Minor
The center’s academic programs are now housed in the Center for Global & International Studies :
Overview
The Undergraduate Minor in Latin American & Caribbean Studies provides students with a basic foundation of knowledge on Latin America & the Caribbean to complement their primary area(s) of expertise. There are two options or tracks: the General Latin American and Caribbean Studies Track and the Indigenous Studies in Latin America (ISLA) Track.
The General Track is for students interested in building knowledge of Latin America & the Caribbean in such areas as anthropology, art history, business, film, geography, history, indigenous studies, literature, journalism, politics, and theatre. It requires 6 hours of core courses (LAC 100, LAC 300, LAC 332/LAC 333, LAC 334/ANTH 379) and 12 additional hours upper-division LAA electives. (Students may take any upper-division LAA course or its cross-listed course as an elective.)
The ISLA track is for students interested in indigenous people of Latin America and who wish to study an indigenous language. It requires 6 hours of a core course (LAC 100, LAC 300, LAC 332/LAC 333, LAC 334/ANTH 379, or ISP 101), 6 hours in a Latin American indigenous language, and 6 hours of upper-division LAA electives. (Students may take any upper-division LAA course or its cross-listed course as an elective.)
If a student would like to apply a non-LAC (or cross-listed) course with at least 25% Latin American and/or Caribbean content (which may include assignments) for either minor, they can seek approval from the CLACS Undergraduate Coordinator by sharing the syllabus. No more than 2 such courses may count toward the minor.