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Latin American Studies 590 (SASN)

Latin American Studies 590 (SASN)
Minor Requirements

Latin American Studies 590


The Latin American studies minor is committed to several educational goals:

  1. to provide our students with knowledge of the history and culture of Latin American countries, as well as an understanding of the role that these countries play on the world stage from an economic and political perspective;

  2. to provide our students with knowledge of the history and culture of Latino and Latin American populations in the United States, as well as their political and economic situation;

  3. to provide rigorous liberal arts training to students enrolled in the minor by honing critical thinking and writing skills;

  4. to develop our students' academic proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese, languages that are essential for the study of Latin America; and

  5. to give students an introduction to the modes of inquiry of several academic disciplines through the lens of Latin American studies.

The minor is housed in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, but includes courses from the Departments of Economics, English, History, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology. For more information, please visit the department website.