Liberal Arts (Code 341-401)

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Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Minimum 24 semester credits including: 1
Required Courses-14 credits
LAS 150	Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies	3
LAS 222	Introduction to U.S. Latino History and Culture	3
SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish I	4
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish II	4
Electives-at least 10 credits from the following:
AIS 444	Indigenous Theory and Methodologies
ANTH 315	Language in Culture and Society
ARTH/AIS 335	Ancient Art and Architecture of Mexico and Central America
ARTH/AIS 337	Art of Tawantinsuyo
CJ/WGSS 111	Gender, Race, Class, and Communication: The Social Construction of Identity
ECON 330	Experiences of Minoritized Groups in U.S. Economy
ECON/LAS 356	Economic Development of Latin America
ECON/WGSS 357	Women and Economic Development
ES 385	Social Foundations: Human Relations
ENV 101	Sustainability Basics and Beyond
ENV 140	Water Problems, Water Solutions
ENV/GEOG 378	International Environmental Problems and Policy
FLG 378	Second Language Acquisition Theory
FLTR/LAS 350	Latin American Literature in Translation
GEOG 111	Planet Earth: Human Geography
GEOG 178	Planet Earth: Conservation of the Environment
GEOG/LAS 321	Geography of Latin America
HIST/LAS 172	Latin American History: Colonial to the Present
HIST/WGSS 205	American Women's History
LAS 314	Music and Dance of Latin America
LAS 324	Latinx Health and Migration to the U.S.
LAS 389	Domestic Immersion Experience
LAS 390	International Immersion Experience
LAS 395	Directed Studies
LAS 399	Independent Study - Juniors
LAS 488	Internship 2
LAS 491	Special Topics
LAS 498	Internship with Immersion 2
LAS 499	Independent Study - Seniors
MATH 107	Mathematics in Latin American Cultures
NRSG 367	Community and Public Health Nursing
NRSG 389	Cross Cultural Health
NRSG 428	Practicum: Nursing Leadership I (when focused on Latin American and/or Latinx/Hispanic related topics)
PH 115	Global Health
PH/NRSG 225	Introduction to Public Health
PHIL 320	Environmental Ethics
POLS/LAS 319	Politics of Latin America
POLS 325	Model United Nations
RELS/WGSS 203	Women and World Religions
RELS/AIS 330	Indigenous Religions of the Americas
SOC/WGSS 202	Sociology of Gender
SOC 312	Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
or SOC 314	Social Class and Inequality
SPAN/LAS 352	Latin American Civilization
or SPAN/LAS 354	Latin American Civilization: Regional Focus
SPAN 492	Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics Research
SW 290	Human Rights and Global Justice
WGSS 100	Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
WGSS 206	Perspectives in LGBTQ Studies
WGSS 315	Women of Color Feminisms
WGSS 335	Transnational Feminism
WGSS 422	Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Advanced Travel Seminar (when offered as Women in Nicaragua)
Immersion Requirement 3

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or equivalent courses offered in the study abroad programs. Also, Honors courses focused on Latin American and/or Latinx/Hispanic related topics may be counted as an LAS elective; please consult with an LAS advisor in a timely manner for more information about these options.

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Students may earn a total of six credits from LAS 488 and LAS 498, but only three credits can count for the minor.

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Immersion Requirement: The Latin American and Latinx Studies, Minor requires an immersion experience in a country of Latin America or participation in a faculty-led immersion experience focused on Latinx communities in the US. There are a variety of options for fulfilling the immersion requirement, including winterim, semester and summer programs abroad of a minimum three weeks' duration, Faculty-Led International Immersion Experiences (FLIIEs) and Domestic Intercultural Immersions (DIIs) of any duration that have been approved by the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program, National Student Exchange, internships, and volunteer work. No home stay during immersion is required for this minor. Please consult with your advisor early on in your studies to choose the immersion experience that will work best for you. Because course offerings in study abroad programs vary, please consult with the Center for International Education and your Latin American and Latinx Studies advisor early on in your studies to choose the time, program, and courses that will work best if you plan to fulfill your immersion experience through study abroad. Courses taken during study abroad may satisfy some of the requirements for the minor or Liberal Education (LE) experiences and reduce time to graduation.

Note: For program combinations involving Latin American and Latinx Studies programs, students must earn a minimum of 48 unique credits for purposes of meeting graduation requirements for first and second degree programs.

Program Learning Outcomes 

Students completing this program will be expected to meet the following learning outcomes:

• Describe the diverse cultures, modes of communication, environments, and/or systems of knowledge and values as they pertain to Latin America, the Caribbean, and/or Latinos/Hispanics in the United States.
• Explain global relationships of power, acknowledging multiple perspectives as they pertain to Latin America, the Caribbean, and/or Latinos/Hispanics in the United States.
• Articulate how individual and/or collective decisions have global implications and appraise the need for personal and/or collective responsibility in creating more just global practices.
• Communicate with proficiency in a non-English target language of Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos/Hispanics in the United States.¹

¹The desired benchmark for linguistic proficiency in the target language for the Latin American and Latinx Studies minor is the Intermediate Mid level or above according to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Presently the target language in Latin American and Latinx Studies is Spanish. With the consent of the LAS Steering Committee students may work to develop proficiency in other languages spoken in Latin America and the Caribbean.