Effective Fall 2018
Exclusions:A minor in Latina/o American Studies is not open to students with a Latina/o Studies major or any minor in the Department of American Culture.
Advising
Students can set up advising appointments for any of the program's major or minor plans by visiting www.lsa.umich.edu/ac/undergraduate/advising.
Prerequisites
None.
Requirements
Latina/o Studies Core: LATINOAM 213 / AMCULT 213 Introduction to Latina/o Studies. (must be taken for a letter grade).
Students will select 4 courses (12 credit hours) from regularly taught Latina/o Studies Courses:
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 103: First Year Seminar in Latina/o Studies
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 204: Themes in Latina/o Studies
- RCLANG 204: Spanish Language Internship Project (only until FA20)
- SOC 225 Project Community*
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 226: The Latin Tinge
- LATINOAM / AMCULT / WGS 243 (WOMENSTD 243): Latinas in the U.S.
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 301: Topics in Latina/o Studies
- RCCORE 301: Community-Based Internship - Semester in Detroit*
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 304: American Immigration
- RCLANG 304: PALMA: Spanish in the Community
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 310: Latina/o Studies and the Social Sciences
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 311: Latina/o Studies in the Humanities
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 313: Cuba and its Diaspora
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 315/HISTORY 377: History of Latinos in the U.S.
- AMCULT 321 / PSYCH 325: Practicum in the Multicultural Community*
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 327/ENGLISH 387: Latina/o Literature of the U.S.
- RCSSCI 360: Social Science Junior Seminar, section titled, "Spanish Language Internship Program II" (FA20 or later)
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 361: Principles and Practices of Teaching ESL in Migrant Communities
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 380: Studies in Transnational Media
- LATINOAM / AMCULT / FTVM 381: Latina/os and the Media
- LATINOAM/ AMCULT 385: Immigration Law: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Issues
- AMCULT 388 or 425: Field Study*
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 389: Reading Course in Latina/o Studies
- EDUC 390 / RCSSCI 390: Community-Engaged Learning in ESL Teaching Contexts*
- LATINOAM 404: Latina/os in the US: Social Problems and Social Issues
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 405: Topics in Latina/o Studies
- LATINOAM / AMCULT 420: Latin American and Latina/o Film Studies
- LATINOAM / SPANISH 440: Literature & Culture of the Borderlands
- SPANISH 428: Internship in Spanish
- POLSCI 489: Politics of Latinidad
*Exceptions & substitutions may be approved in consultation with an advisor.
Latina/o Studies (Minor) (Fall 2013 - Summer 2018)
Effective Fall 2013
Exclusions:A minor in Latina/o American Studies is not open to students with a Latina/o Studies major or any minor in the Department of American Culture.
Advising
Students can set up advising appointments for any of the program's major or minor plans by visiting www.lsa.umich.edu/ac/undergraduate/advising.
Prerequisites
LATINOAM 213 / AMCULT 213: Introduction to Latina/o Studies. (must be taken for a letter grade).
Requirements
At least 15 credits (must be taken for letter grade), chosen from the following categories as stated:
- Latina/o Studies Core. At least two courses chosen from any of the following:
- LATINOAM 315 / AMCULT 315 / HISTORY 377: History of Latinos in the United States.
- LATINOAM 327 / AMCULT 327 / ENGLISH 387 / SPANISH 327: Latino/Latina Literature of the United States
- LATINOAM 381 / AMCULT 381 / SAC 381: Latinas/Latinos and the Media
- LATINOAM 243 / AMCULT 243 / WOMENSTD 243: Introduction to Study of Latinas in the United States
- Latina/o Studies Electives: Three courses (minimum of 9 credits), at least one of which must be at the 400 level. Only one course below the 300-level (including a first-year seminar on Latina/o Studies topic) may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Courses that a student did not use in Requirement 1 can be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
Students may elect a comparative ethnic studies course that includes a Latina/o component.