Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor

Coordinator: Assistant Professor Pite (History)

Requirements

The minor consists of a minimum of six courses:

Course are selected in consultation with the program coordinator and must include and upper level elective, independent study, internship, or thesis and be directed by a faculty member affiliated with the minor.

Students are asked to demonstrate proficiency through the intermediate level in a language relevant to the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Spanish is recommended.

Electives may be selected from:

A&S 203
A&S 206
A&S 207
A&S 208	Mapping Identities: Race, Ethnicity, & Residential Segregation in 1920’s Easton, PA
EGRS 480	Sustainable Solutions
GOVT 227	Latin American Politics
HIST 106
HIST 245	Latin America: The Colonial Period
HIST 246	Latin America: The National Period
HIST 345	Colloquium: History of Argentina
HIST 368	Seminar in Latin American History
INDS 190	Politics & Culture of the Caribbean
INDS 185	Guatemala: Innovations in Development
INDS 187	Sustainable Approaches in the Developing World: Rural Honduras from the Mayans to Present
MUS 232
REL 236	African Diasporic Religions in the Americas
SPAN 215	Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 304	Spanish American Civilization and Culture, 1492-1900
SPAN 314	Contemporary Spanish America and Hispanics in the U.S.
SPAN 317	Survey of Spanish American Literature I
SPAN 318	Survey of Spanish American Literature II
SPAN 370	Seminar on Translation
SPAN 421	Seminar in the Literature and Culture of the New World
SPAN 428	Seminar in Modern Spanish American Literature and Culture
SPAN 435	Research Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Civilization