Latin American Studies Minor
A minor in Latin American Studies requires 20 semester hours selected from the following list of courses and others approved by the program coordinator.
No more than 12 hours may be chosen from any one discipline. Up to 12 hours of study abroad courses that emphasize Latin American subject matter may count for the minor as approved by the program coordinator.
Language Proficiency
Intermediate proficiency in the Spanish language is a concurrent requirement for the minor. This requires students to either pass the Spanish placement exam at the SPN 122 level, pass SPN 122 for an additional four hours, or pass SPN 121 and SPN 122 for an additional eight hours beyond the 20 hours required for the minor. In other words, students must complete the Elon language proficiency requirement in Spanish. Students using these courses to meet the concurrent requirement are advised to take them as early as possible.
Courses
| COR 336 | IS. COSTA RICA: [Course topic varies each semester] (ELR) | 4 sh |
| EDU 281-IS | COMPARATIVE ISSUES IN EDUCATION-COSTA RICA AND BEYOND | 4 sh |
| ENG 237 | CARIBBEAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| ENG 335 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 200 | ARIZONA: ON THE LINE IN THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE | 4 sh |
| GBL 231 | PERU: THE LIVING HERITAGE OF THE ANDES | 4 sh |
| GBL 252 | COSTA RICA: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND ECOTOURISM | 4 sh |
| GBL 268 | COSTA RICA: JUNGLE SERVICE | 4 sh |
| GBL 298 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASEBALL AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY | 4 sh |
| HST 140 | THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY | 4 sh |
| HST 351 | HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO | 4 sh |
| HST 353 | COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 354 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| POL 368 | LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | 4 sh |
| POL 369 | U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| | SPN 334 | |
| SPN 335 | LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE | 4 sh |
| | SPN 354 | |
| LAS 481 | | |
| LAS 491 | | |
| LAS 499 | | |
Total Credit Hours: 20