Minor Requirements

Students interested in the Latin American and Latino studies minor must take a minimum of six courses (18 credits) and complete a core of three courses (9 credits) consisting of:

• Either 50:590:210  Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 credits) or 50:940:208  Spanish American Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
• 50:940:121  Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits) or any Spanish course above that level, and
• Either 50:516:211 or 50:516:212  Latin American History I or II (3,3 credits)

The remaining three courses will be selected from the following list:

Anthropology (070)
341  Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3)

Art History (082)
329  Pre-Columbian and Meso-American Art (3)
485  Latin American Art and Culture (3)

History (516)
211  Latin American History I (3)
212  Latin American History II (3)

Political Science (790)
211  Introduction to International Politics (3)
311  Government and Politics of Latin America (3)
328  Comparative Politics of Developing Nations (3)
338  Government and Business in the International System (3)
364  Politics of Minority Groups (3)
425  Modernization in the Third World (3)
469  Rich Nations/Poor Nations (3)

Psychology (830)
203  The Psychology of Minority Groups (3)

Sociology (920)
316  Race and Ethnicity (3)
317  Race in Latin America (3)
344  Dance of the African Diaspora (3)
370  Globalization and Social Change (3)

Spanish (940)
122  Intermediate Spanish II (4)
151  Civilization of Spanish Peoples (3)
203  Spanish Composition and Conversation (3)
208  Spanish-American Culture and Civilization (3)
225  Spanish for Business (3)
226  Spanish for the Legal Professions (3)
227  Spanish for the Health Professions (3)
301  Introduction to Spanish-American Literature (3)
Any class on Latin America at 300 or 400 level

School of Business (52)
620:369  The Management of Multinational Business (3)
630:371   International Marketing (3)

Other relevant courses with advance approval of the program director.