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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Latin American & Latinx Studies Minor
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Serena Cosgrove, PhD, Director
Web: http://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/departments/latin-american/
Learning Outcomes
- Students in the Latin American & Latinx Studies minor gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the culture, history, literature, economics, and politics of the region of Latin America.
- Through their coursework in the minor, students learn about the experiences of Latino/Latina/Latine/Latinx communities in the United States.
- Through participation in the minor, students achieve basic communication abilities in a regional Latin American language.
- As a complement to their major field of study, students draw on the contextual and regional knowledge that they gain in the minor to prepare for employment in a variety of professional fields, graduate studies, and/or service opportunities.
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Requirements
In order to earn a minor in Latin American & Latinx Studies, students must complete a total of 30 credits, with a minor grade point average of 2.00 or above. At least 15 credits must be taken at SU and 5 credits must be completed at the 3000/4000-level.
As an interdisciplinary program, the minor must include courses from a minimum of two disciplines.
Required Courses (15):
15 credits of language study, which may include the first-year college-level language study of a Latin American major language (at SU this is generally Spanish) or upper-level courses in Spanish
Electives (15):
Choose 15 credits from courses approved as Latin American & Latinx Studies minor electives
NOTE:
See policy for Undergraduate Minors (84-1 ) for more information.
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