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Latina/o Studies Minor Check Sheet

Latina/o Studies Minor Checklist

2022-2023 Catalog

18 Hours

This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.


Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

  • Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
  • A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
  • No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
  • Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.

The Latina/o Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program for students to learn about social, political, economic, historical and cultural processes that impact Latina/o communities in the United States. Using a complement of courses from disciplines across the university, this minor will: (1) offer an academic and scholarly foundation for students to understand the experiences of Latinas/os using a global perspective; (2) educate students about the cultural competency skills necessary to work with Latina/o communities; and (3) expose students to the theoretical and research methodologies in Latina/o Studies.


Required:

  • _____ LATS 2300 – Introduction to Latina/o Studies (F)
  • _____ LATS 4325 – Latina/o Identities, Communities, and Social Change (S) (Prerequisite: LATS 2300 with a minimum grade of a “C”.)

Choose 4 courses from:

Three courses must be advanced (33XX, 43XX)

  • _____ ANTH 3324 - Mexican American Culture
  • _____ ANTH 3350 - Gender and Sexuality in Cross-cultural Perspective
  • _____ ARTH 4314 (WI) - Art and Politics
  • _____ CJ 3322 - Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice
  • _____ COMM 3329 – Intercultural Communication
  • _____ COMM 4341 - Intercultural Communication in the Americas
  • _____ CTE 3315 - Leadership and Professional Development
  • _____ CTE 3324 – Entrepreneurship in Schools, Communities, and the Workplace
  • _____ ENG 3341 (WI) - Studies in World Literature and Contemporary Culture
  • _____ ENG 3343 (WI) - The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature
  • _____ ENG 3344 (WI) - Chicana/o Narrative and Social History
  • _____ ENG 4325 (WI) - Literature of the Southwest
  • _____ GEO 3308 - Latin America
  • _____ GEO 3349 - World Population (Prerequisite: MATH 1315, MATH 1317, MATH 1319, MATH 1329, MATH 2321, MATH 2328, MATH 2417, or MATH 2471 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ GEO 3353 (WI) - American Ethnic Geography
  • _____ HIST 3320 (WI) - History of Mexico
  • _____ HIST 3327 (WI) - History of Mexico to 1848
  • _____ HIST 3329 (WI) - Spanish Borderlands, 1521 - 1821
  • _____ HIST 3371B (WI) - Health and Illness in American History
  • _____ HIST 3382 (WI) - Immigration and US History
  • _____ HIST 4372 (WI) - Mexican American History
  • _____ HIST 4373 (WI) - Economic and Social History of the Americas
  • _____ LATS 4300 (WI) - Independent Research in Latina/o Studies (Prerequisite: Instructor Approval)
  • _____ MC 4319 - Latinas/Latinos and the Media
  • _____ MKT 3385 - Ethnic and Niche Marketing (Prerequisites: MKT 3343 and MKT 3350, all with a grade of "D" or better.)
  • _____ MUSE 3102 - Salsa Del Rio (May be repeated for credit.)
  • _____ MUSE 3108 - Orquesta del Rio (May be repeated for credit.)
  • _____ PHIL 4372 - Latin America Philosophy (Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or permission of the instructor.)
  • _____ PS 3354 (WI) - United States-Latin American Relations (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
  • _____ PS 4323 - Latina/o Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
  • _____ PSY 3334 - Psychology of Human Diversity (Prerequisite: PSY 1300 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ PSY 4390S (WI) – Latinx Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 1300 with a grade of “D” or better.)
  • _____ SOCI 3320 - Population Dynamics
  • _____ SOCI 3322 – Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations
  • _____ SOCI 3327 - Multicultural Relations
  • _____ SOCI 3333 - The Sociology of Popular Music
  • _____ SOWK 4300K - Innovative Community Engagement with Vulnerable Populations
  • _____ SPAN 3308 (WI) - Advanced Composition (Prerequisite: a grade of “C” or higher in SPAN 2320.)
  • _____ SPAN 3307 (WI) – Advanced Composition for Spanish Heritage Speakers (Prerequisite: SPAN 2320 with a grade of “C” or better.)
  • _____ SPAN 4312 - Contemporary Aspects of Hispanic Linguistics (Prerequisite: SPAN 3308 with a grade of "C" or better.)
  • _____ SPAN 4370 - Hispanic Literature of the Southwest (Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 a grade of “C” or higher.
  • ______ TH 3339 – Lantinx Theatre and Performance
  • ______ TH 4303 - Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre