The Latino Studies minor provides interdisciplinary study of the historical, political, social, educational, economic, and cultural developments that affect Latinos of the Americas. “Latino” has been defined broadly to include not only Spanish-speaking minorities in the United States, but the indigenous and Latin American (including Portuguese-speaking Brazilians) background of Latinos and Latinas in the United States.
Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment. Current students should check their 
college catalog.
Required: 21 credit hours from the following. Students declaring Latino Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.
Required Course (3 credit hours):
INDS 220/HIST 220 Introduction to Ethnicity and Race (3)
Core Courses (9 credit hours):
Note: Students are required to take one semester of language, unless otherwise advised by the program coordinator, and one course from each of the remaining groups listed below - Literature and History. All courses from the Department of Modern (Foreign) Languages and Literatures designated as LANG are taught in English with the exception of LANG 400 Special Topics, which may be taught in Spanish or English, as determined by the instructor; all courses designated SPAN are taught in Spanish.
| Course Number | Title | Credit Hours |
| Language: |
| SPAN 215 |
Intermediate Spanish I (or equivalent) |
3 |
Literature:
|
| ENGL 241/INDS 241 |
Introduction to Latino Literature |
3 |
History:
One course from the following choices:
|
| HIST 282 |
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America |
3 |
| HIST 283 |
Revolution and Reform in Latin America |
3 |
| HIST 289 |
Comparative North America |
3 |
| HIST 380 |
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mexico |
3 |
| HIST 381 |
Mexico in the Modern World |
3 |
Electives (6 credit hours; two courses, one in each of two disciplines):
|
| ANTH 324 |
Anthropology of the Caribbean |
3 |
| ENGL 299/399/499 |
Special Topics (with approval of coordinator) |
3 |
| ENGL 304/INDS 304 |
Latina Literary and Cultural Studies |
3 |
| HIST 299/399 |
Special Topics (with approval of coordinator) |
3 |
| LANG 327 |
Sex and Magic in Latin American Literature |
3 |
| MUS 334 |
Music of Latin America |
3 |
| POLI 371 |
Civil Rights and Liberties (with approval of coordinator) |
3 |
| PSY 280 |
Special Topics (with approval of coordinator) |
3 |
| SOC 316 |
Minority Groups |
3 |
| SOC 350 |
Special Topics (with approval of coordinator) |
3 |
| SPAN 315 |
Introduction to Hispanic Literature |
3 |
| SPAN 317 |
Spanish Conversation |
3 |
| SPAN 325 |
Survey of Spanish-American Literature |
3 |
| SPAN 377 |
Special Topics |
3 |
| SPAN 425 |
Spanish-American Fiction |
3 |
| WOST 203 |
Chicana Writers/Visual Artists |
3 |
Capstone Course (3 credit hours):
|
| INDS 403 |
Independent Study: Latino Topics |
3 |
| or INDS 493 |
Latino Studies Internship: U.S. Latino Organizations |