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

Course List
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
ART 111	Latin American and Latino Art History 
HIST 137B	Latin American History in Film 
MUSC 119C	World Music: Latin America
SPAN 100	Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
SPAN 113	Latin American Literature, Beginnings to Modernism
SPAN 114	Latin American Literature, Modernism to Present
SPAN 134	The Short Story in Latin America
SPAN 153	Civilization and Culture of Mexico
Society
Select three of the following:		9
ANTH 121	Archaeology of Mexico
ANTH 122	The Evolution of Early Mesoamerican States
ANTH 143	Culture and Society in Mexico
ANTH 145	Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ETHN 30	Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies
ETHN 131	La Raza Studies 
ETHN 132	La Mujer Chicana
ETHN 136	US Mexican Border Relations
ETHN 137	Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and Caribbean
ETHN 141	Politics of the African Diaspora 
POLS 141	Politics of the African Diaspora 
POLS 147	Latin American Government and Politics
HIST 135A	History Of Mexico To 1910
HIST 135B	Revolutionary and Modern Mexico
HIST 137A	Latin American Revolutions in the Twentieth Century 
HIST 178	Mexican-American History 
HIST 181	Anarchists and Revolutionaries: Transnational Radicalism in America
HIST 192F	Seminar in Recent Interpretations of Latin American History
SOC 118	Chicano Community 
SOC 122	Immigration Studies
SOC 164	Sociology of Globalization
SPAN 151	Civilization and Culture of Hispanic America
SPAN 152	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.