Latin American Studies Minor
(18 credits)

The Latin American Studies Minor requires completion of 18 credits drawn from a list of approved courses, with at least 12 credits taken at the 300/400 level.

No more than nine credit hours can be taken in any one discipline, and a minimum of three must be taken in each of three areas:

1) art and literature

2) history and civilization

3) the social sciences

Students are required to complete Spanish or Portuguese through the intermediate level (201 and 202 or 205), and these two courses may be used as part of the 18 credits of the minor.

Native and heritage speakers of Spanish and Portuguese should be advised, however, that the Department of Foreign Languages does not allow them to enroll in Spanish or Portuguese 201 or 202, respectively.  In this case, appropriate language courses at the 300 and 400 level may be substituted.

Students are strongly recommended to complete third year Spanish (300, 301, 321, 331).

Students are urged to complete a study abroad experience of at least one month in Latin America.

Approved courses

Art and Literature

ARTH 335 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
ARTH 338 Art and Architecture of Latin America
ARTH 427 Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture of Mexico, Central America*
ARTH 450 Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica*
ARTH 451 Art and Architecture of Andean America*
ARTH 452* Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
CRAF 369 Ancient Peruvian Textile Techniques
SPAN 331** Survey of Latin American Literature
SPAN 430*** Literary Genres
SPAN 431*** Literary Periods

* The prerequisite for these courses is three credits in Art History or permission of instructor.
** The prerequisite for these courses is Spanish through intermediate level or the equivalent.
*** Spanish 301,302, or 303, 304 are pre-requisites for this course.

Note: The following topic courses may be used toward the minor with the approval of the advisor when the topic course concerns Latin America:

ARTH 474
CMLI 391
FLET 391
SPAN 491

History and Civilization

HIST 378 History of Central America
HIST 384 Latin America and World Affairs
HIST 385 History of Mexico
HIST 386 History of Brazil
SPAN 321 Latin American Civilization*

* Prerequisite for this course is Spanish through the intermediate level or the equivalent.

Note: History 391 may be used toward the minor with the approval of the advisor when the topic concerns Latin America.

Social Sciences

ECON 315 Economic Development*
GEOG 334 Regional Geography of Latin America
POLI 353 Latin American Gov. and Politics
POLI 452 Seminar in the Politics of Dev. Areas

* The prerequisite for this course is ECON 211-212 and junior standing.

Note: The following topic courses may be used toward the minor with the approval of the advisor when the topic concerns Latin America:

ANTH 350
ANTH 391
ECON 310
ECON 491
GEOG 391
POLI 391
POLI 491
SOCY 491
WMNS 391