Degree Requirements for Latina/o Studies

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General Requirements for the Minor

General university degree requirements stipulate that 1) three units of the minor be taken in residence at Puget Sound; 2) students earn a GPA of 2.0 in courses taken for the minor; and 3) all courses taken for a minor must be taken for graded credit. Any exceptions to these stipulations are indicated in the minor degree requirements listed below.

Requirements for the Minor

Completion of a minimum of five units, to include:
1. LTS 200 Latina/o America: A Critical Introduction to Latino Studies (1 unit);
2. Three courses from the following list (3 units);
  - AFAM 320 Race, Power, and Privilege
  - AFAM 401 Narratives of Race
  - CONN 335 Race and Multiculturalism in the American Context
  - ECON 240 Economics of Migration
  - HIST 152 American Experiences I: Origins to 1877
  - HIST 153 American Experiences II: 1877 to Present
  - HIST 367 Immigration in the U.S.
  - HIST 376 Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora
  - HIST 378 History of Latinos in the United States
  - HIST 380 Modern Mexico: From Revolution to NAFTA
  - HON 214 Interrogating Inequality
  - LTS 300 Latina/o Literatures
  - LTS 320 Race, Power, and Privilege
  - LTS 375 Queer-Latinx: Art, Sex, and Belonging in America
  - LTS 376 The Art of Mestizaje
  - LTS 400 Special Topics in Latina/o Studies
  - PHIL 312 Latin American Philosophy
  - PHIL 389 Race and Philosophy
  - PG 304 Race and American Politics
  - PG 306 Immigration Politics and Policy in the U.S.
  - PG 311 Politics of Detention: Criminal Justice, Immigration, and the War on Terror
  - PG 345 Politics of Community Engagement
  - PG 346 Race in the American Political Imagination
  - SOAN 215 Race and Ethnic Relations
  - SOAN 303 Contemporary Immigration, Race, and Immigration Regimes in the U.S.
  - SOAN 350 Border Crossings: Transnational Migration and Diaspora Studies
  - SPAN 203 Advanced Grammar and Composition (whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content)
  - SPAN 303 Hispanic Short Story (whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content)
  - SPAN 306 Latin American Film (whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content)
  - SPAN 307 Latin American and Latino Theatre
  - SPAN 310 Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies (whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content)
  - SPAN 311 Migration Narratives
  - SPAN 405 Seminar in 20th and 21st Century Latin America (whenever the course includes significant Latina/o Studies content)
  - STS 330 - Evolution and Society Since Darwin
  - STS 366 - History of Medicine
3. A capstone experience: either a course with a research component relevant to LTS content, or a credit-bearing internship relevant to LTS content. Capstone experience must be pre-approved by the LTS Director. Students whose capstone is not for credit will need a fourth elective to reach the required 5 unit requirement.
Proficiency in Spanish at a level equivalent to passing SPAN 202.