The Latin
American studies minor is committed to several educational goals: (1) to
provide our students with knowledge of the history and culture of Latin
American countries, as well as an understanding of the role that these
countries play on the world stage from an economic and political perspective; (2)
to provide our students with knowledge of the history and culture of Latino and
Latin American populations in the United States, as well as their political and
economic situation; (3) to provide rigorous liberal arts training to students
enrolled in the minor by honing critical thinking and writing skills; (4) to
develop our students' academic proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese, languages
that are essential for the study of Latin America; (5) to give students an
introduction to the modes of inquiry of several academic disciplines through
the lens of Latin American studies. The minor is housed in the Department of
Spanish and Portuguese Studies, but includes courses from the Departments of
Economics, English, History, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology.
Coursework
Students will complete 18
credits chosen from core and elective courses, and must
earn a C or better in all
classes counted toward the minor. The distribution of the requirements will be
as follows:
- At least 3 courses in core courses, from at least two
different departments.
- The remainder of the courses will be chosen from core
and elective courses so that each minor will have taken courses in at least
three different departments.
- Language proficiency: each minor will demonstrate
proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese either by completing a course in either
language at the 200 level or by placement exam.
Faculty advisers
Jennifer Austin,
Spanish and Portuguese
Jason Cortés,
Spanish and Portuguese
Micaela Kramer, Spanish and Portuguese
Elena Lahr-Vivaz, Spanish and Portuguese
Core courses
History
21:510:207 History of Colonial Latin
America
21:510:208 History of Modern Latin America
21:510:311
Latin America and the United States
21:510:374,375 History of Spain
21:510:377 Portugal and Its Empire
Political Science
21:790:311 Government and Politics of Latin America
21:790:345 International Relations of Latin America
Sociology and Anthropology
21:070:352 Peoples and Cultures of Latin
America
Spanish and Portuguese
21:812:208 Introduction to Brazilian
Literature
21:812:318,319 Brazilian and Lusophone World Literature in English
Translation
21:812:349 Brazilian Film and Literature
21:940:208 Introduction to Latin
American Literature
21:940:343,344 Latin American Literature
in English Translation
21:940:348 Hispanic Film and Literature
21:940:350 U.S. Hispanic Literature
Electives
Economics
21:220:339 Economic Development
English
21:352:324 Latino/a Literature and
Culture
21:352:356 Caribbean Literature
21:352:368 Narratives of Migration in
the Americas
History
21:510:312 Democracy and Rebellion in Modern Latin
America
21:510:317 History of the Caribbean
21:510:325 History of Mexico and Central America
21:510:441,442
Topics in Latin American and Caribbean History
Political Science
21:790:345 International Relations of Latin America
Sociology and Anthropology
21:920:375 Poverty and Growth in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America
Spanish and Portuguese
21:812:321 Oral History of Newark's Ironbound Neighborhood
21:812:342,343 Lusophone World Culture I and II
21:812:351 Soccer, Samba, and
Spiritualism: Performing the Nation in Portugal and Brazil
21:812:440,441 Topics in Portuguese and Brazilian Culture
21:940:270 Puerto Rican Literature
21:940:304 Slavery, Race, and Black
Experience in Spanish-American Literature
21:940:322 Latino Bilingualism in the
United States
21:940:324 Puerto Rican Narrative
21:940:331 Themes in Spanish and
Spanish-American Literatures
21:940:333 The Latin American Short Story
21:940:341,342 Iberian and Ibero-American
Civilization
21:940:375 Indigenous and Indigenista
Literature from Latin America
21:940:379 National Literatures of
Spanish America
21:940:381 Journalism in the Hispanic
World: From Theory to Practice
21:940:432 Spanish-American Literature
of the Postboom
21:940:453 Hispanic Women Writers
21:940:454 Contemporary Latin American Novel
21:940:460 Early Spanish-American Literature
21:940:461 Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature
21:940:462 Spanish-American Literature: 20th-Century Poetry
and Prose
21:940:498 Theoretical Approaches to
Hispanic Literature and Culture
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