Latin American Studies Minor Program

Coordinator: Dr. Alicia Giralt

Location: Bldg. 1, Room 113
Telephone: 801-626-6726; Fax: 801-626-7588

The Latin American Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program offered through a number of cooperating departments including Foreign Language, History, Geography, Political Science and Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology.

Latin American Studies

MINOR

ť Grade Requirements: A grade of "C" or better in each course used toward the minor (a grade of "C-" is not acceptable).

ť Credit Hour Requirements: A minimum of 15 credit hours in addition to two years of college Portuguese or Spanish or their equivalent.

Courses taken which are part of the student's major will not count as fulfillment of the minor requirement.

Course Requirements for Minor

Language Courses Required (16 credit hours)

Two years of college Portuguese or Spanish as follows or their equivalent.

SPAN 1010 First Year I (4)
SPAN 1020 First Year II (4)
SPAN HU2010 Second Year I (4)
SPAN 2020 Second Year II (4)

Other Required Courses (15 credit hours)

Select 15 credit hours chosen from at least three of the following departments.

° Foreign Language

SPAN* 3060 Grammar & Composition (3)
SPAN* 3160 Intro to Literary Analysis (3)
SPAN* 3360 Grammar Review (3)
SPAN* 3550 Studies in Culture & Civilization (3)
SPAN* 3630 Literature Genre (3)
SPAN* 3650 Literature Periods (3)
SPAN* 3670 Literature Authors (3)
SPAN* 3690 Literature Special Topics (1-3)
SPAN* 4620 Survey of Literature I (3)
SPAN* 4630 Survey of Literature II (3)
SPAN 4850 Study Abroad (1-6)

*or Portuguese.

° History

HIST DV3050 History of U.S. Latinos (3)
HIST DV4110 History of the American West (3)
HIST 4410 History of Spain & Portugal (3)
HIST 4630 History of Ancient & Colonial Latin America (3)
HIST DV4650 Modern Latin America (3)
HIST DV4670 History of Mexico (3)
HIST 4830** Directed Readings (1-3)
HIST 4930** History Workshop (1-5)

° Geography

GEOG DV3540 Geography of Latin America (3)
GEOG 4800** Individual Research (1-3)
GEOG 4950** Advanced Regional Field Studies (1-3)

° Political Science

POLS 3290** Politics & Governments of Developed Nations (3)
POLS 4830** Directed Readings (1-3)
POLS 4990** Senior Seminar/Senior Thesis (3)

° Anthropology

ANTH DV3600** Culture Area Studies (1-3)
ANTH 4830** Readings or Projects (1-3)

**Acceptable when the emphasis and content are basically Latin American.

Should other courses relating specifically to Latin America, either of an experimental or of a permanent nature, be added to the curriculum, these courses will be accepted as part of the Latin American Studies Minor Program. Should such courses be part of an academic area not listed above, the new academic area will be added to those presently constituting the Latin American Studies Minor.

Weber State University 2007-2008 Catalog