Department of American Studies
Department of American Studies

Minor in Latinx Studies

Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of six courses (18 credits) for the Latinx Studies minor. Students must complete at least 2 courses from the core courses list and 1 from the comparative list. The remaining courses can come from the core or the electives list. Students must follow College rules on double counting any minor courses with their majors. No more than one course taken outside of UVA (study abroad or transfer credits) can be counted towards the minor.

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Core Courses Requirement

Students must take at least two of the following Latinx Studies courses (or another course with primarily Latinx content approved by the director):

AMST 3300 - Introduction to Latinx Studies

AMST 2321 - Latinx Fiction and Film

AMST 3321 - Race and Ethnicity in Latinx Literature

AMST 3322 - Latinx Feminisms 

AMST 3323 - Hemispheric Latinx Literature and Culture 

AMST 3355 - Border Media 

AMST 4321 - Caribbean Latinx: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the DR 

AMST 4500 - Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies 

MDST 3105 - Latina/o Media Studies

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Comparative Race/Ethnicity Requirement

Students must take one course from the following list to explore history, theory, or culture in an adjacent field: Asian American studies, African American studies, Native American/indigenous studies, or another field approved by the director.

AAS 1010 - Introduction to African-American and African Studies I

AAS 1020 - Introduction to African-American and African Studies II

AAS 3200 - Martin, Malcolm and America

AMST 2233 - Contemporary Native American Literature

AMST 3050 - Critical Ethnic Studies

AMST 3180 - Introduction to Asian American Studies

AMST 3407 - Racial Borders and American Cinema

AMST 3641 - Native America

ANTH 2153 - North American Indians

MDST 4301 - Global Indigenous Media

SOC 3410 - Race and Ethnic Relations

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Elective Courses

Students must take three additional elective courses. These must be from a pre-approved list maintained by the department. Some of the options include but are not limited to:

AMST 3354 - Race and Media

AMST 3407 - Racial Borders and American Cinema

AMST 4500 - Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies - Surveillance and U.S. Empire

AMST 4401 - Literature of the Americas

AMST 4403 - Transamerican Encounters

ENAM 3570 - Contemporary Ethnic American Fiction

MDST 4108 - Media, Drugs, and Violence in Latin America

Note: Other relevant courses may be counted toward the Latinx Studies minor with permission from the director. If you have the linguistic ability, you may wish to consider especially certain upper-level courses in the Spanish department, such as SPAN 4500 Afro-Latinidad Across the Americas, SPAN 4500 Representing Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (with one month on Chicana feminist literature), and SPAN 4500, Indigenous Literatures.

Minor Declaration Form

When you're ready to declare your minor, first meet with our Latinx faculty advisor listed below to discuss a course plan. To officially declare the Latinx minor with the Registrar, please use the general Minor Declaration Form, and follow the instructions included on this document:

Advisor Contact Information

Carmen Lamas: 138 Bryan Hall - email

Lisa Marie Cacho: 125 Wilson Hall - lmc8mc@virginia.edu