This minor advances a critical understanding of Latinos/as as an integral social and cultural component of United States society and of the American hemisphere. Since it employs interdisciplinary research methods, this minor enhances a variety of majors and fields of study.
Requirements
The Latino Studies minor requires a minimum of 15 credits of coursework. At least nine of these credits must be from courses listed as, or cross-listed with LLAS:
- LLAS 2001, 2011W, 2012, 2995, 3210, 3211, 3470, 3990, 3998, 3999, 4212;
- LLAS 3241/ANTH 3041;
- LLAS/COMM 3320, 3322;
- LLAS 3232/ENGL 3605, LLAS 3233/ENGL 3607;
- LLAS 3250/HDFS 3442, LLAS 3251/HDFS 3268;
- LLAS 3220/HIST 3674, LLAS/HRTS 3221/HIST 3575, LLAS/HIST 3660W;
- LLAS/HIST/AFRA 3618; LLAS/HIST/AFRA 3618; LLAS/HIST 2662; LLAS/HIST/WGSS 3675;
- LLAS 3270/POLS 3662, LLAS 3271/POLS 3834, LLAS/POLS 3667;
- LLAS/SOCI 3525;
- LLAS/SPAN 3265;
- LLAS 3230/WGSS 3258, LLAS 3231/WGSS 3259, LLAS 3264/WGSS 3260/COMM 3321.
Additional courses elected from the following list may be counted for up to six credits permitted toward satisfaction of the required total of fifteen:
- AAAS/HIST/LLAS 3875;
- AFRA/HIST/LLAS/WGSS 2622; AFRA/HRTS/SOCI 2520; AFRA/SOCI 2510;
- ANTH 3021, 3029, 3042, 3150, 3152;
- ARTH 3640;
- COMM 3220, 4450W, 4802;
- DRAM 3133;
- ECON 2444, 2456; ECON/LLAS 2474;
- ENGL 3218, 3265W, 4203W;
- HDFS 3421;
- HIST 2621, 3554, 3608W, 3610, 3620, 3660W; HIST/LLAS 3607, 3609, 3619, 3635;
- INTD 2245;
- POLS 3218, 3235, 3237;
- SOCI/HRTS 2830/W, 3831; SOCI 2503, 2901, 2907, 3429, 3911, 3971;
- SPAN 3204, 3205, 3208, 3214, 3265, 3266;
- URBN 3276;
- WGSS 2267.
The minor is offered by El Instituto: Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Institute. For information, contact Anne Gebelein or call 860-486-5508.