Latinx Studies Minor

Program Contacts:

Dr. Silvia Mejía

Chair, Department of World Languages & Cultures

Email: [e-mail]

Department webpage: World Languages & Cultures

Minor Requirements (21-24 credits):

Required courses:

SPA 300	Spanish Written Expression	3
	or
SPA 302	Spanish: Heritage Spkrs	3
SPA 309	Hispanic Culture in US	3
SPA 494	Internship: Translation	1 to 6

Students must take four courses from the following categories, with a minimum of one course from each of the three content areas:

Contextualization of Latin American migration to the United States:

HIS 249	Latin Amer Colonialism	4
HIS 250	Origin/Dev Modrn Latin America	3

Examination of minority and immigrant cultures in the United States:

POS 215	Race&Mass Incarceration in US	4
SOC 260	Inst'l Racism & Ethnic Oppr	3

Manifestations of Latinx culture through literature and the arts:

ENG 235	Latinx Literature	4
HIS 150	Lat Am Film/Novel	3
SPA 307	Survey Spanish-American Lit	3
SPA 345	Latin American Film	3
SPA 400	Contemporary Latin Amer Novel	3

Additional courses will be considered on an individual basis as fulfilling the content areas above. They will be subject to approval by the Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures.