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Requirements for an Latin American Studies Minor (Total: 21-23 units)

Core courses (6-7 units)
Anth./Hist./Raza/SSc. 501 Latin America: the National Period
Span. 405 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
IR 322 Latin American Policy Analysis (4 units)
Hist. 520 History of Central America and the Caribbean
Hist. 535 History of Women in Latin America

Hist./SS 550 Social Change in Modern Latin America

 

Electives (17-18 units)
Select two or three courses from each group, with no more than 9 units from any one discipline. Core courses may not be used to meet this part of the required work.

Group I.  The Social Sciences
Raza 225 Survey of Raza Visual Images
Anth. 315  Regional Ethnography: Peoples and Cultures of Central America
IR 306 US– Central American Relations (4 units)
Raza 409  Latino Cinema
Raza 410 La Raza Women
Raza 450 Indigenismo: Indigenous Culture and Personality
Raza 460 Central Americans of the US: History and Heritage
Raza 467 Caribbean Communities in the U.S.
Anth. 471 The Ancient Maya
Anth. 475 Ancient South America
Hist. 500 Colonial Latin America
Soc. 500 Class, Race, and Gender in Latin America

Hist. 524 History of Mexico
Hist. 528 History of Brazil
Geo. 572 The Geography of Latin America
IBUS 591 Doing Business in Latin America
Soc./La Raza 640 Sociology of the Latino Experience
Raza 660  Chicano/Latino Politics
Raza 670 The US-Mexico Connection
Raza 692 Cuba: Health, Education, and Culture

Group II.  The Arts and the Humanities
Hum. 375 Biography of a City: Buenos Aires
Hum. 375 Biography of a City: Havana
Hum. 375 Biography of a City: Mexico City
Hum. 375 Biography of a City:       Rio de Janeiro
Hum. 455 Humanities of the Americas
Mus. 532 Music of Latin America
Raza 320  Art History of La Raza
Span. 341  Junior Survey of Transatlantic Literature
Raza 425  Comparative Music Folklore
JS/CWL/Eng. 451 Jewish Writers of the Americas
Anth. 470  Archaeology of Mexico
Raza 475  Aztec Philosophy
Raza 490 La Raza Teatro Workshop
Art 503  Caribbean Art
Hum./Raza 520 North and South American Cultural Expression
Span. 541, 543  Spanish American Literature (Romanticism/Modernism)
Span. 545  Countryside and City in Latin American Literature
JS/WS/Eng. 546 Jewish American Women Writers

Raza 560  Contemporary Literature of La Raza

Raza 570  Raza Worldviews and Philosophy

How do I find out more?

For additional information or advising, contact:
Latin American Studies Director: Abdiel Oñate
Tel:(415) 338-6177
Email: onate@sfsu.edu

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Contact

Latin American Studies Director: Abdiel Oñate
Office: SCI 220
Tel:(415) 338-6177
Email: onate@sfsu.edu