Latinx and Latin American Studies, Minor

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The Minor in Latinx and Latin American Studies offers students interdisciplinary knowledge and cross-cultural skills that can be applied in a range of fields including but not limited to community advocacy, business, marketing, education, government and public policy, media and communications, health sciences, and the arts. The minor integrates theories of decolonization and liberation with the exploration of historic, geopolitical, economic, and sociocultural conditions of Latin American and U.S. Latinx experiences. Core courses provide a theoretical framework to analyze issues such as immigration, transnational social movements, indigenous peoples, Afro-Latinx communities, and globalization, as well as hands-on experience in community-based research methods and activism.

Students pursuing a Minor in Latinx and Latin American Studies are required to

Complete a minimum of 21 credits in the minor, 12 of which cannot be duplicated by the major or any other minor.
Complete a minimum of 12 upper-division credits.
Complete a minimum of 6 upper-division credits in residence.
Maintain a 2.000 cumulative GPA and 2.000 GPA for all upper-division coursework.

For additional information regarding the Minor in Latinx and Latin American Studies please contact Dr. Renee Hudson via email at rhudson@chapman.edu.

core requirements (9 credits)

HUM 102 - Introduction to Latinx and Latin American Studies 3 credits
HUM 310 - Theoretical Foundations of Latinx and Latin American Studies 3 credits
HUM 313 - Community Based Research Methods in Latinx Studies 3 credits

four of the following (12 credits)

6 credits must be upper-division and no more than 9 credits may be in the same subject code/discipline

HIST 180 - Modern Latin American History 3 credits
SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 credits
HIST 230 - Chicano/a History and Culture to 1865 3 credits
HIST 231 - Chicano/a History and Culture, 1848-Present 3 credits
AFST 305 - Afro-Latinx in the Americas 3 credits
AFST 315 - Racialized Punishment 3 credits
SOC 316 - Immigration in Southern California 3 credits
AH 323 - Arts of Tenochtitlán-Mexico City 3 credits
MUS 326 - Musical Cultures of the Caribbean and Latin America 3 credits
SPAN 326 - Reading and Interpreting Literature 3 credits
POSC 327 - Latin American Politics 3 credits
HIST 339 - Immigration, Border Consciousness and the Chicano/a Experience 3 credits
FS 342K - Latinx Films and Filmmakers 3 credits
SPAN 345 - Spanish Conversation 3 credits
REL 366 - Blood, Passion, and the Spirit: The Latin American and Latinx Religious Experience 3 credits
SOC 370 - Race and Ethnicity 3 credits
SPAN 377 - Literature and Culture of Latin America I 3 credits
SPAN 378 - Literature and Culture of Latin America II 3 credits
ENG 380 - Latinx and Indigenous Rhetorics 3 credits
LEAD 384 - Ethnic Studies Activism: Theory and Practice 3 credits
SPAN 396 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics 3 credits
SPAN 397 - United States Latino Literatures and Cultures 3 credits
SPAN 398 - 20th Century Latin American Fiction: Journeys Across Memory 3 credits
SPAN 440 - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Spanish Bilingualism 3 credits
SPAN 441 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 3 credits

total credits 21

Special topics courses may be taken as electives with prior approval from the Director of Latinx and Latin American Studies.