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Requirements for the minor (please check the UCI catalogue for latest requirements)

  • Spanish 2A-B-C (Intermediate Spanish) or Portuguese 120A-B-C (may not overlap with other minor requirements), or demonstrated equivalent knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese.
  • Humanities 100 (Latin America and the Caribbean).

One course in Latin American literature (Spanish-American, Latin American, or Luso-Brazilian) selected from:

  • Comparative Literature, CL 103 (when topic is on Latin American literature and history)
  • Spanish 100C (Introduction to Latin-American Literature: Pre-Hispanic to Nineteenth Century)
  • Spanish 100D (Introduction to Latin-American Literature: Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries)
  • Spanish 130A (Latin-American Narrative: Nineteenth Century to1920)
  • Spanish 130B (Latin-American Narrative: 1920-1960)
  • Spanish 130C (Latin-American Narrative: 1960 to Present)
  • Spanish 131A (Latin-American Poetry)
  • Spanish 131B (Latin-American National Literature)
  • Spanish 131C (Latin-American Theatre)
  • Spanish 150 (Latin-American Literature in Translation)
  • Spanish 160 (Topics in Hispanic Film Studies, when topic is on Latin America)
  • Spanish 186 (Selected Topics in Latin-American Literature)
  • Portuguese 120A-B-C (Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature)
    A: Middle Ages to Eighteenth Century
    B: Nineteenth Century
    C: Twentieth Century
  • Portuguese 121 (Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature)
  • Portuguese 122 (Topics in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Culture)
  • Portuguese 190-(Individual Studies, when topic is on Latin America)

One course in Latin American history selected from:

  • History 161A (Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico)
  • 161B (Nineteenth-Century Mexico)
  • 161C (Twentieth-Century Mexico)
  • 162 (Brazil), 166 (United States-Latin America Relations)
  • 168A (Precolumbian Civilizations and European Colonialism)
  • 168B (Nineteenth-Century Iberian America), 168C (History of Modern Latin America)
  • 169 (Topics in Latin American History), 190 (Colloquium, when topic is on Latin America)

One course in Latin American social sciences selected from:

  • Anthropology 125A (Economic Anthropology)
  • Anthropology 125X (Immigration in Comparative Perspective)
  • Anthropology 162A (Peoples and Cultures of Latin America)
  • Political Science 145A (Central America and U.S. Policy)
  • Social Science 172F (Latin American Culture I.

One course in Chicano studies selected from:

  • Chicano/Latino Studies 111A (Critical Issues in Chicano Studies)
  • Environmental Analysis and Design E143U (Social Ecology of the Borderlands)
  • Political Science 126A (Mexican-Americans and Politics)
  • Spanish 100E (Intro to Chicano and US Latino Literature)
  • Spanish 140A, B (Chicano Literature)
  • Spanish 142 (Chicano Culture)
  • Spanish 186 (Selected Topics in Latin American Literature, when topic is on Chicano literature)
  • Spanish 110C (U.S. Latino Cultures)


Four courses in Latin American studies selected from:

any of the courses listed above in the literature, history, and social sciences requirements;

  • Spanish 110A (Peninsular Cultures, when topic is on Latin America)
  • 110B (Latin American Cultures)
  • Portuguese 122 (Topics in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Culture)
  • Anthropology 121J (Urban Anthropology, when the topic is on Latin American countries)
  • Biological Sciences 199A-B-C (Independent Study in Biological Sciences Research, when topic is medicinal biology and herbs in Mexico)

    With the approval of the director, other relevant courses may also satisfy the requirements for the minor.

Residence Requirements:

Four upper-division courses required for the minor must be successfully completed at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the approprirate department chair.

 

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