Latin American Studies Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

LAS 210Introduction to Latin American Studies

3

 

SPA 220Intermediate 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 322Anthropology of Globalization

3

ANT 385Inkas, Mayas, Aztecs

3

ANT 386Archaeology of Colonialism

3

ANT 451Ancient Maya Culture

3

ANT 456Pyramids and Politics: Exploring Peru's Historic Past

3

ANT 459Topics in Latin American Anthropology

3

BIO 372Caribbean Ecology

3

ECO 322Post-Revolutionary Cuba: Then and Now

3

ENS 251Human Ecology in the Yucatan

3

HIS 368Latinx Communities in the United States

3

HIS 371/REL 376Religion in Latin America

3

HIS 377Modern Latin America

3

HIS 379History of Cuba

3

HIS 464History of American Slavery

3

PHI 353Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad

3

POL 341Latin American Politics

3

REL 347Liberation Theologies

3

SPA 270Latin American Culture

3

SPA 271Latin American Culture Abroad

3

SPA 272Struggles for Inclusion: Cultural Representations of U.S. Latinos in Media and Literature

3

SPA 357U.S.-Latino/a Literature

3

SPA 36020th- and 21st-Century Latin American Literature

3

SPA 362Afro-Caribbean Literature

3

SPA 363The Latin American Short Novel

3

SPA 364Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora

3

SPA 370Latin American Colonial Literature

3

SPA 385Latin American Crime and Detective Fiction

3

SPA 463Violence in Latin America

3

SPA 467Latin American Film

3

SPA 476The 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.