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Latino Studies Minor

Degree Requirements (21-24 credits)

Core courses (all required):

SPA 265Adv Grammar & Composition

3

or

SPA 302Spanish: Heritage Spkrs

3

SPA 309Hisapnic Culture in US

3

SPA 494Internship

1 -6

Students must take four courses from the following categories, with a minimum of one course from each of the three content areas:

Examination of regions from which Latinos emigrate to the United States

HIS 155Gender in Latin America

HIS 249Latin Amer Colonialism

4

HIS 250Origins and Development of Modern Latin America

3

Examination of minority and immigrant cultures in the United States

AMS 250Introduction to American Studies:Theory/Practice

4

AMS 251Urban American Studies

4

Manifestation of Latino culture through literature and the arts

SPA 307Surv Spa-Amer Lit

3

SPA 345Latin American Film

3

SPA 400Contemporary Latin American Novelists

3

HIS 150Latin America through Film and Novels

3

ART 376Latin American Art since Independence

Additional courses will be considered on an individual basis as fulfilling the content areas above, and subject to approval by the Chair of the Department of World Language & Cultures.