
9 |
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Students are strongly encouraged to take either HIS 243 or LAS 201 Urban Internship as a capstone experience. |
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Group C |
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SPA |
311 | Introduction to Latin American Culture |
(3) |
| SPA | 319 | Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature I* |
(3) |
| SPA | 320 | Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature II** |
(3) |
| SPA | 321 | The Literature and Culture of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean |
(3) |
| SPA | 323 | Modern Latin American Prose |
(3) |
| SPA | 344 | The Short Story and Essay in Spanish America |
(3) |
| SPA | 345 | Latin American Theater |
(3) |
| SPA | 347 | The Culture of Mexico |
(3) |
| SPA | 313A | Field Study in Latin American Culture |
(3) |
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SPA |
154V | Latin American Cinema |
(3) |
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SPA |
154Q | Negotiating Borders: Latino Film of the United States |
(3) |
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SPA |
346 | Hispanic Literature and Culture in the United States |
(3) |
| LAS | 150 | Modern Latin American Divas: Female Social, Political and Cultural Leadership in the Republican Era**** |
(6) |
| Group D | |||
| HIS | 234 | Brazilian Civilization |
(3) |
| LAS | 250 | History and Environmental Policy: The Case of the South American Rain Forest*** |
(6) |
| ART | 296Q | Latin American Art |
(3) |
| LAS | 201 | Latin America, the Caribbean and the World*** |
(6) |
| LAS | 230 | “So Far from God, So NEar to Uncle Sam”: Mexico in History and Literature***** |
(6) |
| ECO | 359 | Political Economy of Developing Nations |
(3) |
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ANT |
296K | Latino Families in Cross-Cultural Perspectives |
(3) |
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PSY |
296A | Psychology of Ethnic Minorities: The Latino Experience |
(3) |
| * May be used to meet certificate requirement only if SPA 320 is not also used. | |||
| ** May be used to meet certificate requirement only if SPA 319 is not also used. | |||
| *** Counts as two Group D courses. | |||
| **** Counts as one GroupBC and one Group C course. | |||
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***** Counts as one Group C and one Group D course. |
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Total credits |
18 |
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