EL INSTITUTO: LATIN@, CARIBBEAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE
Latin American Studies Minor Plan of Study
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The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies offers a basic understanding of the peoples and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean; their history and contemporary economic, social, and political problems, and the region’s relations with the United States.
NOTE: Completion of a minor requires that a student earn a C (2.0) or better in each of the required courses for that minor. A maximum of 3 credits towards the minor may be transfer credits of courses equivalent to University of Connecticut courses. Substitutions are not possible for
required courses in a minor. However, study abroad courses that are equivalents to the courses below may be counted with advisor approval.
Complete this Plan of Study in consultation with your advisor. A final plan must be signed by your advisor and submitted to El Instituto who will deposit it with the Registrar’s office no later than the
4 th week of classes of the semester in which you expect to graduate. Once filed with the Registrar, the plan may be changed only with the consent of your advisor.
The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours of course work selected from at least three disciplines from the courses below. (Note: LLAS courses previously used the prefix of LAMS)
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LLAS 2011W Introduction to Latino American Writing and Research
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LLAS 2012 Latinos in CT: Writing for the Community
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LLAS 2998 Variable Topics in Latin American Studies
 LLAS 3998 Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LLAS 3999 Independent Study
LLAS 4994W Senior Seminar in Latin American Studies
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ANTH 3021 Contemporary Latin America.
 ANTH 3022 Peoples and Cultures of South America.
ANTH 3029 Caribbean Cultures.
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ANTH/LLAS 3241 Latin American Minorities in the U.S.
 ANTH 3042 Contemporary Mexico.
ANTH 3150 Migration.
 ANTH 3152 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism.
 ARTH 3610/3610 W Art of Mesoamerica
 ARTH 3620/3620 W Colonial Mexican Art
 ARTH 3630/3630 W Modern Latin American Art
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ARTH 3640/3640W Mexican and Chicano Art
 ARTH 3645Caribbean Art, 19 th
and 20 th
Centuries
HIST/LLAS 3607 Latin America in the Colonial Period
 HIST/LLAS 3608W Hispanic World. Ages of Reason and Revolution
 HIST/LLAS 3609 Latin America in the National Period.

 HIST 3610 Latin America and the Great Powers.
 HIST 3620 Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean.
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HIST 3621 Cuba in Local and Global Perspectives.
 HIST/LLAS 3635 Mexico in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
HIST/LLAS 3660W History of Migration in Las Americas
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HIST 4994W Senior Seminar: Human Rights in Latin America
 POLS 3218 Indigenous People, Politics, and Rights.
POLS 3232 Comparative Politics of North America: the NAFTA Countries.
 POLS 3235 Latin American Politics
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POLS 3237 Democratic Cultures and Citizenship in Latin America
 POLS 3452 Inter-American Relations
POLS 3834 /LLAS 3271 Immigration and Transborder Politics
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SPAN 3201Ibero-American Civilization and Culture
 SPAN 3205 Contemporary Spanish America
SPAN 3214/LLAS 3999 Race, Identity, Culture in Latin America and its Global Diaspora
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SPAN 3233 Spanish-America: The Formative Years
 SPAN 3234 Great Works of Modern Spanish-American Literature
SPAN 3250 Film in Spain and Latin America
 SPAN 3251 Latin American Film
 SPAN 3265 Literature of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
 SPAN 3266 Spanish-American Fiction
Language Requirement (credits do not apply to minor’s 15 credit minimum)
Elementary proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese may be demonstrated in one of the
following ways (consult Spanish Department for course equivalents for Portuguese):
 One 2000-level or above language course in Spanish or Portuguese
 Pass equivalent language exam in Spanish or Portuguese administered by the Spanish
Department
 Requirement waived for native speakers
Please circle above the 5 courses you have taken, and then explain how you have met the language requirement: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Student signature: ___________________________________
I approve the above program for the B.A. Minor in Latin American Studies
(signed) _____________________________________ El Instituto
Minor Advisor
The minor is offered by El Instituto. For more information, contact the main office at (860) 486-
5508 or email elinstituto@uconn.edu.