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 281COMPARATIVE ISSUES IN EDUCATION-COSTA RICA AND BEYOND

4 sh

ENG 237CARIBBEAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 335LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

4 sh

GBL 200ARIZONA: ON THE LINE IN THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE

4 sh

GBL 231PERU: THE LIVING HERITAGE OF THE ANDES

4 sh

GBL 252COSTA RICA: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND ECOTOURISM

4 sh

GBL 268COSTA RICA UNPLUGGED: SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM

4 sh

GBL 298DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASEBALL AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

4 sh

HST 140THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY

4 sh

HST 351HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO

4 sh

HST 353COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 354MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

POL 368LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

4 sh

SPN 334DEFINING MOMENTS OF SPANISH-AMERICAN CIVILIZATION

4 sh

SPN 335LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

4 sh

Other courses, such as LAS 481LAS 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

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