2012-2013 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Latin American Studies Minor
Requirements for a Minor in Latin American Studies
Minors in Latin American Studies (LAS) are required to complete 21 credit hours. No more than two courses from any department other than LAS can be counted toward the minor. There is no limit on the courses designated LAS that may apply to the minor. (The University rule is that students must complete 30 unduplicated credits for the major.)
All minors will be required to complete three core courses
- LAS 210 - Exploring Latin America Credits: 3
- LAS 374 - Revolution in the Americas Credits: 3
- SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II Credits: 4
Additional Courses
Note: Students who enter the university competent in Spanish at the 202-level or higher will take one extra course from the list below. Those with fourth-semester or higher competence in Portuguese may substitute Portuguese for the Spanish requirement but will likewise take one extra course from the list below.
In addition to the above required courses, students will choose four courses from the following list:
- AAA 202 - African Diaspora Credits: 3
- ANT 355 - Migration in Americas Credits: 3
- ANT 360 - Ethnology of Mesoamerica Credits: 3
- BIO 310 - Biological Diversity of the Americas Credits: 3
- ENG 378 - Contemporary Latin American Literature Credits: 3
- ENG 385 - Writing and Revolution in the Americas Credits: 3
- GEO 350 - Geology's Great Debate in the New World Credits: 3
- GPY 352 - Geography of Latin America Credits: 3
- GPY 380 - Special Topics in Geography Credits: 3
- HST 315 - Latinos: The Forging of Ethnic Identities Credits: 3
- HST 330 - Colonial Latin America Credits: 3
- HST 331 - Modern Latin America Credits: 3
- HST 334 - The Making of the Caribbean Credits: 3
- HST 372 - From Slavery to Freedom Credits: 3
- HST 632 - A History of Brazil Credits: 3
- LAS 320 - Model Organization of American States Credits: 3
- LAS 378 - Contemporary Latin American Literature Credits: 3
- LAS 380 - Special Topics in Latin American Studies Credits: 1 to 3
- LAS 399 - Independent Studies Credits: 1 to 3
- LAS 475 - Latinos in West Michigan Credits: 3
- LAS 490 - Latin American Studies Internship Credits: 1 to 3
- PLS 284 - Latin American Politics Credits: 3
- SPA 311 - Latin American Civilization and Culture I Credits: 3
- SPA 312 - Latin American Civilization and Culture II Credits: 3
- SPA 313 - U.S. Latino/a Civilization and Culture Credits: 3
- SPA 324 - Spanish-American Novel in Translation Credits: 3
- SPA 329 - Sociolinguistics of Spanish Credits: 3
- SPA 410 - Spanish American Narrative Credits: 3
- SPA 430 - U.S. Latino/a Literature Credits: 3
- SPA 460 - Women Authors Credits: 3 (only when focus is Latin American writers)