Through an interdisciplinary approach, students pursuing a minor in Latin American Studies select from courses in anthropology, geography, history, and Spanish language, among others, in order to gain a cultural and geographic understanding of a specific region.  Students also conduct senior research and interact heavily with faculty members.

Latin American Studies Minor (18 hours)

Complete the following course:

• LAS 201: Introduction to Latin America (3 hours)

Complete one of the following:

• HIS 206: History of Colonial Latin America, 1492 – 1810 (3 hours)
• HIS 207: History of Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present (3 hours)

Complete 3 credit hours related to Latin America from each of the following four subject areas (12 hours total):

1. Language Skills (beyond SPA 202) (3 hours)

• SPA 210: Spanish Grammar and Syntax (3 hours)
• SPA 211: Intermediate Spanish Conversation (3 hours)
• SPA 302: Commercial and Technical Spanish (3 hours)
• SPA 310: Spanish Composition through Textual Analysis (3 hours)
• SPA 313: Advanced Spanish Language
• SPA 413: Advanced Spanish Conversation and Phonetics (3 hours)
• SPA 501: Spanish Phonetics, Pronunciation and Phonemics (3 hours)

2. Prehistory and History (3 hours)

• ANT 320: Andean Civilization (3 hours)
• ANT 322: Aztec and Maya Civilization (3 hours)
• HIS 206: History of Colonial Latin America, 1492 – 1810 (3 hours)
• HIS 207: History of Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present (3 hours)
• HIS 562: Modern Mexico (3 hours)
• HIS 563: The History of Women in Latin America (3 hours)
• LAS 395: Independent Work in Latin American Studies (3 hours)

3. Contemporary Latin American Societies (3 hours)

• ANT 324: Contemporary Latin American Cultures (3 hours)
• ANT 470G: Regional American Ethnography (3 hours)
• GEO 324: Geography of Central and South America and the Caribbean (3 hours)
• LAS 395: Independent Work in Latin American Studies (3 hours)
• PS 428G: Latin American Government and Politics (3 hours)
• PS 538: Conflict and Cooperation in Latin American Relations (3 hours)
• SPA 314: Civilization of Spanish America (3 hours)

4. Literature and the Arts of the Americas (3 hours)

• LAS 395: Independent Work in Latin American Studies (3 hours)
• SPA 322: Literature, Life and Thought of Spanish America (3 hours)
• SPA 438G: Literature of Social Protest in Spanish America (3 hours)

Current UK students should consult APEX (located in myUK) and use the ‘Run Selected Program’ feature to identify and monitor progress toward the completion of the minor.

Students with a primary major in the College of Arts & Sciences can declare a minor in the A&S Advising Center, 257 Patterson Office Tower. Students not in the College of Arts & Sciences must declare the IS minor with their primary college.