Requirements for Majors & Minors

Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies
Program Director: Associate Professor Nina Gerassi-Navarro, Romance Languages

The Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies allows students to explore the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. It encourages students to integrate their study of the arts and literature, history, and the social sciences into a unified view of Latin America.

In pursuing the minor, students can draw on resources throughout the university, including courses on Latin America in the departments of Romance Languages, Anthropology, History, Music, and Political Science. In their senior project, students also have the opportunity to explore a theme of particular interest with the coordinated support of the faculty advisers from different fields.

The Interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American Studies offers students planning to pursue careers in diplomacy, international business, law or graduate study in the humanities and social sciences a solid grounding in the region.
Requirements for the Latin American Studies minor consist of:

1. Study of one of the region's languages for three years (e.g., through Spanish 22) or the equivalent.
2. Five courses in Latin American studies, including at least one course from each of the three disciplinary areas: Arts and Literature, Social Sciences, and History.
3. A senior project (normally undertaken in the final semester of the senior year) that integrates two of the three disciplinary areas of the minor. This project may be a written work, a photography exhibit, a performance, or some other creative work. Students will participate in a senior project seminar taught by the entire Latin American Studies faculty and receive a full course credit for their project.