THE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Course Requirements for the Minor: 18-30 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
0-12 units required:
A minimum language competency through the level of SPAN 201 is required for the the Latin American Studies minor. Students who can demonstrate language competency should see the minor adviser regarding completion of requirements.
| SPAN | 101 | First-Semester Spanish | 4.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: SPAN 101 is not available for credit to students with two or more years of Spanish within the last three years.
| SPAN | 102 | Second-Semester Spanish | 4.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: SPAN 101 or equivalent.
| SPAN | 201 | Third-Semester Spanish | 4.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or equivalent.
2 courses required:
| LAST | 110 | Intro to Latin Amer Studies | 3.0 | FS *NW |
| LAST | 495 | Seminar in Selected Topics | 3.0 | SP WP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, LAST 110.
12 units selected from:
No more than 6 units may be selected from any one subject area.
| ANTH | 367 | Mesoamerican Indians | 3.0 | FA |
| ANTH | 368 | Indigenous People of Lat Amer | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| ANTH | 422 | Ancient Civilizations Mex/Peru | 3.0 | Inq |
| ARTS | 405 | Pre-Columbian Mexican Art | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: ARTS 101 and ARTS 102 for art majors.
| ARTS | 406 | Meso-American/Colonial Art | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: ARTS 101 and ARTS 102 for art majors.
| CHST | 406 | Meso-American/Colonial Art | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: ARTS 101 and ARTS 102 for art majors.
| CHST | 454 | Chicano Literature | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| GEOG | 354 | Mexico: Land and People | 3.0 | FA *NW |
| GEOG | 355 | Cent Amer/Carib: Land/People | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| GEOG | 356 | South America | 3.0 | Inq |
| HIST | 380 | Colonial Latin America | 3.0 | FA *NW |
| HIST | 381 | Modern Latin America | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| HIST | 382 | Mexico: History and Politics | 3.0 | FS *NW |
| HIST | 480 | Social Revoltn in Latin Amer | 3.0 | Inq |
| LAST | 150 | Orientation to Mexico Program | 1.0 | FA |
| LAST | 321 | Central Amer: History/Politics | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| LAST | 350 | Mexico: History and Politics | 3.0 | FS *NW |
| LAST | 351 | Nat Hist/Ecology Middle Amer | 3.0 | FS *NW |
Prerequisites: Completion of the lower-division GE Breadth Area B requirement or faculty permission.
| LAST | 352 | Mexico: Art/Literature/Music | 3.0 | FS *NW |
| LAST | 353 | Regional: Art/Literature/Mus | 3.0 | SP NW |
| LAST | 354 | Mexico: Land and People | 3.0 | FA *NW |
| LAST | 355 | Cent Amer/Carib: Land/People | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| LAST | 489 | Intercult Experiential Lrng1.0 | 6.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: LAST 150, faculty permission.
| POLS | 321 | Central Amer: History/Politics | 3.0 | SP *NW |
| POLS | 415C | Comparative Gov: Latin America | 3.0 | FA |
| POLS | 446C | Inter-American Relations | 3.0 | SP |
| SPAN | 441 | Hispanic Short Story | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 442 | Hispanic Theater | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 443 | Hispanic Novel | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 451 | Literature of Mexico | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 452 | Viewing Carribbean | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301, SPAN 302; either SPAN 341 or SPAN 342 (may be taken concurrently).
| SPAN | 454 | Chicano Literature | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 471 | Women & Lit in Hispanic World | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 472 | Oral and Written Trad Spanish | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
| SPAN | 481 | Film & Lit in Spain/Latin Amer | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.