Latin American Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

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.

Select twenty semester hours from the following: 20 sh

EDU 281	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 UNPLUGGED: SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM	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
SPN 334	DEFINING MOMENTS OF SPANISH-AMERICAN CIVILIZATION	4 sh
SPN 335	LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE	4 sh

Other courses, such as LAS 481, LAS 491, and LAS 499 may be submitted for approval by the Program Coordinator.

Other courses, such as LAS 481 , LAS 491 , and LAS 499 may be submitted for approval by the Program Coordinator.

Total Credit Hours: 20