The LAS undergraduate minor prepares students to have an in-depth understanding of Latin America and Latin American issues with an interdisciplinary approach. LAS undergraduate minor is configured as the necessary addition for students who seek a full language immersion and want to apply their disciplines in a Latin American context.
Students must demonstrate high-intermediate proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole, and must complete 15 credits with Latin American content (completed with a minimum grade of C).
About this Minor
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 15, completed with minimum grades of C and no optional S-U
- Contact: luisgomezlomeli@ufl.edu, 358 Grinter Hall; 352.273.4714
- Student Learning Outcomes (see below)
- Related Latin American Studies Programs
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Student Learning Outcomes
- SLO 1: Content
Students will identify, describe and explain the prevailing issues in and scholarly perspectives on Latin American Studies. - SLO 2: Skills
Students will critically evaluate the significance, quality and veracity of information gathered in the literature, apply it, and communicate that knowledge effectively in spoken and written formats. - SLO 3: Skills
Students will show high-intermediate proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole, both in oral and written formats. - SLO 4: Professional Behavior
Students will interface with peers and professors with honesty, ethical behavior, cultural sensitivity.
Required Courses
15 credits with Latin American content (completed with a minimum grade of C), distributed as follows:
- Three credits of LAS 4935, the undergraduate seminar in Latin American studies. Students may repeat LAS 4935 for an additional six credits if the topics vary.
- Nine more credits of courses with 100% Latin American content.
- Three additional credits with at least 25% Latin American or Caribbean content.
- Only courses at the 2000 level or above will count toward the minor. In addition, students must earn nine credits at the 3000 level or above. Advanced Placement credits do not count.
- Overseas study credits can count as core or elective courses if approved by the undergraduate advisor in the Center for Latin American Studies.
Of the total credits, no more than three may be individual work. Students must complete a minimum of six credits of coursework exclusive to the minor that cannot count as core courses for toward the major(s) or other minors.
Foreign Language Requirements
Students must demonstrate high-intermediate proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole. The language requirement may be met in one of three ways:
- Coursework: Successful completion of SPN 2240, POR 3242 or 3243, or HAI 2201.
- Examination: An Advanced Placement score of 4–5, with approval, or a SAT II score of 700. (For Spanish only.)
- Individual oral examination to be conducted by language faculty
Language courses at the 3000 level or taken on study abroad programs in Latin America/Caribbean may count as core courses with approval from the Undergraduate Advisor at the Center for Latin American Studies.
Candidates for the minor are encouraged to spend a summer, a semester or an academic year studying in a Latin American country. UF sponsors study abroad programs in several countries. For more information, contact Study Abroad Services in the UF International Center or visit here for a list of programs offered by the Center.
Latin American Content: 100%
The offering of 100% Latin American (LAS) content courses each semester is wide. Below you will find a list of 76 courses that are 100% LAS content. Please note this list is not comprehensive and each semester some new courses with 100% LAS content are offered. If the course you are taking or you want to enroll in is not listed here, just contact the Center’s undergraduate coordinator to check if it will count and to have it add it to your transcript.
LAS 2001 Introduction to Latin American Studies
LAS 3040 Drug Wars and Oil Fortunes in Latin America
LAS 3930 Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LAS 4935 Latin America Area Seminar
AMH 3421 Florida to 1845
ANT 3162 Aztec Civilization
ANT 3164 The Inca and Their Ancestors
ANT 4336 The Peoples of Brazil
ANT 4168 Maya Civilization
ARC 3652 Ancient Andean Art
ARH 2613 Introduction to Latin American Art
ARH 3653 Mesoamerican Art
ARH 3662 Latin American Art
ARH 3664 Colonial Art of New Spain
ARH 3665 Colonial Andean Art
ARH 3678 Modern and Contemporary Art from Latin America
CPO 3303 Introduction to Latin American Politics
CP0 4306 Contemporary Problems in Latin American Politics
CPO 4384 Argentina and the Politics of Memory
CPO 4722 Latin American and Caribbean Migration to the United States
ECS 3403 Economic Development of Latin America
GEA 3405 Geography of Latin America
GEA 4464 Amazonia
HAI 3503 Haitian Culture and Literature in Translation
HAI 3564 Haitian Culture and Society
HAT 3564 Haitian Culture and Society
IDS 2334 Chemistry in the Cocina Latina
IDS 2935 Human Rights in Latin America
INR 4244 International Politics of Latin America
JMT 3500 Jamaican Creole, Reggae, and Rastafari
JOU 4951 Noticias
LAH 2020 Introduction to Latin American History
LAH 3100 Emergence of Latin American Nations
LAH 3130 Colonial Latin America
LAH 3300 Contemporary Latin America
LAH 3470 Introduction to Caribbean History
LAH 3725 Race, Religion, and Revolution in the Black Caribbean
LAH 3741 Revolution in the Americas
LAH 3931 Special Topics in Latin American History
LAH 4433 Modern Mexico
LAH 4471 Caribbean History to 1800
LAH 4472 The Caribbean, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
LAH 4473 France in the Caribbean
LAH 4602 The Conquest of Amazonia
LAH 4630 Brazil after 1750
LAH 4730 Science and Technology in Latin America, 1492-Present
LAH 4930 History Research Seminar: Latin America
LIT 4192 Caribbean Literature in English
MUH 3541 Latin American Music
PCO 4279 Latinx Psychology
POS 4074 Latino Politics and Policy
POW 3100 Monsters of the Portuguese-Speaking World
POW 3130 Colonial Brazil: Cannibalism, Enslavement and Monarchy
POW 4200 Dystopian Narrative in Brazil
POW 4382 Brazilian Drama.
POW 4455 Becoming Brazil: Nineteenth Century to the Present
POW 4480 Contemporary Brazil Narrative
POW 4720 Deep Brazil: Culture of North and Northeast
POW 4740 Crime Fiction in Brazil
REL 3381 Religion in Latin America
REL 4382 Religion and Politics in Latin America
SPN 3443 Marketing and Advertising in the Spanish-Speaking World
SPN 3520 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
SPN 3530 Theater for Social Justice
SPN 3930 Topics in Spanish and Spanish American Culture and Civilization
SPW 3030 Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Discovery to Independence
SPW 3031 Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Independence to Contemporary Times
SPW 4282 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Narrative 1
SPW 4354 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry
SPW 4364 Readings in the Spanish-American Essay
SPW 4521 US Hispanic Literature
SPW 4780 Women’s Voices Rising
SPW 4840 Readings in Contemporary Spanish-American Narrative 2
THE 4223 Latin American and US Latinx Theatre
WST 4383 Latinx Sexualities
Latin American Content: 25%
The offering of 25% Latin American (LAS) content courses each semester is even wider than the 100% LAS content courses. It can range from courses addressing tropical forests to anthropology and English courses. Accordingly, if your course does not appear automatically in your transcript, just send the syllabus to the Center’s undergraduate coordinator to validate it.
For example, these 15 courses all count as 25% LAS content courses.
ADV 4400 International Advertising
AEB 4282 International Humanitarian Assist.
AMH 3670 African Diaspora in the Americas
ANT 2000 General Anthropology
ANT 2410 Cultural Anthropology
BOT 2800C Plants in Human Affairs
CPO 2001 Comparative Politics
GEO 2420 Introduction to Human Geography
GEO 2420 People, Place, Culture
GEO 3315 Hungry Planet
INR 2001 International Relations
PUR 4404C International Public Relations
REL 2300 Introduction to World Religions
SPW 3100 Iberian Culture Crossroads
YOT 3500 Yoruba Diaspora in the New Word