About the Program
Director: Nancy Noguera, Associate Professor of Spanish
The multidisciplinary program in Latin American Studies offers students the opportunity to study this important region of the world, with which the United States has significant diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties, and from which more than 20 million United States citizens have come.
Courses about Latin America are offered in many disciplines to encourage students to explore the complex diversity of human experience in this region of the world through critical comparative perspectives. Advanced students may pursue independent study projects in their area of interest. A period of study in a Latin American country is highly encouraged.
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Requirements for the Minor (24 credits)
I. Required Course (4 credits)
HIST 75/Latin America Since Independence (4)
II. Four courses (16 credits) chosen in consultation with the Latin American Studies director from the following courses.
Courses must include at least one from both the humanities and social sciences and should be selected from at least three different departments.
A. Humanities Courses
HUM 19/Latin America, Europe, the U.S. : An Odyssey of Cultures (4)
SPAN 113/African Roots in Latin American Cultures (4)
SPAN 115/Odyssey of Cultures: Individual and Society in Spanish-American Literature (in English) (4)
SPAN 117/Selected Topics in Spanish (in English) (4)
SPAN 118/Selected Topics in English (4)
SPAN 154/Reading Nation, Gender and Ethnicity in Latin American Cultures (4)
B. Social Sciences
ANTH 30/Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America (4)
ANTH 140/Archaeological Field School (in Ecuador ) (summer) (4)
PSCI 106/Latin American Politics (4)
PSCI 134/Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy (4)
HIST 190/Selected Topics in History (when appropriate) (1-4)
III. One additional course (4 credits)
Students who have used a language other than Spanish to fulfill the General Education requirement must choose one course from the list below. All other students may select from either A or B above or from the list below:
SPAN 30/Intermediate Spanish (4)
SPAN 106A/Phonetics and Pronunciation (2)
SPAN 106B/Advanced Syntax and Composition (2)
SPAN 108A/Spanish in Performance: Hispanic Film and Society (2)
SPAN 108B/Spanish in Performance: Spanish Theater (2)
SPAN 109A/Speaking Spanish in Cross-Cultural Contexts (2)
SPAN 109B/Developing Oral Proficiency (2)
SPAN 110A, B/Voices from the Hispanic World (2, 2)
SPAN 125/Doing Business in the Hispanic World (4)
SPAN 127/Stylistics and the Art of Translation (4)
SPAN 128/Topics in Spanish Linguistics (4)
With the approval of the Latin American Studies Advisory Committee, students may apply up to 12 credits earned in an approved study-abroad program toward the completion of the minor.
Additional courses offered irregularly may also meet requirements of the minor. Consult the Latin American Studies course listings published each semester.
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