Latin American Studies Minor

Minor - Latin American Studies (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 32

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Required Lower Division Courses

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses:

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Show Description MCLG 100H - Intro Latin American Studies
Offered autumn or spring.  Same as ANTY 103H.  Multi–disciplinary survey and introduction to Latin America from pre–Columbian times to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description SPNS 101 - Elementary Spanish I
Offered autumn. Emphasis on oral communication, with development in all major skill areas: listening, speaking,  reading and writing.
 5 Credits
Show Description SPNS 102 - Elementary Spanish II
Offered spring. Prereq., SPNS 101. Continuation of 101.
 5 Credits
Show Description SPNS 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
Offered autumn. Prereq., SPNS 102. Continued practice in the oral skills with added emphasis on grammar and reading proficiency.
 4 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 17 Total Credits Required

Minor Electives

Rule: Must complete 15 credits from the following courses:

Note: SPNS 494 may count when topic is related to Latin American literature such as Latin American drama, poetry, novel, short story, Argentinian literature, or 19th Century Latin American Literature.

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Show Description ANTY 354H - Mesoamerican Prehistory
Offered intermittently. The development of civilization and prehistoric states in the New World. Prehistoric lifeways and the effects of European contact on these cultures.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 433H - Acient American Art
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Development of major ceremonial and urban centers throughout the Americas before the coming of Europeans. Analysis of how the visual arts articulate ancient world views or cosmologies in relation to nature. Focus on various strategies of reading the structure and meaning encoded in the layout of cities, stone sculpture, wall murals, ceramics, precious metals, and textiles.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 434H - Latin American Art
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Same as NAS 368H. Exploration of themes in the development of Latin American art from the colonial period to the present including Renaissance ideals in the “New World”, syncretism of European, African, and indigenous roots, the Black Legend, and the advent of such movements as Academism, Modernism, Social Realism, Magic Realism and Post-Modernism.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 494 - Sem Art Hist & Crit
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H, a 300-level art history course and consent of instructor. Upper-division seminar in varying topics of art history and criticism.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 493 - Study Abroad: Envir Justice LA
Offered summer.  Two week travel seminar to one or more Latin American countries to examine Latin American perspectives on environmental justice and efforts toward sustainable development within the context of the global economy and U. S. foreign policy.  Required one-credit seminar offered spring semester to provide background readings. 
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 230H - Colonial Latin America
(WRLD) Offered autumn.  Latin America from the conquest to wars for independence.  Focus on social relations, imperial and local politics, hegemony, resistance, and change.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 231H - Modern Latin America
(WRLD) Offered spring. Latin American history from wars of independence to the present.  Focus on social relations, development models, politics, and popular movements.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 334 - Latin America: Reform and Revo
(WRLD) Offered intermittently.  Different ideologies and projects in Latin America aimed at gradual or radical transformation of political systems and/or socio-economic relations.  Case studies range from the Haitian Revolution to the Bolivarian vision of Hugo Chavez.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 335 - Lat Am Workers & Labor
(WRLD) Offered intermittently. Study of the experiences and agency of diverse working people in Latin America. Influence of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and generation on working class identity and movements. Labor organizations and politics in historic context.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 435 - Lat Am Human Rgts & Memory
(WRLD) Offered intermittently. The legacy of state violence and ongoing struggles for truth and justice in select Latin American case studies.  Different uses of memory and narration in bearing witness to social and political conflict and human rights violations. 
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 437 - US-Latin America Relations
(WRLD) Prereq., history majors or minors or consent of instr. Research and writing seminar on U.S.-Latin American relations from the late 18th century through the 20th century.  Upper division writing course for the history major.
 3 Credits
Show Description MCLG 358 - Lat Amer Civ Thru Lit/Film
Offered spring.  The development of the traditional society of Latin American civilization through the interaction of European, Indian and African elements.  Credit not allowed for both LS/MCLG 358 and 359.
 3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 325 - Politics of Latin America
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing. Latin American politics from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
 3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 327 - Politics of Mexico
Offered spring. Prereq., junior standing or consent of instr. A review of contemporary politics of Mexico from the Revolution to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 432 - Inter-American Relations
Offered intermittently. Prereq., PSCI 325 or consent of instr. Examination of problems, issues and concepts in the international relations of nations of the western hemisphere.
 3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 463 - Development Administration
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing or consent of instr. Study of the functions and processes of public administration in the Third World. Focus on alleviating poverty and underdevelopment. Includes project design and development planning activities.
 3 Credits
Show Description S W 323 - Women & Soc Action Amer
Offered intermittently. Prereq., one of SW 100, SOCI 101S, or ANTY 101H or consent of instr. Same as WS 323. Focus on women’s experiences of and contributions to social change in North, South and Central America in the mid to late-20th century. Through case studies, testimonials, discussions with activists and Internet connections examine social constructions of gender, compare forms of social action in diverse cultural, political and historical contexts, link practice to theories of social participation, and reflect on lessons learned from women’s experiences.
 3 Credits
Show Description SPNS 331 - Contemp Latin Amer Lit
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., SPNS 202 or equiv. The study of representative works by Latin-American authors with emphasis on the 20th century. Includes an introduction to literary genres.
 3 Credits
Show Description SPNS 359 - Span Amer Civ Lit & Film
Offered spring in odd-numbered years.  Prereq., at least one upper–division class in Spanish and SPNS 301.  Same as MCLG and LS 358.  The development of the traditional society of Spanish American civilization through the interaction of European, Indian, and African elements.  Credit not allowed for both LS/MCLG 358 and SPAN 359.
 3 Credits
Show Description SPNS 432 - Latin American Literature
(R–6) Offered regularly.  Prereq. SPNS 326 or 331 or consent of instr.  Emphasis on major works of the 20th century.
 3 Credits
Show Description SPNS 494 - Seminar
(R–12) Offered regularly. Prereq., SPNS 326 or 331. Studies in major authors, periods, or genres.
 1 To 12 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 15 Total Credits Required