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)
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| LTNS 215 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies | 3 |
| 3 |
| History of Latinos in the U.S. | |
| Gender and Latina/x Feminisms | |
| Latina/Latino Studies Knowledge Production | |
| LTNS 680 | Latina/o/x Community Organizing and Career Futures | 3 |
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
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| LTNS 222 | Latina/o/x Art History | 3 |
| LTNS 225 | Latina/o/x Visual Culture | 3 |
| LTNS 230 | Introduction to Latina/o Literature | 3 |
| LTNS 270 | Latina/o/x Murals, Memes, Music, and More: Latina/o/x Arts & Humanities | 3 |
| LTNS/HIST 278 | History of Latinos in the U.S. | 3 |
| LTNS/ARTH 301 | Latin American and Latino/a/x Art, 1492 to the Present | 3 |
| LTNS 305 | Latina/o Studies Creative Writing Workshop | 3 |
| LTNS 409/CINE 309 | Latina/o/x Cinema | 3 |
| LTNS 425 | Popular and Traditional Music of the Latinx U.S. | 3 |
| LTNS 435 | Oral History, Community Memory, and Collective Stories | 3 |
| LTNS 455 | Resistance Literature of the Americas | 3 |
| LTNS 530 | Latina/os and the Media | 3 |
| LTNS/SPAN 531 | Creative Writing in Spanish: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama | 3 |
| LTNS/JOUR 536 | Latina/o Journalism | 3 |
Education, History, and Decolonial Knowledges
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| LTNS 110 | Critical Thinking and the Rhetoric of Latinas/os/x in the 21st Century | 3 |
| LTNS 265 | Topics in Latina/o/x History | 3 |
| LTNS 390 | Latina/Latino Studies Knowledge Production | 3 |
| LTNS 435 | Oral History, Community Memory, and Collective Stories | 3 |
| LTNS 440 | Caribbean Cultures and Spirituality | 3 |
| LTNS 450 | Critical Latinx Indigeneities | 3 |
| LTNS 475 | Aztec Philosophy | 3 |
| LTNS/SOC/RRS 580 | Educational Equity | 3 |
| LTNS 685 | Projects in the Teaching of Latina/o Studies | 1-4 |
| LTNS 690 | Community Fieldwork in Latina/o Studies | 3 |
| LTNS 694 | Community Service Learning | 1-3 |
Feminisms, Sexualities, and Queer of Color Critique
Health, Migration, and Transnational Studies
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| LTNS 210 | Latina/o/x Health Care Perspectives (CSL) | 3 |
| LTNS 211 | Latina/o/x Families | 3 |
| LTNS 380 | Afro/Latina/o Diasporas | 3 |
| LTNS 460 | Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage | 3 |
| LTNS 465 | Mexican American and Chicana/x/o History | 3 |
| LTNS 467 | Caribbeans in the U.S.: History and Heritage | 3 |
| LTNS 470 | Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. (CSL) | 3 |
| LTNS/SOC 487 | Latin American Migrations: A Social History | 3 |
| LTNS 500 | Latina/o Community Mental Health | 3 |
Politics, Policy, Law, and Economics
Note: Six transfer units in Latina/Latino Studies (or equivalent field) may count toward the Minor.