Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies Minor

The Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program housed in the department of modern languages. It is available to all Xavier undergraduates and enhances any major. It is designed to help students achieve an advanced level of ability in the Spanish language and cultural competency in Latin America. Many employers look for evidence that candidates for employment are prepared to deal with the realities of a global society.

18 credit hours required as follows:

Introductory Course

SPAN 253 - Intro to Latin American Stud

1 course in Spanish Language Development

SPAN 300-310

1 course in Latin American Literature and Culture

1 course with Latinx Focus

SPAN 328 - Phonetics and Dialectology
SPAN 331 - Latino Voices in the Community
SPAN 332 - Span Community Health Settings
SPAN 333 - Spanish for Advocacy

1 History course

HIST 199 - Historical Perspectives (sections with a specific Latin American focus, such as “Latin America from Cortes to Castro” and “Africans in the Americas”)
HIST 226 - Latin America to 1821
HIST 227 - Modern Latin American History
HIST 231 - Transatlantic Slave Trade
HIST 429 - SEM: Latin America & the US
HIST 478 - Atlantic Slavery
HIST 481 - The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

1 approved elective

THEO 345 - The Challenge of Peace
THEO 422 - Solidarity: Possibilities and Limits
any second HIST or SPAN course listed above
any course with significant Latin American or LatinX content approved by program director