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LATINO STUDIES MINOR
As the 2000 census has made clear, the US is experiencing major changes in it's demographic and culturalcomposition: Latinos, who now number 38.3 million, are now the largest minority group in the country. Latinos are becoming not only more numerous, but also more visible and pominent in all walks of life, including at universities like Tufts, whose student body is not between 7 and 8% Latino. Recognizing the significance of these changes, Tufts has approved a new interdisciplinary Latino Studies minor.
Because Latino Studies, like Latinos themselves, reside at the intersection of what is Latin American and what is "American," the minor in Latino Studies allows students to emphasize either Latinos' connections with Latin America or their location within the US racial and sociopolitical context. The minor thus serves as a "bridge" that encourages students to connect the theories, methodologies and content of the two supporting programs in new, intellectually exciting and productive ways. All students must take an introductory Latino Studies survey course and participate in a capstone experience involving work in one of Boston's Latino Communities.
The minor has been designed to serve the general population of Tufts students, Latino and non-latino alike, who are interested in learning about cultural difference in general, and within the US in particular. While a minor in Latino Studies will be attractive to social science and hummanities majors, it will also be useful to those students intending to enter professions in which knowledge of teh various Latino communities will be a valuable resource, such as medicine, community health, dentistry, education, child development, urban and environmental planning, business, and international relations.
Requirements
- One introductory survey course
- One Latin American survey course
- One survey course in comparative race relations in the US context
- One core course with atleast 50% Latino content
- One elective course relevant to Latino Studies with substantial and/or relevant Latino content
- One community-based capstone experience