Latin American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

LAS 210	Introduction to Latin American Studies	3
SPA 220	Intermediate II	3
	Or Equivalent
	Five additional courses selected from other LAS courses and courses listed below, distributed among at least three programs	15

Other Courses Fulfilling Minor Course Requirements

ANT 322	Anthropology of Globalization	3
ANT 385	Inkas, Mayas, Aztecs	3
ANT 451	Ancient Maya Culture	3
ANT 456	Pyramids and Politics: Exploring Peru's Historic Past	3
ECO 322	Post-Revolutionary Cuba: Then and Now	3
ENS 251	Human Ecology in the Yucatan	3
HIS 371/REL 376	Religion in Latin America	3
HIS 377	Modern Latin America	3
HIS 379	History of Cuba	3
HIS 464	History of American Slavery	3
PHI 353	Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad	3
POL 341	Latin American Politics	3
REL 347	Liberation Theologies	3
SPA 270	Latin American Culture	3
SPA 271	Latin American Culture Abroad	3
SPA 357	U.S.-Latino/a Literature	3
SPA 360	20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Literature	3
SPA 362	Afro-Caribbean Literature	3
SPA 363	The Latin American Short Novel	3
SPA 364	Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora	3
SPA 370	Latin American Colonial Literature	3
SPA 385	Latin American Crime and Detective Fiction	3
SPA 463	Violence in Latin America	3
SPA 467	Latin American Film	3
SPA 476	The U.S.-Mexico Border on Film	3

A capstone experience

(a project consisting of one of the following, subject to approval by the LAS committee: an internship, an independent study, or a Latin American focus in the junior or senior project of the major) with a product presented at the annual RICE symposium or other venue for student presentations and at a yearly Latin American Studies Senior Workshop. This capstone need not be a separate course. It may be fulfilled by courses in the student’s major provided the course is not used to fulfill the five-course requirement above.

In addition to the above requirements, study abroad (semester, summer, or CentreTerm) in a Latin American or Caribbean country is strongly recommended.

NOTES:

1. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
2. Some of the courses listed below have prerequisites, and several courses are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two or three years. Students interested in the minor are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to plan their preparation for the minor and to discuss course offering schedules.