TransAmerican Latino/a Studies Minor

A Minimum of Six Units, Including:

The seminar must be taken after all other requirements have been met or in the final semester of completion of the minor requirements.

• MLAC 107: “Our Americas”: Crossing Borders, Cultures and Histories (1 Unit)
• SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish (1 Unit)
• SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish, continued (1 Unit)
• SPAN 301: Advanced Oral and Written Expression (1 Unit) or equivalent
• SPAN 362: Key Issues in U.S. Latino/Chicano Literature and Culture (1 Unit)
• SPAN 401: Seminar (1/2 Unit)

History Courses:

• HIST 142: Modern Latin America History (1 Unit)
• HIST 270: Latin American Immigration and the U.S. (1 Unit)

• OR

• HIST 301: Gender in Latin American History (1 Unit)

• OR

• Approved courses in anthropology and sociology, political science, English and ethnic studies may count toward the minor with departmental permission.

Additional Requirements

• Students are placed in the 200- or 300-level language courses according to proficiency. Students must fulfill the six-unit requirement beginning at the level into which they are placed.
• A maximum of one unit Advanced Placement credit can count toward the minor.
• All courses for the minor must be taken for a numerical grade.
• Residence in language-learning housing for at least one semester and successful completion of MLAC 110 .