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Dr. Adalberto Pinelo is the faculty contact for this minor. His office phone number is 859-572-5323.
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies gives students an understanding of the history, culture and politics of the region. Students entering the program can pursue any major and will receive a certificate at graduation attesting to successful completion of the minor
The requirement for this minor is 21 semester hours. Students must select one Latin American course from political science, history, geography and anthropology to complete 12 semester hours. The other nine hours will be elective courses dealing with Latin America or with the Spanish language.
The following courses may be applied toward the minor:
Anthropology
- ANT 245 - Peoples of Latin America
- ANT 352 - Archaeology of Mesoamerica
- ANT 360 - Indians of Mexico and Guatemala
Geography
- GEO 406 - Geography of Latin America
History
- HIS 325 - Early Latin American History
- HIS 326 - Modern Latin American History
Political Science
- PSC 335 - Latin American Politics
- PSC 355 - Comparative Revolutionary Politics
Sociology
- SOC 245 - Latin American Societies
Spanish
- SPI 101 - Elementary Spanish I
- SPI 102 - Elementary Spanish II
- SPI 201 -Intermediate Spanish I
- SPI 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
- SPI 250 - Business Spanish
- SPI 311 - Spanish-American Culture and Civilization
- SPI 321 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature
- SPI 499 - Independent Study of Spanish