Latin American Studies Minor

Myrna Garcia, Director and Program Advisor
mygarcia@syr.edu
310 H.B.C.
315-443-9489

Faculty:

Doug Armstrong, Hans Buechler, Gail Bulman, John Burdick, Horace Campbell, AH Peter Castro, Matt Cleary, Francine D’Amico, Pedro DiPietro, Kwame Dixon, Kathryn Everly, Stephanie Fetta, Alejandro Garcia, Bea Gonzalez, Martha Hanson, Dennis Harrod, Sydney Hutchinson, Amy Lutz, Gladys McCormick, Aja Martinez, Roberto Moreno, Arthur Paris, Jane Read, Alicia Rios, David Robinson, Silvio Torres-Saillant, Will Scheibel, Jamie Winder

Requirements

The minor in Latin American Studies requires a total of 18 credits from the list above; 12 credits are in courses numbered above 299. For Spanish language majors and students whose first language is Spanish, at least 9 credits must be in non-language courses. Students intending to declare a minor in Latin American Studies are strongly advised to contact the Director of the Latino-Latin American Program to discuss the selection of suitable courses and other issues.

Declaring a minor

Additional courses in African American Studies, Anthropology, English and Textual Studies, History, History of Art, History of Music, Geography, Political Sciences, Spanish, Women and Gender Studies and Writing Studies, Writing and Composition are recommended and may be petitioned for LAS credit in consultation with the program director. Many courses in the SU Santiago program have LAS prefixes and also count towards the minor.

Anthropology

English

LAS 200 - Selected Topics Ethnic Literary Traditions (relevant courses)
ENG 230 - Topics in Ethnic Literary Traditions Ethnic Literary Traditions (relevant courses)
LAS 300 - Selected Topics Latino Fiction (relevant courses)
ENG 350 - Topics in Reading Nation and Empire Latino Fiction (relevant courses)
ENG 315 - Topics in Ethnic Literatures and Cultures U.S. Literature of the Caribbean Diaspora