Latin American Studies Minor

Minor Requirements 18-21 Credits

• LAS 111 - Introduction to Latin America (3 cr.)
• LAS 344 - Seminar (3 cr.)

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  Latin American Content Courses: (6 cr.)

  Select two courses from the following with each course being from a different category:

   

  Anthropology/Sociology Elective:

• ANT 323 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3 cr.)
• ANT 377 - Immigrants, Exiles, Refugees, and Transnational Communities (3 cr.)
• LAS 330 - The Drug War, Narco-Trafficking & Human Rights in the Americas (3 cr.)

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  Humanities Elective:

• ENG 271 - Latinx Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
• HIS 160 - Latin American Civilization (3 cr.)
• HIS 391 - Slavery in the Americas, 1492 - 1889 (3 cr.) or
• Higher level Spanish course
   
• SPA 385 - Introduccion to Hispanoamerica I: Epoca pre-Colonial-Siglo XIX (3 cr.)
• SPA 386 - Introduccion to Hispanoamerica II: Epoca Contemporanea (3 cr.)

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  Political Economy Elective:

• HIS 3630 - Latin American Foreign Relations (3 cr.)
• LAS 110 - Topics in Inter-American Affairs (3 cr.)
• LAS 350 - The Global Economy in Latin America: Industry, Labor and the Environment (3 cr.)
• PSC 321 - Latin American Politics (3 cr.)

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• LAS 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.) or
• PSC 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)

• Additional Latin American Studies: (6-9 cr.)

  Select one of the following options:

• LAS 459 - Field Study - Organization of American States (1 to 4 cr.) (3-4 cr.)

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• LAS 459 - Field Study - Organization of American States (1 to 4 cr.)(2nd Time) (3-4 cr.) or

• Latin American content course (3 cr.)

 

Study Abroad: (6-8 cr.)

• Two Latin American content courses taken in Latin America

 

Internship with Latin American Connection: (6-9 cr.)

• LAS 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.) (9 cr.) or
• LAS 498 - Internship (3 to 15 cr.) (6-9 cr.)

 

Two Latin American Content courses: (6 cr.)