Latina/o Studies (MN)

Completion of a minimum of five units, to include:

1. LTS 200 Latina/o America: A Critical Introduction to Latino Studies (1 unit);

2. Three courses from the following list of electives (3 units);

3. A capstone experience: either a course with a research component relevant to LTS content, or a credit-bearing internship relevant to LTS content. Capstone experience must be pre-approved by the LTS Director. Students whose capstone is not for credit will need a fourth elective to reach the required 5 unit requirement.

General Requirements for the Minor

General university degree requirements stipulate that 1) three units of the minor be taken in residence at the University of Puget Sound; 2) students earn a GPA of 2.0 in courses taken for the minor; and 3) all courses taken for the minor must be taken for graded credit. Any exceptions to these stipulations are indicated in the minor degree requirements listed below.

Latina/o Studies Electives

course Race, Power, and Privilege

course Narratives of Race

course Race and Multiculturalism in the American Context

course Economics of Migration

course American Experiences I: Origins to 1877

course American Experiences II: 1877 to Present

course Immigration in the U.S.

course Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora

course History of Latinx People in the United States

course Modern Mexico: From Revolution to NAFTA

course Interrogating Inequality

course Introduction to Latin American Studies

course Latina/o Literatures

course Queer-Latinx: Art, Sex, and Belonging in America

course The Art of Mestizaje

course Special Topics in Latina/o Studies

course Immigration Politics and Policy in the U.S.

course Politics of Detention: Criminal Justice, Immigration, and the War on Terror

course Intersectionality as Theory and Method

course Race in the American Political Imagination

course Latin American and Latinx Philosophy

course Race and Philosophy

course Race and Ethnic Relations

course Border Crossings: Transnational Migration and Diaspora Studies

course Advanced Grammar and Composition whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Spanish in the United States

course (Wo)men of Maize: Food Cultures of the Americas

course Introduction to Latin American Cultures whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Hispanic Short Story whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Latin American Film whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Migration Narratives

course Literaturx Latinx

course Bitter Flavors of the Americas: Sugar, Coffee & Bananas whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content

course Evolution and Society Since Darwin

course Medicine in the United States: Historical Perspectives