Latin American Latino/a & Caribbean Studies Minor
For information, contact the LAS Program, 120 MacMillan Hall, 513-529-5333.
Latin American, Latino/a & Caribbean Studies (LAS) offer an interdisciplinary minor that is open to all students and is a valuable complement to a wide range of majors. Students may enroll in the program by declaring intent with an LAS advisor. All students must complete at least 18 credit hours. In addition to taking an introductory LAS course, students must take 6 additional credits of LAS courses, or their cross-listed equivalents, as part of their core courses, including at least one LAS course at the 300-level or higher. At least 9 credit hours that count toward the LAS minor must come from outside of the student's major.
Program Requirements
(18 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Latin America | ||
| Modern Latin American History | ||
| Latin America in the United States | ||
| Core courses | ||
| Select 12 hours | 12 | |
| Related hours | ||
| Select up to three hours | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Core courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMS 302 | Immigrant America | 3 |
| ART 317 | The Arts of Colonial Latin America | 3 |
| ATH 305 | Latin America: Anthropological Perspectives | 3 |
| ATH 313 | Latin American Archaeology | 3 |
| ATH 415 | Field Methods in Archaeology | 1-6 |
| FST/LAS/MUS 204 | Brazilian Culture Through Music and Film | 3 |
| ENG/LAS 254 | Caribbean, Latin American, and Latinx Literatures | 3 |
| GLG/GEO/IES 412 | Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica | 5 |
| HST/LAS/CRE 243 | History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1400s to 1800s | 3 |
| HST 400 | Senior Capstone in History | 3 |
| LAS 204 | Brazilian Culture Through Music and Film | 3 |
| LAS 208/ATH 206 | Introduction to Latin America | 3 |
| LAS 211 | Writing with Purpose: Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Communication | 3 |
| LAS/HST 217 | Modern Latin American History | 3 |
| LAS 215 | Latin America in the United States | 3 |
| LAS 277 | Independent Studies | 1-5 |
| LAS 300 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| LAS 277X | Service-Learning (concurrent registration in MP course) | 1 |
| LAS 315 | Latin American Diaspora: Communities, Conditions and Issues | 3 |
| LAS/HST 319 | Revolution in Latin America | 3 |
| LAS 325 | Identity, Race, Gender, Class | 3 |
| LAS/SPN 332 | Latin American Popular Culture | 3 |
| LAS 377 | Independent Studies | 1-5 |
| LAS/HST/CRE 385 | Race, Science, and Disease in the Americas | 3 |
| LAS 390 | Special Topics | 3 |
| LAS 410 | Current Latin American Issues | 1-3 |
| LAS 424 | Seminar on Modern Architecture in Latin America | 3 |
| LAS 477 | Independent Studies | 3-4 |
| POL 337 | Politics of Latin America | 3 |
| POR 204 | Brazilian Culture Through Music and Film | 3 |
| POR 383 | Brazilian Women through Literature and Film | 3 |
| SPN 315 | Intro to Hispanic Cultures | 3 |
| SPN 361 | Marginalized Voices | 3 |
| SPN 362 | Spanish American Cultural History II | 3 |
| SPN 430 | Selected Topics in Literature and Culture: Spanish America | 3 |
| SPN 450 | Topics in Hispanic Culture and Language | 1-4 |
| SPN 461 | Spanish American Film, Visual, and Digital Studies | 3 |
| SPN 462 | Contemporary Spanish American Literature | 3 |
| SPN 463 | Spanish American Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 |
Related hours
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AMS 207 | America: Global and Intercultural Perspectives | 3 |
| ATH 175 | Global Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ATH 185 | Cultural Diversity in the U.S. | 3 |
| ATH 312 | North American Archaeology | 3 |
| EDL 204 | Sociocultural Studies in Education | 3 |
| FSW 206 | Social Policies & Programs to Promote Social Justice | 4 |
| GEO 111 | World Regional Geography: Patterns and Issues | 3 |
| HST 371 | Native American History to 1840 | 3 |
| HST 386 | Race in U.S. Society | 3 |
| IDS 159 | Strength Through Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ITS 201 | Introduction to International Studies | 3 |
| MUS 186 | Global Popular Music | 3 |
| SJS 215 | EMPOWER I: Educational and Economic Justice and Service-Learning | 3 |
| SOC 153 | Sociology in a Global Context | 3 |
| SOC 348 | Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
Study Abroad
The LAS Program highly values study abroad in all Latin American contexts and will extend credit by petition to international study experiences that fulfill program criteria.