Course Offerings

To complete the minor in Latin American and Caribbean studies, you must demonstrate competence in English and one other language (Spanish, French, or Portuguese). To demonstrate competence in a language other than English, you may complete one or two advanced courses, take a semester abroad, or make effective use of the language in readings and research for the seminars and other courses. Five courses, distributed over any three of the participating disciplines, are necessary. One of these must be either of the four team-taught interdisciplinary seminars offered by the program:

• LAC 300 Justice and the Developing World - Nicaragua
• LAC 301 Latin America and the United States
• LAC 302 The Human Condition in Latin America
• LAC 384 Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

Courses that you may choose include:

Art History

• AH 242 The Arts of Spain and Its World, 1474-1700

Biology

• BI 79 Rainforest Ecosystems
• BI 383 Coral Reef Seminar

Economics

• EC 235 Economic Development of Third World Nations

Environmental Studies

• EV 300 Seminar on the Environment

English

• EN 383 Women Caribbean Writers

French/English

• FR/EN 295

History

• HI 277 Mexico: Cortés to the NAFTA
• HI 287 A Green History of Latin America
• HI 288 Colonial Latin America 1492-1800
• HI 289 Modern Latin America
• HI 290 Central America: Conquistadores to Democracy
• HI 291 Africans in the Americas, 1500-1800

International Studies

• IL 295 Seminar in International Studies

Politics

• PO 142 Latin American Politics
• PO 143 Caribbean Politics

Religious Studies

• RS 235 Liberation Theology

Sociology and Anthropology

• AY 130 Society and Culture of Latin America and Africa
• SO 185 Migration from Latin America and the Caribbean to the US
• SO 191 Social Change in Developing Nations

Spanish

• SP 122 Continuing Spanish
• SP 221 Spanish Composition
• SP 222 Spanish Conversation
• SP 245 Analysis and Interpretation of Hispanic Literature
• SP 253 Spanish American Civilization
• SP 262 Spanish Translation into English
• SP 271 Hispanic Film
• SP 287 United States-Latino/a Literature
• SP 303 From Empire to Modernization in Spanish Literature
• SP 305 Popular Culture in Latin America
• SP 346 Spanish American Drama
• SP 353 Spanish American Short Prose Fiction
• SP 359 Culture, Civilization and Literature in the Spanish-American Caribbean Region
• SP 371 Images of Latin American Indians

• SP 377-378 Internship