2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Latin American and Latina/o Studies Minor

The multi–disciplinary Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies offers a minor that includes courses in the areas of history, culture, law, psychology, sociology, politics and literature relating to the experience of Puerto Rican/Latinas/os in the United States, and of Latin Americans in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Minor coordinator. Professor José Luis Morín, Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies (212.393.6481, jmorin@jjay.cuny.edu)

Requirements. Students must complete 18 credits (six courses) of which 6 are required and 12 are elective. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minor or program.

Part One. Required Courses

LLS 215Socio-Political Developments in Contemporary Puerto Rico

3
LLS 242/POL 242/HIS 242U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America

3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Part Two. Distribution Requirements

Select two in each category

Category A: Latin America/Caribbean

LLS 101Poetry and Drama from the Mid–19th Century to Date

3
LLS 102Puerto Rican Narrative from the 1940s to the Present

3
LLS 104/HIS 104History of Puerto Rico

3
LLS 110/MUS 110Popular Musics of the Caribbean

3
LLS 145Puerto Rican Culture and Folklore

3
LLS 166/AFR 166/HIS 166History of the Caribbean Islands

3
LLS 220Human Rights and Law in Latin America

3
LLS 232/AFR 232Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean

3
LLS 245Dominican Society and Identity

3
LLS 250Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America

3
LLS 255The Latin American Woman in Global Society

3
LLS 260/HIS 260History of Contemporary Cuba

3
LLS 261/HIS 261Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary Latin America

3
LLS 263/AFR 263/HIS 263Blacks in Latin America

3
LLS 265/HIS 265Class, Race and Family in Latin American History

3
LLS 267/AFR 267/HIS 267History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States

3
LLS 280Selected Topics in Latin American and Latina/o Studies

3
LLS 343Race and Citizenship in the Americas

3
LLS 356Terror and Transitional Justice in Latin America

3

Category B: Latinas/os in the United States

LIT 265Foundations of U.S. Latino/a Literature

3
LIT 357Violence of Language: U.S. Latino/a Street Literature

3
LIT 383Gender and Sexuality in U.S. Latino/a Literature

3
LLS 100Latina/os and Justice in New York: Freshman Year Seminar

3
LLS 107Puerto Rican Literature: Criminal Justice Themes in Poetry and Drama

3
LLS 108Puerto Rican Literature: Criminal Justice Themes in the Essay, Short Story and Novel

3
LLS 201Latinas/os in the Correctional System

3
LLS 217/SPA 217/DRA 217Theater of the Americas Since 1960

3
LLS 241Latina/os and the City

3
LLS 247Growing Up Latina/Latino

3
LLS 280Selected Topics in Latin American and Latina/o Studies

3
LLS 321Puerto Rican/Latina/o Community Fieldwork

4
LLS 322Latino/a Struggles for Civil Rights and Social Justice

3
LLS 325The Latina/o Experience of Criminal Justice

3
LLS 341Immigrant Rights in the Americas

3
LLS 362Entangled Tongues: Bilingualism in U.S. Latino/a Literature

3
LLS 363Illegal Subjects: U.S. Latina/o Literature and the Law

3
LLS 364Ethical Strains in U.S. Latina/o Literature

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Total Credit Hours: 18