Latin American Studies Minor [LLAS]

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Susan Kather (Coordinator)

Minor Offered

Latin American Studies

Description

SUNY Cortland’s Latin American studies minor is interdisciplinary. It is designed to complement many academic majors. Students choosing the minor will study the history and cultural production of Latinos and Latin Americans from the perspective of several disciplines.

Administration of this program and advisement of its students is provided by the Latin American Studies Committee, a subcommittee of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies .

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A. Required course: Three credit hours:

(Prerequisite: SOC 150: Introduction to Sociology or ANT 102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)

ANT 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with SOC 352
SOC 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with ANT 352

B. Three credit hours from:

SPA 305 - Spanish Conversation and Composition (3 cr. hr.)
SPA 306 - Advanced Spanish Conversation (3 cr. hr.)
SPA 307 - Advanced Spanish Grammar (3 cr. hr.)
SPA 308 - Advanced Spanish Composition (3 cr. hr.)

C. Six credit hours from:

ANT 314 - Peoples of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 312 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 482 - Central America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 326 - Modern Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
ICC 201 - Introduction to the Literature of U.S. Latinos (3 cr. hr.)
POL 264 - Comparative Politics: Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
POL 455 - International Politics in Latin America (3 cr. hr.)

D. Three credit hours from:

SPA 313 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)
or
SPA 315 - Survey of Spanish Literature (3 cr. hr.)
or
SPA 318 - Spanish Peninsular Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
or
SPA 422 - Spanish-American Literature (3 cr. hr.)

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