General university degree requirements stipulate that 1) three units of the minor be taken in residence at the University of Puget Sound; 2) students earn a GPA of 2.0 in courses taken for the minor; and 3) all courses taken for the minor must be taken for graded credit. Any exceptions to these stipulations are indicated in the minor degree requirements listed below.
Requirements for the Minor in Latin American Studies
- Completion of a minimum of five (5) units, to include:
- A gateway course of LAS 100, SPAN 212, or HIST 281 (1 unit);
- Four elective courses from a minimum of two different fields of study from the list below (4 units);
- At least two of the electives taken for the minor must be at the 300 or 400 level.
- An internship in or other EXLN-designated course in or related to Latin America or Latin Americans in the United States can count as the elective if it meets university requirements and is approved by the director of Latin American Studies.
- Students minoring in Latin American Studies must complete two semesters of Spanish at the 101-102 level, or one semester at the 200 level with a passing grade, or demonstrate Spanish language competency through the terms specified by the Language Graduation Requirement.
- Students must complete two of the required elective units for the minor at Puget Sound.
A maximum of two courses applied to the minor can be taken in the student's primary major.
Course List
- BUS 472 Business in Latin America
- CONN 395 China and Latin America: A New Era of Transpacific Relations
- HIST 281 Modern Latin America
- HIST 367 Immigration in the U.S.
- HIST 376 Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora
- HIST 381 Film and History: Latin America
- LAS 387 Art and Revolution in Latin America
- LAS 399 Latin America Travel Seminar
- LTS 200 Latina/o America: A Critical Introduction to Latina/o Studies
- PG 311 Politics of Detention: Criminal Justice, Immigration, and the War on Terror
- PG 330 Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation in Latin America
- PHIL 312 Latin American and Latinx Philosophy
- SOAN 275 Border Crossings: Transnational Migration and Diaspora Studies LAS credit only when taught by Professor DeHart
- SOAN 315 Identity Politics in Latin America
- SOAN 316 Cultural Politics of Global Development
- SPAN 216 (Wo)men of Maize: Food Cultures of the Americas
- SPAN 222 Introduction to Latin American Cultures
- SPAN 310 Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies when Latin American content
- SPAN 311 Literature of the Americas
- SPAN 313 Hispanic Short Story
- SPAN 314 Hispanic Poetry
- SPAN 316 Latin American Film
- SPAN 318 Survey of Twentieth Century Latin-American/Latine Theatre
- SPAN 320 Literature, Theory, and Practice when Latin American content
- SPAN 321 Migration Narratives
- SPAN 322 Visual Culture and Modernity in Latin America
- SPAN 410 Special Topics in Hispanic Studies when Latin American content
- SPAN 412 Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Latin America
- SPAN 415 Bitter Flavors of the Americas: Sugar, Coffee & Bananas
- SPAN 416 One Hundred Years of Multitudes: A History of Latin American Film