Minor in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies
Minor Description
The minor in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies offers students the opportunity to explore connections through the Western Hemisphere from array of perspectives across multiple academic fields. The minor is sponsored by the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas (HIA), an interdisciplinary unit that focuses on regional societies and transnational processes in the Americas. HIA strives to redefine the study of Latin America from a broadly hemispheric viewpoint, while retaining an understanding of Latin America as an autonomous region with its own internal diversities.
Minor Program Objectives
In addition to completing six courses from the following list, students are strongly encouraged to develop a proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese, through course work (completion of Spanish 24 or 33), or through travel and life experience. We highly recommend that students take advantage of the many study abroad programs offered at UC Davis through the Education Abroad Center.
Courses taken abroad may also count towards minor.
Advising is available in the H.I.A. office ( 1277 Social Science and Humanities Building)
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Minor Program Requirements (6 courses or 24 units):
I. Basic (4 units) one course required from:
History
HIS 7A, History of Latin America to 1700 (4)
HIS 7B, History of Latin America, 1700-1900 (4)
HIS 7C, History of Latin America, 1900-present (4)
II. Core (8 units) two course from:
(Other courses may be substituted after consultation with advisor's approval)
Anthropology
ANT 144, Contemporary Societies and Cultures of Latin America (4)
Music
MUS 127, Music from Latin America (4)
Native American Studies
NAS 115B, Native Americans in the Contemporary World (4)
Spanish
SPA 150, Survey of Latin American Literature to 1900 (4)
SPA 151, Survey of Latin American Literature 1900 to Present (4)
SPA 170, Introduction to Latin American Culture (4)
Political Science
POL 143, Latin American Politics (4)
Courses Studied Abroad in Latin America
III. Elective (12 units) Any three courses from here:
African and African American Studies
AAS 107A, African Descent Communities and Culture in the Caribbean and Latin America (4)
AAS 155A, African-American Dance and Culture in USA, Brazil and the Caribbean (4)
AAS 163, African-American Folklore (4)
AAS 172, Diaspora and New Black Identities (4)
AAS 180, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (4)
Anthropology
ANT 104N, Cultural Politics of the Environment
ANT 131, Ecology and Politics
ANT 141B, Ethnography of California and the Great Basin
ANT 141C, People of the Arctic: Contemporary and Historic Cultures of the Circumpolar Region
ANT 144, Contemporary Societies and Cultures of Latin America
ANT 175, Andean Prehistory: Archaeology of the Incas and their Ancestors
ANT 176, Prehistory of California and the Great Basin
Art History
AHI 151, Arts of the Indians of the Americas (4)
Chicana/o Studies
CHI 130, United States-Mexican Border Relations (4)
CHI 160, Mexican Film and Greater Mexican Identity (4)
Comparative Literature
COM 151, Colonial and Postcolonial Experience in Literature (4)
COM 152, Literature of The Americas (4)
COM 165, Caribbean Literature (4)
Film Studies
FMS 189, Special Topics in Film Studies (4) (Latin America Only)
History
HIS 160, Spain and America in the 16th Century (4)
HIS 162, History of the Andean Region (4)
HIS 163A, History of Brazil (4)
HIS 163B, History of Brazil (4)
HIS 164, History of Chile (4)
HIS 165, Latin American Social Revolutions (4)
HIS 166A, History of Mexico to 1848 (4)
HIS 166B, History of Mexico since 1848 (4)
HIS 167, Modern Latin American Cultural and Intellectual History (4)
HIS 168, History of Inter – American Relations (4)
HIS 169A, Mexican – American History (4)
HIS 169B, Mexican – American History (4)
Music
MUS 127, Music from Latin America (4)
Native American Studies
NAS 110a, Quechua Language and Society, Beginning Level 1 (4)
NAS 110b, Quechua Language and Society, Beginning Level 2 (4)
NAS 110c, Quechua Language and Society, Intermediate Level 1 (4)
NAS 110d, Quechua Language and Society, Intermediate Level 2 (4)
NAS 120, Ethno politics of South American Indians (4)
NAS 125, Performance and Culture among Native Americans (4)
NAS 133, Native American Ethno-Historical Development (4)
NAS 181A, Native American Literature (4)
NAS 181B, Native American Literature (4)
NAS 181C, Native American Literature (4)
NAS 184, Contemporary Indigenous Literature of Mexico (4)
Portuguese
POR 100, Principles of Luso-Brazilian Literature and Criticisms (4)
POR 159, Special Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture (4)
POR 161, Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture (4)
POR 162, Introduction to Brazilian Literature (4)
POR 163, 20th C Masters in Brazilian Literature (4)
Spanish
SPA 107a (4)
SPA 117, Teaching Spanish as a Native Tongue in the U.S.: Praxis and Theory (4)
SPA 149, Latin-American Literature in Translation (4)
SPA 151 Survey of Latin American Literature 1900 to Present (4)
SPA 153, Latin American Short Story (4)
SPA 154, Latin American Novel (4)
SPA 155, Mexican Novel (4)
SPA 156, Latin American Literature of the Turn of the 20th Century (4)
SPA 157, Great Works of Latin American Literature/ Culture (4)
SPA 158, Latin American Poetry: From Vanguardism to Surrealism and Beyond (4)
SPA 159, Special Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture (4)
SPA 160 Latin American Women Writers in Translation (4)
SPA 163 (4)
SPA 170, Introduction to Latin American Culture (4)
SPA 171, Music from Latin America (4)
SPA 172, Mexican Culture (4)
SPA 173 Cinema and Latin American Culture (4)
SPA 174, Chicano Culture (4)
SPA 175 Topics in Spanish American Cultural Studies (4)
SPA 176, Literature in Spanish Written in the United States (4)
SPA 177 California and Latin America (4)
Women's Studies
WMN 102, Colonialism, Nationalism, and Women (4)