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The multi-disciplinary Latin American and Latina/o Studies offers a minor and program that includes courses in the area of history, culture, law, psychology, sociology, politics and literature relating to the experience of Puerto Ricans/Latinas/os in the United States and Latin Americans in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Students may fulfill the requirements for the minor by completing 18 credits (six courses).

Minor advisor. Professor Luis Barrios, Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies (212.237.8747, lbarrios@jjay.cuny.edu)

 

Subtotal: 6 credits

Part One

Required

Latin American and Latina/o Studies 215 Socio-Political Developments in Contemporary Puerto Rico
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 242/Government 242/History 242 U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America

 

Subtotal: 12 credits

Part Two. Distribution Requirements

Select two in each category

Category A Latin America/Caribbean

Latin American and Latina/o Studies 101 Poetry and Drama from the Mid-19th Century to Date
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 102 Puerto Rican Narrative from the 1940s to the Present
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 104/History 104 History of Puerto Rico
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 110/Music 110 Popular Musics of the Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 145 Puerto Rican Culture and Folklore
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 166/History 166 History of the Caribbean Islands
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 220/Human Rights and the Law in Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 230/African-American Studies 230 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 245 Dominican Society and Identity
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 250 Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 255 The Latin American Woman
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 260/History 260 History of Contemporary Cuba
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 261/History 261 Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 263/African-American Studies History 263 African Heritage in the Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 265/History 265 Class, Race and Family in Latin American History
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 267/History 267 History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 343 Race and Citizenship in the Americas
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 356 Terror and Transitional Justice in Latin America

Category B Latinas/os in the United States

Latin American and Latina/o Studies 107 Criminal Justice Themes in Puerto Rican Poetry and Drama
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 108 Criminal Justice Themes in the Puerto Rican Essay, Short Story and Novel
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 201 Latinas/os in the Correctional System
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 217/Drama 217/Spanish 217 Latina/o Theater in the USA
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 241 The Puerto Rican/Latina/o Experience in Urban United States Settings
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 247 Growing Up Latina/Latino: From the 1940s to the Present
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 321 Puerto Rican Latina/o Community Fieldwork
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 322 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Urban Latina/o Communities
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 325 The Latina/o Experience of Criminal Justice
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 341 Immigrants, Citizens, Exiles, and Refugees in the Americas

Total: 18

Latin American and Latina/o Studies Honors Minor
The honors minor in Latin American and Latina/o Studies seeks to encourage and assist all students enrolled to excel in all their courses by providing research and writing skills workshops as well as workshops about graduate and law school studies. Coursework is centered on Latin America and the Caribbean, Latinas/os in the United States as well as race and ethnicity generally in the United States.

Minor advisor: Professor Luis Barrios, Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies (212.237.8747, lbarrios@jjay.cuny.edu).

Requirements: Completion of a minimum of 18 credits with a GPA of at least 3.3 (B+) in the Latin American and Latina/o Studies courses.

Participation in and completion of at least one of the research and writing skills workshops offered by the Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies.

Participation in and completion of at least one graduate/law school career development workshop.

Completion of an honors thesis written under the supervision of a member of the department faculty. The thesis must be a minimum of 10 pages, using the APA citation form, and of B+ quality or better.

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