College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dean: Joel KassiolaLatin American Area Studies Program
HSS 382
415-338-2055
Director: JoAnn AvielFaculty
Professors--Arias, Aviel, Bettleheim, Bruhns, Cabeza-Olias, Calderon, Cordova, Cuellar, Girard, Pahl, RandolphProgram
Minor in Latin American Area StudiesProgram Scope
The Minor in Latin American Area Studies is a multidisciplinary program for the student seeking greater knowledge of Latin American society. The program is designed to provide the student with an understanding of a variety of aspects of Latin America, including the history, language and literature, social, economic, cultural, and political development and international relations. The minor provides great flexibility to explore a wide range of subjects of particular interest--from the ancient Maya to doing business in Latin America--as well as to specialize in particular areas, such as Central America or Mexico.MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN AREA STUDIES
Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (consult Index for page reference).Core Courses
Units
The Latin American Past 3
ANTH/HIST/LARA/SS 501 Latin America: The National Period
HIST 510 Colonial Latin America
Modern Latin America (one of the following) 3-4
IBUS 591 Doing Business in Latin America
IR 322 Latin American Relations (4)
PLSI 403 Latin American Politics (4)
PLSI 409 Central American Politics (4)
SS/HIST 550 Social Change in Modern Latin America
Cultures of Latin America (one of the following) 3
LARA 450 Indigenismo: Indigenous Culture and Personality
MUS 532 Music of Latin America
SPAN 405 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
Total for core 9-10
Electives
Select at least one course from each group, with no more than nine units from one
discipline. Courses taken in the core may not be used to meet this part of the
requirement. 15-16
Group I: Latin American Past
ANTH 471 The Ancient Maya
ANTH 475 Ancient South America
HIST 510 Colonial Latin America
HIST 520 Central America and the Caribbean
HIST 524 History of Mexico
HIST 528 History of Brazil
HIST 535 History of Women in Latin America
HIST 652 Proseminar in World History: Reform and Revolution in Latin America
LARA 460 Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage
Group II: Modern Latin America
ANTH 315 Regional Ethnography [Topic: Peoples and Cultures of Central America]
IBUS 591 Doing Business in Latin America
IR 306 U.S.-Central American Relations (4)
IR 322 Latin American Relations (4)
LARA 660 Contemporary Movements in La Raza
PLSI 403 Latin American Politics (4)
PLSI 409 Central American Politics (4)
SS/HIST 550 Social Change in Modern Latin America
Group III: Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 470 Archaeology of Mexico
ART 500 Prehistoric Art of Mexico
ART 503 Caribbean Art
HUM/LARA 520 North and South American Cultural Expression
LARA 320 Art History of La Raza
LARA 410 La Raza Women
LARA 425 Comparative Music Folklore
LARA 450 Indigenismo: Indigenous Culture and Personality
LARA 560 Contemporary Literature of La Raza
LARA 570 Philosophy of La Raza
MUS 532 Music of Latin America
SPAN 405 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
SPAN 541 Spanish American Literature: Discovery to Early Romanticism [all topics]
SPAN 543 Spanish American Literature: Romanticism to Modernism [all topics]
SPAN 545 Twentieth Century Spanish American Literature [all topics]
SPAN 595 Senior Survey in Spanish or Spanish American Literature [all Spanish American topics]
Total for electives 15-16
Total for minor 24-26
Foreign Language Requirement
All students completing this area studies minor are required to demonstrate intermediate level competency in a language other than English, relevant to the area. This requirement may be met by completing the university entrance requirement of two years of high school language study, one year of successful college level language study, or by demonstration of equivalent competency.