2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Latin American and Latino/a Studies Minor
Requirements
A total of 21 credits are needed to fulfill the Latin American and Latino/a studies minor. No more than two courses from any department other than LAS are counted toward the minor. There is no limit on the courses designated LAS that may apply to the minor.
Core Courses
There are 10 credits required, including:
AND one of the following:
- LAS 210 - Exploring Latin America (3 credits)
- LAS 220 - Introduction to Latino/a Studies (3 credits)
AND one of the following:
- LAS 330 - Colonial Latin America (3 credits)
- LAS 374 - Revolution in the Americas (3 credits)
- GPY 352 - Geography of Latin America (3 credits)
Additional Courses
Choose four of the following electives totaling at least 11 credits:
- AAA 302 - African Diaspora (3 credits)
- ANT 330 - Anthropology of Selected World Areas (3 credits)
- CJ 282 - Culture, Crime and Justice (3 credits)
- CJ 325 - Criminal Justice and Human Rights (3 credits)
- FVP 376/LAS 376 - Latin American Cinema (3 credits)
- ENG 335 - Literature of American Minorities (3 credits)
- ENG 378/LAS 378/SPA 378 - Contemporary Latin American Literature (3 credits)
- GPY 361 - People, Environment, and Development in the Amazon (3 credits)
- GPY 352 - Geography of Latin America (3 credits)
- HST 315 - Latinos: The Forging of Ethnic Identities (3 credits)
- HST 330 - Colonial Latin America (3 credits)
- HST 331 - Modern Latin America (3 credits)
- HST 334 - The Making of the Caribbean (3 credits)
- HST 372 - From Slavery to Freedom (3 credits)
- HST 375/LAS 375 - History of Mexico (3 credits)
- LAS 210 - Exploring Latin America (3 credits)
- LAS 220 - Introduction to Latino/a Studies (3 credits)
- LAS 325 - Human Rights in Latin America (3 credits)
- LAS 333 - Study Abroad - Latin America (1 to 6 credits)
- LAS 373 - Latinos/as in West Michigan (3 credits)
- LAS 380 - Special Topics in Latin American Studies (1 to 3 credits)
- LAS 399 - Independent Studies (1 to 3 credits)
- LAS 490 - Latin American Studies Internship (1 to 3 credits)
- PLS 284 - Latin American Politics (3 credits)
- SPA 304 - Spanish for Health Professionals (3 credits) OR SPA 305 - Spanish for Law Enforcement (3 credits) OR SPA 306 - Spanish for Business (3 credits)
- SPA 311 - Latin American Civilization and Culture I (3 credits)
- SPA 312 - Latin American Civilization and Culture II (3 credits)
- SPA 313 - U.S. Latino/a Civilization and Culture (3 credits)
- SPA 329 - Sociolinguistics of Spanish (3 credits)
- SPA 410 - Spanish American Narrative (3 credits)
- SPA 430 - U.S. Latino/a Literature (3 credits)
- SPA 460 - Women Authors (3 credits) (only when focus is Latin American writers)
- SOC 322 - Sociology of Community (3 credits)