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Latin American Studies (Minor)

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Minimum Credit Hours

18

Maximum Credit Hours

42

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 — Complete 1 Course

course - Intro Latin American Studies 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

Depending on language proficiency, students may need to complete lower-division language courses before enrolling in SPAN 321 or PORT 321.

For language placement and course sequence, see https://spanport.byu.edu/whichportuguese-class-should-i-start-with or https://spanport.byu.edu/which-spanish-classshould-i-take

course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 6 hours

With prior approval from the program coordinator, students may receive up to 3 elective hours for service learning, an internship, or Study Abroad. With prior approval from the program coordinator, FHSS 351 can be substituted when it focuses on Latino civil rights.

course - Arch Mesoamerica 3.0

course - Middle & South America 3.0

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - Romance Languages Paleography 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Inter-American Relations 3.0

course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Model OAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 0.5v

course - Special Topics for LAS - You may take once 3.0

course - LAS Senior Seminar 3.0

course - Latin American Politics 3.0

course - Intrnl Relations of Latin Amer 3.0

course - Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 3.0

course - Soc of International Develpmnt 3.0

course - World Populations 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 6 hours

With prior approval from the program coordinator, students may receive up to 3 elective hours for service learning, an internship, or Study Abroad. With prior approval from the program coordinator, FHSS 351 can be substituted when it focuses on Latino civil rights.

course - Model OAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 0.5v

course - Humanities of Latin America 3.0

course - Special Topics for LAS - You may take once 3.0

course - Senior Seminar 3.0

course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Brazil 3.0

course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0

course - Intro to Hispanic Literature 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Span America 3.0

course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0

course - Contemporary Culture - You may take once 0.5v

course - Spanish Variation & Change 3.0

course - Hispanic Cinema 3.0

course - Early Spanish-American Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - U.S. Latinx Literature 3.0

course - The Spanish-American Novel - You may take once 3.0

course - Spanish-American Poetry - You may take once 3.0

course - Spanish-American Drama - You may take once 3.0

course - Spec Topics in Span-Am Lit - You may take once 3.0