Latin American Studies Minor

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Sandra Garcia Sanborn, Ph.D., Director

Office: Bizzini Hall - C218
Phone: (209) 667-3726

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The Latin American Studies Minor provides students with an inter-disciplinary perspective on a diverse and vast region vital to the Central Valley, California, and the U.S. The program is designed to foster an understanding and appreciation of Latin America today through a wide range of disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Faculty advisers encourage students to be creative and design a specialization that complements a number of competitive majors including Anthropology, Business, History, Political Science, and Journalism. The minor encourages students in the classroom, study abroad experience, and extracurricular activity such as the annual colloquium series.

Requirements

(18 units)

1. Complete the following lower-division core requirement courses:

(6 units)

Note: A student who can demonstrate equivalent preparation may be exempt from three to six units of the lower-division requirement. Students may also use equivalent preparation from a Study Abroad experience to fulfill the core requirement if approved by the Director of Latin American Studies.

SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish I 3 unit(s)
and
SPAN 1020 - Elementary Spanish II 3 unit(s)
or
SPAN 2010 - Intermediate Spanish I 4 unit(s)
SPAN 2011 - Spanish for Native Speakers I 3 unit(s)
and
SPAN 2015 - Spanish for Native Speakers II 3 unit(s)
or
PORT 1000 - Elementary Portuguese 4 unit(s)
and
PORT 2000 - Intermediate Portuguese 4 unit(s)

2. Complete one of the following:

(3 units)

Take one of the following courses as a foundation in Latin American Studies. Additional courses may be included in the minor if approved by the Director of Latin American Studies.

ANTH 3090 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 3520 - Modern Latin America 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3300 - Literature and Civilization of Spanish American I 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3310 - Literature and Civilization of Spanish American II 3 unit(s)

3. Select nine elective units from the following list of upper division courses:

(9 units)

Courses should be selected with attention to gaining breadth of experience so the student will have taken courses from at least three disciplines in the minor. Additional courses may be included in the minor if approved by the Director of Latin American Studies.

ANTH 3060 - Peoples and Cultures of the Amazon 3 unit(s)
ANTH 3080 - Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 unit(s)
ANTH 3090 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 3 unit(s)
ANTH 3320 - Native Peoples of Latin America 3 unit(s)
ANTH 3555 - Aztecs, Mayas, and Predecessors 3 unit(s)
ANTH 3560 - On the Inka Road 3 unit(s)
ART 2528 - Art History Survey - Latin American 3 unit(s)
ART 4536 - Colonial Latin American Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4547 - Twentieth Century Latin American Architecture unit(s)
ART 4549 - Latin American Modernism 3 unit(s)
ART 4556 - Contemporary Latin American Art 3 unit(s)
ENGL 4330 - Latinx Literature and Cultural Studies 3 unit(s)
ETHS 3110 - Chicano/a/x-Latino/a/x Film 3 unit(s)
ETHS 3115 - Chicanx/Latinx Cultural Production 3 unit(s)
ETHS 3200 - Chicana Activism and Identity 3 unit(s)
ETHS 4000 - Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x Families 3 unit(s)
GEOG 3520 - Geography of Mexico and Central America 3 unit(s)
GEOG 3540 - Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean 3 unit(s)
HIST 3510 - Colonial Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 3520 - Modern Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 4500 - History of Mexico 3 unit(s)
HIST 4510 - United States and Latin America 3 unit(s)
HIST 4530 - A History of Mexican and Central American Migration 3 unit(s)
HIST 4540 - The Spanish-Aztec War 3 unit(s)
HIST 4710 - Mexican American History 3 unit(s)
HIST 4720 - Modern Atlantic Slavery 3 unit(s)
PHIL 4700 - Contemporary Latin American Political Philosophy 3 unit(s)
PORT 3302 - Brazilian Literature 3 unit(s)
PORT 3930 - Portuguese and Brazil Literature in Translation 3 unit(s)
PSCI 3410 - Comparative Politics Latin America 4 unit(s)
PSCI 4680 - U.S. - Latin American Relations 4 unit(s)
SPAN 3300 - Literature and Civilization of Spanish American I 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3310 - Literature and Civilization of Spanish American II 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3610 - Spanish American Civilization 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3900 - Cultura y Literatura Chicana 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3930 - Spanish and Latin-American Literature in Translation 3 unit(s)
SPAN 3970 - Contemporary Latin-American Prose Translation 3 unit(s)
SPAN 4201 - Teatro Hispánico 3 unit(s)
SPAN 4231 - La Novela de la Revolución 3 unit(s)
SPAN 4600 - Literatura Mexicana 3 unit(s)

Note:

If applicable, six units of Study Abroad experience as part of the 12 unit requirement may be accepted. Find out about Study Abroad in Latin American Studies by contacting the minor adviser or the Office of International Education. Some of the listed courses may cross count. To find out, contact the major adviser.

Three of the required twelve units can be 4980 Independent Study (with approval of the minor adviser).