Latin American Studies Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies offers a basic understanding of the peoples and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean, their history and contemporary economic, social, and political problems, and the region’s relations with the United States.
The minor is offered by El Instituto: Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Institute. For information, contact Anne Gebelein. Anne.Gebelein@uconn.edu or call 860-486-5508.
Requirements
The minor consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours of course work selected from at least three disciplines distributed from the courses below.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| LLAS 2011W | Introduction to Latino-American Writing and Research | 3 |
| LLAS 2012 | Latinos in Connecticut: Serving the Community | 4 |
| LLAS 2293 | Foreign Study | 1-12 |
| LLAS 2995 | Special Topics in Latino and Latin American Studies | 1-6 |
| LLAS 3293 | Foreign Study | 1-17 |
| LLAS 3990 | Field Study | 1-6 |
| LLAS 3998 | Variable Topics in Latino and Latin American Studies | 3 |
| LLAS 3999 | Independent Study in Latino and Latin American Studies | 1-6 |
| LLAS 4212 | Field Internship in Latino Studies | 1-3 |
| LLAS 4994W | Latin American Studies Research Seminar | 3 |
| ANTH/LLAS 3021 | Contemporary Latin America | 3 |
| ANTH/LLAS 3029 | The Caribbean | 3 |
| ANTH 3041/LLAS 3241 | Latin American Minorities in the United States | 3 |
| ANTH 3150 | Migration | 3 |
| ANTH/AFRA 3152 | Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism | 3 |
| ANTH/LLAS/HRTS 3327 | Power and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| ARTH 3630/3630W | Alternative Modernities: Visual Culture of Latin America | 3 |
| ARTH 3640/3640W | Mexican and Chicano Art from Muralism to La Raza | 3 |
| LLAS/HRTS 2450 | Human Rights in Latin America | 3 |
| ECON/LLAS 2474 | Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 2630 | Role Playing History: The Mexican Revolution | 3 |
| HIST/GSCU 2650 | History of Urban Latin America | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS/AFRA 3618 | Comparative Slavery in the Americas | 3 |
| HIST 3619/3619W/LLAS 3619/3619W/AFRA 3619/3619W | History of the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST/AFRA 3620 | Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST 2621 | Cuba in Local and Global Perspective | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS/AFRA/WGSS 2622 | History of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST 4994W | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| HIST/AFRA 3206 | Black Experience in the Americas | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS/AFRA 3208 | Making the Black Atlantic | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3607 | Latin America in the Colonial Period | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3608W | The Hispanic World in the Ages of Reason and Revolution | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3609 | Latin America in the National Period | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3635 | History of Modern Mexico | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3660W | History of Migration in Las Americas | 3 |
| HIST/LLAS 3662 | Borderlands of the Americas | 3 |
| HRTS/LLAS/SPAN 3294 | Topics in Human Rights in Central America | 3 |
| HRTS/LLAS 3602 | Human Rights on the U.S./Mexican Border: Narratives of the Immigrant Experience | 3 |
| LLAS/WGSS 2256 | Latin American and Latinx Feminist Theory and Praxis | 3 |
| LLAS/NAIS 2346 | Afro-Indigenous Freedom Struggles in Latin America | 3 |
| LLAS/HIST 2507 | New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-1900 | 3 |
| POLS 2235 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POLS/LLAS 3667 | Puerto Rican Politics and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 3201 | Ibero-American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 3205 | Contemporary Spanish America | 3 |
| SPAN 3207 | Women's Studies in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 3214 | Topics in Hispanic Cultures | 3 |
| SPAN 3250 | Film in Spain and Latin America | 3 |
| SPAN 3251 | Latin American Film | 3 |
| SPAN 3254 | Special Topics in Latin American National Cinemas | 3 |
| SPAN 3260 | Studies in Spanish-American Literature | 3 |
| SPAN/LLAS 3265 | Literature of Puerto Rico and the Spanish Caribbean | 3 |
| SPAN 3267W | The Spanish-American Short Story | 3 |
With approval of the minor advisor, appropriate sections of 3293 courses taken through Education Abroad may count towards the minor. Appropriate sections of special or variable topic courses, including AFRA 3898 Variable Topics, ANTH 3098 Variable Topics, HIST 3098 Variable Topics, HRTS 3298 Variable Topics, POLS 2998 Variable Topics in Contemporary Political Issues, SPAN 3293 Foreign Study, SPAN 3298 Variable Topics, and WGSS 3998 Variable Topics may also count towards the minor with advisor consent.
Language Requirement
(Credits do not apply to minor’s 15-credit minimum) Students may demonstrate elementary proficiency in a Latin American language in one of the following ways:
- One 2000 level or above language course.
- Pass equivalent language exam administered by the Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages.
- Requirement waived for native speakers.
Students minoring in Latin American Studies should also consider participating in an Education Abroad program in Latin America or the Caribbean. Courses taken abroad may be counted toward the minor if they are equivalents of the courses listed above.