Courses

Students pursuing a Minor in Latin American and Latinx Studies will complete 18 semester credit hours of required and prescribed electives courses from a wide array of courses as designated below. Latin American and Latinx Studies (LALS) courses will be taught in English; Spanish (SPAN) may be conducted in English or Spanish.

Minor in Latin American and Latinx Studies
Required Courses
LALS 2311LatAm & Latinx Studies3
LALS 2321LatAm & Latinx Lit & Culture3
LALS 2331LatAm & Latinx Ling & Culture3
Prescribed Electives9
Select 3 of the following:
GEOG 2356Reg Geo-Lat Am Africa So Asia
HIST 3391Colonial Latin America
HIST 3398Texas & the Southwest
LALS 3340LatAm & Latinx Gender Studies
LALS 3350Span/Eng Cross-Culture Comm
SOCI 2319Introduction to Ethnic Studies
SOCI 3324Social Inequality
SOCI 4332Soc of Demography & Migration
Prerequisite: SOCI 1301 OR SOCI 2319.
SPAN 2350Spanish for Heritage Speaker
SPAN 3363Survey Of Spanish Lit II
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 3374Intro-Lit Of Spanish America
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 3375Genres In Spanish American Lit
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 3380Spanish Culture & Civilization
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 3381Spanish Lit for Children
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 3385Span-Amer Culture & Civilization
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 4364Spanish American Prose
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 4365Pablo Picasso & Spanish Art
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 4370Seminar in Selected Topics Literacy, Language, and Civilization
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 4371Spanish for Criminal Justice
Prerequisite: Consent of Chair
SPAN 4372Spanish for Business
Prerequisite: SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312 with a grade
of C or higher.
SPAN 4373Spanish for Mass Communication
Prerequisite: SPAN 3361.
SPAN 4374Spanish for Health Professions
Prerequisite: SPAN 2312.
Total Hours18

Sourced from Minor in Latin American and Latinx Studies - Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021.