Minor in Latin American Studies
Units required for Minor: 21
Program Description
The minor in Latin American Studies (LAS) provides students with coursework that explores the historical, social, cultural, political, and transnational/transoceanic conditions of Latin American societies as well as the ways in which these factors have shaped historical and contemporary Latino/a/x identities. The curriculum includes courses from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and allows students to specialize in particular topical and/or thematic areas of interest.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Upper Division Courses (6 Units) | ||
| HIST 138A | Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 138B | Modern and Contemporary Latin America | 3 |
| Elective Courses (15 Units) 1,2 | ||
| Arts & Literature | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Latin American and Latino Art History | ||
| Latin American History in Film | ||
| World Music: Latin America | ||
| Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature | ||
| Latin American Literature, Beginnings to Modernism | ||
| Latin American Literature, Modernism to Present | ||
| The Short Story in Latin America | ||
| Civilization and Culture of Mexico | ||
| Society | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Archaeology of Mexico | ||
| The Evolution of Early Mesoamerican States | ||
| Culture and Society in Mexico | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Latin America | ||
| Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies | ||
| La Raza Studies | ||
| La Mujer Chicana | ||
| US Mexican Border Relations | ||
| Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and Caribbean | ||
| Politics of the African Diaspora | ||
| Politics of the African Diaspora | ||
| Latin American Government and Politics | ||
| History Of Mexico To 1910 | ||
| Revolutionary and Modern Mexico | ||
| Latin American Revolutions in the Twentieth Century | ||
| Mexican-American History | ||
| Anarchists and Revolutionaries: Transnational Radicalism in America | ||
| Seminar in Recent Interpretations of Latin American History | ||
| Chicano Community | ||
| Immigration Studies | ||
| Sociology of Globalization | ||
| Civilization and Culture of Hispanic America | ||
| Civilization and Culture of Spain | ||
| Total Units | 21 | |
- 1
Students must take at least one course from three difference disciplines.
- 2
No more than four courses from any one discipline count for the LAS minor.