Minor Latin American Studies Minor

Program Director: Angélica Huízar, ahuizar@odu.edu

The minor in Latin American Studies provides students with an interdisciplinary understanding of the remarkably diverse Latin American region as well as the US bilingual and bicultural community.  For completion of a minor, a student must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses specified as a requirement for the minor exclusive of lower-level courses and prerequisite courses and complete a minimum of six hours in upper-level courses in the minor requirement through courses offered by Old Dominion University.

Requirements

The requirements for a minor in Latin American Studies are 15 credit hours comprised of the following:

1.  Three credit hours to demonstrate Spanish proficiency (202-level or higher) or the equivalent by examination.

2.  Twelve credit hours at the 300- or 400-level taken from at least three of the following program areas:  Geography, History, International Business, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Spanish, and World Cultural Studies.  Other courses with Latin American area focus may also count; please confirm with the Program Director.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Select four courses from at least three of the following program areas (12 credits)		12
Geography:
GEOG 454W	Latin America
History:
HIST 371	Modern Mexico
HIST 372	Central America and the Caribbean Since 1800
HIST 373	U.S.-Latin American Relations
HIST 409	History of US-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 470	Struggle for Democracy and Development in Latin America
HIST 471	Revolution in Latin America
International Business:
INBU 432	Doing Business in Latin America
Latin American Studies:
LAS 320	Latin American Studies: Overview of Field
LAS 321	Comparative Caribbean and Latin American Culture and Civilization
LAS 330	Afro-Latinx Narratives
LAS 331	Brazilian Cultural History
LAS 395	Topics in Latin American Area Studies
LAS 421	Human Rights in Latin America
LAS 430	Latin American Thinkers Changing Culture and Politics
LAS 431	Race and Culture in Brazil
LAS 495	Topics in Latin American Area Studies
Political Science:
POLS 337	Latin American Politics
Spanish:
SPAN 449	Contemporary Spanish-American Drama
World Cultural Studies:
WCS 395	Topics in World Cultural Studies (approval of program director required)
WCS 495	Topics in World Cultural Studies (approval of program director required)
Total Credit Hours		12