A minor must contain at least 9 hours of upper division course work. Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor. Courses taken in Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.
The Latinx Studies minor is designed to train students in a rapidly expanding and interdisciplinary body of scholarship on the Latinx population in the United States. It examines the intersections of Latinx identity with class, gender, religion, and other aspects of an evolving U.S. Latinx experience.
Jorge Derpic Assistance Director and Academic Professional Associate Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute jderpic@uga.edu
15 hours
Choose 4 course(s) from the following:
| AFAM(ROML) 4860/6860 | Topics in Afro-Hispanic Identity | 3 |
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ANTH 3540
Communication
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Multicultural Health Care | 3 |
| ECHD(LACS) 4660/6660 | U.S. Latino/a Mental Health: An Introduction | 3 |
| EDUC(LACS) 5710/7710 | Issues in Latino Education | 3 |
| ENGL(LACS) 3250 | Latinx Literature | 3 |
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FILM 4100/6100
Analytical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Latinx Film and Visual Culture | 3 |
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HIST(LACS) 3140
Analytical Thinking
Communication
Critical Thinking
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The Other Americans: U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History from 1565 to the Present | 3 |
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HIST 4110H
Analytical Thinking
Communication
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Multicultural Georgia (Honors) | 3 |
| HORT 2990S | Understanding and Communicating with the Latino Community in the Green Industry | 3 |
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INTL 4630
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Population, Immigration, and Politics | 3 |
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LACS 4911/6911
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Topics in Latin American Research and Analysis | 3 |
| LLED 4730/6730 | Methods and Material for Community-Based Language Teaching | 3 |
| LLED 5040/7040 | Language and Culture in the Classroom | 3 |
| POLS 4570 | Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | 3 |
| ROML 4030 * | Advanced Topics in Latino Literatures and Cultures | 3 |
| SOCI(LACS)(POLS) 4055/6055 | Social Policy Storytelling: In and Around Athens | 3 |
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SPAN 4030 *
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Latinx in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 4080 | Discovering Cultural Formation | 3 |
| SPAN(LACS) 4090S | Practicum in Service Learning | 1-3 |
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SPAN(LING) 4652
Analytical Thinking
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Spanish Dialectology and Language Variation | 3 |
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WMST 4170S/6170S
Critical Thinking
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Environment, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 |
*Only one of these courses can be used to fulfill this requirement. Students may appeal for the inclusion of any upper-division course not on this list, as long as it has at least 25% content dedicated to Latinx issues.
Students are responsible for fulfilling any prerequisites for the courses. All courses used to satisfy the minor requirement must be passed with a grade of "C" (2.0) or better.