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Nov 23, 2024
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Undergraduate Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Latino and Latin American Studies Minor
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The Latino and Latin American studies minor invites students to engage in focused multidisciplinary analysis of the transnational Spanish-speaking American world. From wide-ranging perspectives students study the cultural, economic, political, and social realities, both past and present, of more than 20 American countries where Spanish is spoken as a native or heritage language. With the United States now second in the world in its national Spanish-speaking population, the study of Latin America and Latinos in the United States is both timely and needed.
The minor grounds students’ academic studies in experiential learning through service learning in the Chicago-area Latino community, and/or through study abroad. It further distinguishes its students by requiring higher minimum language proficiencies in the four key skills in Spanish than those required by the core curriculum in foreign languages for graduation.
Minor Requirements:
The minor requires 18 credit hours, including:
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Additional Requirements:
- Minimum of 40 hours of service learning in the Chicago-area Latino community or study abroad in Latin America
- Language proficiency requirement minimum: intermediate-high (this level will be achieved by most students at the end of successfully completing SPAN 246 - Introduction to Spanish America , and will be tested by an oral proficiency interview and a writing sample.)
Approved Elective Courses
Apparel Design and Merchandising Courses: - APRL 200 - Cultural Perspectives in Dress (with 1-credit course intensification focused on Latin American dress)
Art History Courses: - ARTH 295 - Latin American Art
Communication Arts and Sciences: - CAS 298 - Global Media
- CAS 321 - Intercultural Communication (with 1-credit course intensification focused on Latin American/Latino subjects)
- CAS 396 - Leadership in a Diverse Multicultural Environment
English Courses: - ENGL 287 - Contemporary Multiethnic U.S. Literature
- ENGL 289 - U.S. Latino/a Literature
History Courses: - HIST 241 - Colonial Latin America
- HIST 242 - Modern Latin America
- HIST 315 - Latin American Revolutions
- HIST 328 - Latin American and United States Relations
- HIST 329 - Caudillos and Dictators in Latin America
Nutrition Courses: - NUTR 280 - Multicultural Foods: Experiencing Culture Through Food
Political Science Courses: - POSC 242 - Latin American Politics
Psychology Courses: - PSYC 245 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
Sociology Courses: - SOC 204 - Latin America Today
- SOC 205 - Latina/o Sociology
- SOC 302 - Sociology of Globalization and Development
- SOC 342 - El Salvador, Human Rights, Globalization
- SOC 350 - Women and Development
Spanish Courses: - SPAN 231 - Spanish Language and Culture for Heritage Speakers
- SPAN 246 - Introduction to Spanish America
- SPAN 301 - Advanced Grammar and Composition
- SPAN 325 - Introduction to Hispanic Cinema
- SPAN 390 - Latin-American Literature I
- SPAN 391 - Latin-American Literature II
- SPAN 427 - Special Topics
Study of Women and Gender Courses: - SWG 381 - Transnational Feminist Theories
Study Abroad Courses: - STA 299 - International Service Study Abroad: Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti, South Africa (Cuernavaca, Mexico or Haiti)
- STA 330 - Cuba-Culture, History, and Politics
- STA 342 - El Salvador: Human Rights, Gender, and Globalization
Theology Courses: - THEO 239 - Latin@ American Religious Experience and Theology
Additional courses not listed here may, with the approval of the director, count towards the minor.
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