Latino/a and Latin American Studies Minor

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Minor Requirements (24 units)

The Latino/a and Latin American Studies minor offers the student majoring in another discipline the opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of one of the history, culture, politics, and social conditions of Latinos/as in the US as well of the culture and politics of Latin America and the larger socio-political processes of globalization, migration, and diaspora.

I. Lower Division (8 units)

ES 1001 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies Units: 4
ES 2200 - Introduction to Latino/a and Latin American Studies Units: 4

II. Upper Division (16 units)

ES 3889 - Engaging Communities of Color Units: 4

And any Twelve (12) additional upper-division units

And any Twelve (12) additional upper-division units in Latino/a and Latin American Studies, selected in consultation with an Ethnic Studies advisor:

ES 3202 - Latino/a Writers Units: 4
ES 3210 - Latinas in the United States Units: 4
ES 3230 - Oral Traditions Units: 4
ES 3243 - Latino/a Perspectives in Film Units: 4
ES 3255 - The Chicano Movement Units: 4
ES 3265 - Latino/a Sexualities Units: 4
ES 3700 - Special Topics in Ethnic Studies Units: 4
ES 3800 - Peoples of Central America Units: 4
ES 3805 - Latin American Immigration Units: 4
ES 3999 - Issues in Ethnic Studies Units: 4
ES 4290 - Latino Politics and Public Policy Units: 4
ES 4900 - Independent Study Units: 4
LAST 3000 - Latin American World Units: 4
LAST 3260 - Latin American Women and Globalization Units: 4
LAST 3370 - Latin American Social Movements Units: 4
HIST 3515 - Mexican Americans and the West Units: 4
SOC 3416 - Sociology of the Mexican American Family Units: 4