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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin
Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Minor in
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Minor Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 18
The concentration in Latin American and Caribbean Studies consists of the completion of a total of 18 s.h. distributed as follows: 1. Language Requirement
The student must fulfill the University language requirement in Spanish, Portuguese, or French, or demonstrate equivalent competency (through transfer credit, or placement test, or other) in one of those languages. 2. Primary Courses - Semester Hours: 9
9 s.h. of primary courses listed, chosen from the following: - ANTH 105 - (BH) Latin American Cultures Semester Hours: 3
- ECO 110 - (BH, CC) Economics of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
- GEOG 140 - (BH, CC) Geography of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
- HIST 142 - (CC) Latin America: 1810 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
- LACS 001 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin America and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature Semester Hours: 3
- LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America Semester Hours: 3
- LACS 016 A-Z - (CC, IS) The Latin American Experience Semester Hours: 3
- LACS 017 A-Z - (CC, IS) The Caribbean Experience Semester Hours: 3
- LACS 018 A-Z - (IS) Latinx Communities in the United States Semester Hours: 3
- PSC 130 - (BH, CC) Latin American and Caribbean Politics Semester Hours: 3
- SOC 139 - (BH) Sociology of Immigration and the Law Semester Hours: 3
- SPAN 113B - Cultures of Latin America Semester Hours: 3
- SPLT 054 - (LT) 19th- and 20th-Century Latin-American Literature Semester Hours: 3
- SPLT 058 - (LT, CC) The Empire Writes Back: Autobiography and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America Semester Hours: 3
- SPLT 059 - (CC, LT) Farewell to Columbus: Rethinking the Latin American Heritage Semester Hours: 3
- SPLT 063 - (CC, LT) On Soccer and Latin America Semester Hours: 3
3. Elective and Comparative Courses - Semester Hours: 6
6 s.h. of elective or comparative courses listed, with no more than 3 s.h. in comparative courses. Note: In addition to the courses listed below under Elective Courses or Comparative Courses, special topics courses (e.g., HIST 177 A-G , GEOG 106 , MASS 180 to 189 A-Z , PSC 154 A-Z , SPAN 145 A-Z and SPAN 180 A-Z ), Honors College Seminars, and independent studies/readings may be included in the major or minor when covering Latin American and Caribbean themes, pending approval of program director(s). 4. Seminar - Semester Hours: 3
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Relevant special topics courses and independent studies given in any department are acceptable for the major with the approval of the LACS director. |
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