Latin American Studies, Minor

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The minor in Latin American Studies is offered through the College of Liberal Arts and coordinated by the International Affairs Program. The minor includes courses delving into the history and culture of the region, taught through six cooperating departments and programs. It also takes advantage of established University Studies Abroad Consortium programs.

Contact Information

Department of Political Science
Thompson Building 221
(775) 784-4601
polisci@unr.edu

College of Liberal Arts Student Center
Thompson Building 101
(775) 682-8745
https://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/student-resources/academic-advising

I. Program Requirements (21 units)

Minor GPA | 2.0
Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
Unit Limits: Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.

To complete the minor in Latin American Studies, students must earn 21 credits, including courses in at least three areas:

A. Foundational Course (3 units)

PSC 211 - Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 units) CO6, CO11

B. Spanish (0-6 units)

Students may use upper-division Spanish language courses toward their Latin American Studies minor. Upper-division language courses are not required for this minor.

SPAN 305 - Spanish Composition I (3 units)
SPAN 306 - Spanish Composition II (3 units)
SPAN 307 - Writing for Spanish Heritage Speakers (3 units)
SPAN 309 - Spanish Conversation (3 units) CO11
SPAN 312 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3 units)
SPAN 315 - Introduction to Translation (3 units)
SPAN 317 - Interpretation I (3 units)
SPAN 318 - Spanish for the Professions (3 units) CO10, CO11
SPAN 410 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition I (3 units)
SPAN 411 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition II (3 units)
SPAN 412 - Advanced Translation (3 units) CO11, CO13
SPAN 415 - Spanish Stylistics (3 units)
SPAN 422 - Special Topics in Translation (3 units) CO11

C. Latin American History (6-9 units)

HIST 227 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture I (3 units)
HIST 228 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture II (3 units) CO6
HIST 229 - Drugs & Security in the Americas (3 units) CO11
HIST 214 - Latina/o/x History (3 units) CO10
SPAN 222 - Hispanic-America and Its Culture (3 units) CO11
SPAN 322 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization (3 units) CO11
SPAN 323 - Chicano/U.S. Latino Culture (3 units) CO10
with advisor approval, other coursework not listed here (such as special topics courses or coursework taken via study abroad) may be applied here when the content of such courses is relevant to this minor

D. Advanced Area Studies Options (6-9 units)

ANTH 401A - Contemporary Latin American Society (3 units) CO10
ANTH 411C - Peoples and Cultures of the Amazon (3 units) CO11
ANTH 440D - Archaeology of Ancient New World Civilizations (3 units)
ART 375 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas (3 units) CO11
ART 482 - Art of Mexico (3 units) CO10, CO13
GEOG 476 - Latin America (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 334 - American Revolutions From Washington to Chavez (3 units) CO11
HIST 344 - Andean Ethnohistory (3 units) CO10
HIST 345 - The History of Society and Culture in Brazil (3 units)
HIST 346 - History of Cuba (3 units) CO11
HIST 347 - History of Mexico (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 439 - Religion and Society in Latin America (3 units)
HIST 439A - The Aztecs (3 units)
HIST 439B - Inquisition in Europe and Latin America (3 units)
HIST 439C - Slavery and Race in Latin America (3 units)
HIST 440A - The Cuban Revolution (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
HIST 442 - Women in Latin America (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 444A - U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 498 - Advanced Historical Studies (1 to 3 units) (Only Mexican Society: History and Gender Issues, Chilean History, The Maya World topic)
PSC 403Q - The Drug War (3 units) CO10
PSC 407E - Political Systems of Latin America (3 units)
PSC 408F - Border Politics (3 units) CO10, CO11
SPAN 350 - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature (3 units) CO12
SPAN 355 - Masterworks of Spanish American Literature to 1850 (3 units) CO11
SPAN 356 - Masterworks of Spanish American Literature 1850-Present (3 units) CO11
SPAN 400 - Service Learning in Spanish (3 units) CO14
SPAN 440 - Seminar in Hispanic Literature (3 units) CO11, CO13
SPAN 461 - History of the Spanish Language (3 units) CO11, CO13
SPAN 484 - Spanish-American Literature (3 units)
WMST 442 - Women in Latin America (3 units) CO10, CO13
with advisor approval, other upper-division coursework not listed here (such as special topics courses or coursework taken via study abroad) may be applied here when the content of such courses is relevant to this minor

Note(s):

*Students who are not majoring or minoring in Spanish, or who do not wish to take upper-division Spanish language courses, may use courses in Latin American History and Advanced Area Studies to complete the minor.