Requirements for the Minor in Latino Studies
Required: 21 credit hours from the following. Students declaring Latino Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.
Required Course (3 credit hours):
INDS 220/HIST 220 Introduction to Ethnicity and Race (3)
Core Courses (9 credit hours):
Note: Students are required to take one semester of language, unless otherwise advised by the program coordinator, and one course from each of the remaining groups listed below - Literature and History. All courses from the Department of Modern (Foreign) Languages and Literatures designated as LANG are taught in English with the exception of LANG 400 Special Topics, which may be taught in Spanish or English, as determined by the instructor; all courses designated SPAN are taught in Spanish.
Language:
SPAN 215 Intermediate Spanish I (or equivalent)
Literature:
ENGL 241/INDS 241 Introduction to Latino Literature
History:
One course from the following choices:
HIST 282 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
HIST 283 Revolution and Reform in Latin America
HIST 289 Comparative North America
HIST 380 Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mexico
HIST 381 Mexico in the Modern World
Electives (6 credit hours; two courses, one in each of two disciplines):
ANTH 324 Anthropology of the Caribbean
ENGL 299/399/499 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)
ENGL 304/INDS 304 Latina Literary and Cultural Studies
HIST 299/399 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)
LANG 327 Sex and Magic in Latin American Literature
MUS 334 Music of Latin America
POLI 371 Civil Rights and Liberties (with approval of coordinator)
PSY 280 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)
SOC 316 Minority Groups
SOC 350 Special Topics (with approval of coordinator)
SPAN 315 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
SPAN 317 Spanish Conversation
SPAN 325 Survey of Spanish-American Literature
SPAN 377 Special Topics
SPAN 425 Spanish-American Fiction
WOST 203 Chicana Writers/Visual Artists
Capstone Course (3 credit hours):
INDS 403 Independent Study: Latino Topics
or INDS 493 Latino Studies Internship: U.S. Latino Organizations