Latin-American Studies Minor

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The minor in Latin American Studies is designed to provide students not majoring in Latin American Studies with a concentration of courses that will impart a knowledge of the field and enhance their career opportunities and general knowledge in a focused manner. The minor requires a total of 36 units, 16 in required courses and 20 in electives.

Requirements for the Minor (36 units)

Required Courses (16 units)

LAS 150 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (4)
LAS 497A - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Latin American Studies (4)
LAS 497B - Research and Writing on Selected Latin American Topics (4)
SPAN 200C - Intermediate Spanish Non-Heritage Speakers (4) **
**Requirement may be met by examination and unit requirement met with courses selected from elective list.

Electives (20 units)

Select 20 units from the following, with courses from at least three fields including 4 units in Latin American Studies:

*when topic is Latin America

#no more than two of these courses

ANTH 404 - Peoples of South America (4)
ANTH 408 - Peasant Cultures of Middle America (4)
ANTH 428 - Civilizations of Western Mesoamerica (4)
ANTH 429 - Maya Civilization (4)
* ANTH 454L - Special Topics in Anthropology (1–6)
ART 447 - The Art of Mesoamerica and the Southwest (4)
* ART 454L,P - Special Topics in Art (1–4)
ART 457 - Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo (4)
CHS 311 - Chicano Cultural History (4)
CHS 400 - Literatures of Mesoamerica (4)
CHS 406 - Latina/o Communities in U.S. Society (4)
CHS 430 - Chicano Political Behavior (4)
CHS 444 - History of the Chicano People in the United States (4)
CHS 468 - U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (4)
CHS 466A - Colonial Mexico (4) also listed as
HIST 466A - Colonial Mexico (4)
CHS 466B - Building the Mexican Nation (4) also listed as
HIST 466B - Building the Mexican Nation (4)
CHS 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy (4) also listed as
HIST 466C - The Mexican Revolution and its Legacy (4)
CHS 467 - Modern Mexico and the Chicano People (4) also listed as
HIST 467 - Modern Mexico and the Chicano People (4)
CHS 404 - The Central American Experience in the US (4) also listed as
LAS 404 - The Central American Experience in the US (4)
CHS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion (4) also listed as
LAS 423 - Migration, Identity, and Religion (4)
or
ECON 460 - Economics of Developing Countries (4)
ECON 465 - Current Issues in Latin American Economies (4)
GEOG 427 - Mexico and Central America (4)
GEOG 428 - South America (4)
GEOG 333 - Environment and Development in the Third World (4) #
* GEOG 496 - Special Topics (1–4)
* GEOG 497 - Special Topics (1–4)
HIST 360 - Revolution and Society in Developing Countries (4) #
* HIST 450B - Research Capstone: Special Studies in History (4)
* HIST 451 - Special Lectures in History (2–4)
HIST 459 - Sexuality in the Americas (4)
HIST 461 - Latin America: Colonial Period (4)
HIST 462 - Latin America: 1810–1914 (4)
HIST 463 - Latin America: 1914 to Present (4)
HIST 464 - Central America Since Independence (4)
HIST 465 - Brazil (4)
HIST 469 - Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, 1325-1910 (4)
LAS 335 - Race and Culture in the Americas (4)
LAS 424 - The United States and Latin America (4)
LAS 425 - Latin American Responses to Imperialism and Globalization (4)
LAS 430 - Cuba and the World (4)
LAS 450 - Special Studies in Latin American Studies (1–4)
LAS 470 - Labor and Social Movements in the Americas (4)
LAS 499 - Undergraduate Directed Study (1–4)
LAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development (4) # also listed as
PAS 342 - Cultural Impact of Development (4) #
LAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World (4) # also listed as
PAS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World (4) # also listed as
POLS 360 - Dynamics of Change in the Developing World (4) #
TVF 434 - Latin American Radio Documentary Production (4)
MUS 358 - Music of the Oppressed in Latin America (4)
MUS 458 - Music of Latin America (4)
PAS 456 - Politics of the Caribbean and Central America (4) also listed as
POLS 456 - Politics of the Caribbean and Central America (4)
PHIL 433 - Latin American Philosophy (4)
POLS 451 - Latin American Politics (4)
* POLS 454 - Selected Topics in Comparative Politics (1–4)
SOC 442 - Social Change (4)
SPAN 300A - Advanced Composition and Grammar (4)
SPAN 300B - Advanced Composition and Grammar (4)
SPAN 315 - Spanish-American Civilization (4)
SPAN 401 - Introduction to Literary Analysis (4)
SPAN 411 - Spanish-American Literature I (4)
SPAN 413 - Spanish-American Literature II (4)
SPAN 417 - Spanish-American Short Story (4)
SPAN 419 - Colonial Spanish-American Literature (4)
SPAN 421 - Mexican Literature of Twentieth Century (4)
SPAN 429 - Nineteenth Century Spanish-American Literature (4)
SPAN 431 - Spanish-American Testimony (4)
* SPAN 454L,P - Special Topics in Spanish (1–4)
* SPAN 459 - Hispanic Play Production (3–4)
SPAN 483 - Contemporary Spanish-American Novel (4)
SPAN 485 - Southern Cone Fiction (4)

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Latin-American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor (36 units)

Required Courses (16 units)

Electives (20 units)