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Latinx Studies Minor

Program Contacts:

Dr. Silvia Mejía

Chair, Department of World Languages & Cultures

Email: mejias@strose.edu

Department webpage: World Languages & Cultures

Minor Requirements (21-24 credits):

Required courses:

SPA 300Spanish Written Expression

3

or

SPA 302Spanish: Heritage Spkrs

3

SPA 309Hispanic Culture in US

3

SPA 494Internship: Translation

1 to 6

Students must take four courses from the following categories, with a minimum of one course from each of the three content areas:

Contextualization of Latin American migration to the United States:

HIS 249Latin Amer Colonialism

4

HIS 250Origin/Dev Modrn Latin America

3

Examination of minority and immigrant cultures in the United States:

POS 215Race&Mass Incarceration in US

4

SOC 260Inst'l Racism & Ethnic Oppr

3

Manifestations of Latinx culture through literature and the arts:

ENG 235Latinx Literature

4

HIS 150Lat Am Film/Novel

3

SPA 307Survey Spanish-American Lit

3

SPA 345Latin American Film

3

SPA 400Contemporary Latin Amer Novel

3

Additional courses will be considered on an individual basis as fulfilling the content areas above. They will be subject to approval by the Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures.