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Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies



REQUIREMENTS:  A minor in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies will consist of 18 hours in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies courses with not more than 9 hours in any one discipline (excluding LACS). Students are encouraged to fulfill their language requirement in Spanish or Portuguese. Students are encouraged to spend one semester in a study abroad program in Latin America or the Caribbean. 

REQUIRED:  (Download a LACS Declaration of Minor form here)

LACS 101 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies



CORE COURSES :  Take two (2) of the following core course

ANTH 325 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 327 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
ARTH 205 Pre-Columbian Art and Culture
HIST 262 Colonial Latin America
HIST 263 Modern Latin America
HIST 264 Caribbean to 1800
HIST 265 Caribbean Since 1800
HIST 364 Sugar and Slaves in Colonial Brazil
HIST 365 Modern Brazil
LACS  103 Introduction to Contemporary Cuba
LACS  104 Introduction to Contemporary Chile
LACS 105  Introduction to Contemporary Brazil
LACS 106  Introduction to Contemporary Argentina

LTPO 150 Portuguese Literature in Translation
LTPO 250  Portuguese Lit. in Tranl.: A Foreign Literature
LTPO 270 Studies in Brazilian Film
LTPO 280 Studies in Brazilian Civilization and Culture

LTPO 350  Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: A Foreign Author
LTPO 450  Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: Comparative Literature
LTSP   252 Contemp.  Lat. Amer. Lit. in Translation
LTSP   254 Society, History & Cult.  in Span. Amer. Lit.
LTSP   256 The Magic & The Real in Lat. Amer. Lit. & Film
POLS   321 Politics of Latin America
POLS   333 The Politics of Modern Brazil
SPAN   326 Latin Amer. Civilization and Culture  I or
SPAN   327 Latin Amer. Civilization and Culture II

LACS 101, 103, 104, 105 and 106 may be used to fulfill the Humanities or Social Science General Education Requirement

ELECTIVES:

ANTH 325 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 327 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANTH 328 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (HIST 266)
ANTH 362 Social and Cultural Change
ARTH 255 Latin American Colonial Art
ARTH 205 Pre-Columbian Art and Culture
HIST 261 Special Topics in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
HIST 262 Colonial Latin America
HIST 263 Modern Latin America
HIST 264 Caribbean to 1800
HIST 265 Caribbean Since 1800
HIST 266 Aztecs, Maya and their Ancestors (ANTH 328)
HIST 361 Special Topics in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
HIST 364 Sugar and Slaves in Colonial Brazil
HIST 365 Modern Brazil
HIST 366  Comparative Slavery in the Americas
HIST 461 Res. Seminar in Asia, Africa, and Latin America 
LACS 103 Introduction to Contemporary Cuba
LACS 104 Introduction to Contemporary Chile
LACS 105  Introduction to Contemporary Brazil
LACS 106  Introduction to Contemporary Argentina
LACS 200 ST in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LACS 300 ST in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LACS 400 Indep. Stud. in Lat. American & Carib. Studies
LTPO 150 
Portuguese Literature in Translation
LTPO 250  Portuguese Lit. in Tranl.: A Foreign Literature
LTPO 270  Studies in Brazilian Film
LTPO 280 Studies in Brazilian Civilization and Culture
LTPO 350  Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: A Foreign Author
LTPO 450  Portuguese Lit. in Transl.: Comparative Literature
LTSP 252 Contemp. Latin American Literature in Translation
LTSP 254 Society, History & Culture in Span. American Lit.
LTSP 256 Magic and the Real in Lat. Amer. Lit. and Film
POLS 321 Politics of Latin America
POLS 328 Modernization, Dependency, and Political Dev.
POLS 332 Politics of Film and Reality in Latin America
POLS 333  Politics of Modern Brazil
POLS 335  Cuban Revolution
POLS 366 Model Organization of American States
PORT 328  Portuguese Language Study Abroad
SOCY 362 Social and Cultural Change

SPAN 315 Special Assignment Abroad

SPAN 326 Latin American Civilization and Culture I 
SPAN 327 Latin American Civilization and Culture II
SPAN 328 Spanish Language Study Abroad
SPAN 329 Current Issues in Spain or the Span. Speaking World
SPAN 371 Survey of Spanish American Literature I 
SPAN 372 Survey of Spanish American Literature II
SPAN 447 Spanish Dialectology
SPAN 454 Contemporary Spanish American Poetry
SPAN 455 Contemporary Spanish American Fiction
SPAN 456 Contemporary Spanish American Theatre
SPAN 457 Early Colonial Spanish-American Texts
SPAN 458 Contemporary Hispanic-Caribbean Theater

Departmental Special Topics, Tutorial and Independent Studies Courses as Appropriate.

For Additional Information, or to declare a minor, please contact:

Dr. Douglas Friedman
Department of Political Science
26 Coming Street Rm. 202
(843) 953-5724 or 953-5701
e-mail: friedmand@cofc.edu 


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