Minor in Latina/Latino Studies

A minor is available to students who have selected a different major but also want to pursue a coherent course of study in the field of Latina/Latino Studies. The minor enables students to supplement a major in a different field with coursework in Latina/Latino Studies. The minor requires a set of core courses supplemented with a selection of electives chosen on advisement that complement the major they have chosen. The minor consists of 15 units of which nine are required core course units. The remaining units are elective units chosen on advisement.

All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. To understand and identify the origins and context of diverse individual and group experiences of Latinas and Latinos in the United States.
  2. To develop an understanding of Latina/Latino Studies that is community-centered, reflexive, gender sensitive, and grounded in a multidisciplinary perspective.
  3. To be able to make links between content in the Latina/Latino Studies curriculum and practice in the community.
  4. To develop competency in writing skills relevant to Latina/Latino Studies and Ethnic Studies.

Latina/Latino Studies Minor — 15 unit minimum

This minor is available to students who have selected a different major but also want to pursue a coherent course of study in the field of Latina/Latino Studies. The minor enables students to supplement a major in a different field with coursework in Latina/Latino Studies. The minor requires a set of core courses supplemented with a selection of electives chosen on advisement that complement the major they have chosen. The minor consists of 15 units of which 9 are required core units and 6 are elective units chosen on advisement.

A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.

All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

Core (9 units)

LTNS 215Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies3
Select One:3
History of Latinos in the U.S.
Gender and Latina/x Feminisms
Latina/Latino Studies Knowledge Production
LTNS 680Latina/o/x Community Organizing and Career Futures3

Electives (6 units)

Select courses from the categories below. LTNS 278, LTNS 350, and/or LTNS 390 can be used as electives if not taken to satisfy the core.

Performance, Art, Literature, and Media

LTNS 222Latina/o/x Art History3
LTNS 225Latina/o/x Visual Culture3
LTNS 230Introduction to Latina/o Literature3
LTNS 270Latina/o/x Murals, Memes, Music, and More: Latina/o/x Arts & Humanities3
LTNS/HIST 278History of Latinos in the U.S.3
LTNS/ARTH 301Latin American and Latino/a/x Art, 1492 to the Present3
LTNS 305Latina/o Studies Creative Writing Workshop3
LTNS 409/CINE 309Latina/o/x Cinema3
LTNS 425Popular and Traditional Music of the Latinx U.S.3
LTNS 435Oral History, Community Memory, and Collective Stories3
LTNS 455Resistance Literature of the Americas3
LTNS 530Latina/os and the Media3
LTNS/SPAN 531Creative Writing in Spanish: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama3
LTNS/JOUR 536Latina/o Journalism3

Education, History, and Decolonial Knowledges

LTNS 110Critical Thinking and the Rhetoric of Latinas/os/x in the 21st Century3
LTNS 265Topics in Latina/o/x History3
LTNS 390Latina/Latino Studies Knowledge Production3
LTNS 435Oral History, Community Memory, and Collective Stories3
LTNS 450Critical Latinx Indigeneities3
LTNS 475Aztec Philosophy3
LTNS/SOC/RRS 580Educational Equity3
LTNS 685Projects in the Teaching of Latina/o Studies1-4
LTNS 690Community Fieldwork in Latina/o Studies3
LTNS 694Community Service Learning3

Feminisms, Sexualities, and Queer of Color Critique

LTNS 340Latinx Youth Subcultures3
LTNS 350Gender and Latina/x Feminisms3
LTNS 385Afro-Latina Experiences3
LTNS 400Latina Girlhood3
LTNS/WGS 445Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization3
LTNS/WGS 505Gender, Sexuality, and Latino Communities3
LTNS 533/HIST 355/WGS 355History of Women in Latin America3

Health, Migration, and Transnational Studies

LTNS 210Latina/o/x Health Care Perspectives (CSL)3
LTNS 211Latina/o/x Families3
LTNS 380Afro/Latina/o Diasporas3
LTNS 460Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage3
LTNS 465Mexican American and Chicana/x/o History3
LTNS 467Caribbeans in the U.S.: History and Heritage3
LTNS 470Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. (CSL)3
LTNS/SOC 487Latin American Migrations: A Social History3
LTNS 500Latina/o Community Mental Health3

Politics, Policy, Law, and Economics

LTNS 276Latina/o, U.S. Government, and Constitutional Ideals3
LTNS 315Latina/os in California3
LTNS 415Latina/o Economic Empowerment3
LTNS 430/C J 435Race, Crime, and Justice3
LTNS/C J 485Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice3
LTNS/ANTH 501/HIST 358Latin America: The National Period3
LTNS/SOC 640Sociology of Latina/x/o Experiences3
LTNS 660Latina/o Politics3
LTNS 670/PLSI 408Mexican Politics and Society3
LTNS 707Seminar in Latina/o Studies3

Note: Six transfer units in Latina/Latino Studies (or equivalent field) may count toward the Minor.