Latin American Studies Minor

The Latin American Studies minor consists of 6 courses, as follows:

I. INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES - ONE COURSE

ANTH 255 - Latin America in Motion  
GEOG 249 - Environment and Society in Latin America  
LATI 141 - Latin America Through Women’s Eyes 
LATI 151 - Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance 
LATI 181 - Introduction to Latin America  

II. LANGUAGE

Competency in Spanish to the level of SPAN 305  or competency in Portuguese to the level of PORT 331 .

III. LATIN AMERICA ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES - FOUR COURSES

Choose four courses from across our Humanities and Social Sciences disciplinary areas. No more than three can come from a single disciplinary area. One study abroad course can be counted toward this requirement, with the Director’s approval. At least one course must be an advanced 300-level seminar (SPAN 354  and above in Spanish and Portuguese). Minors may also elect to enroll in LATI 488  as their advanced seminar. (See list of Across the Disciplines courses .)