Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue

Jan 30, 2025

Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Latin American Studies Minor

The Latin American Studies minor (LAM) is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the diverse regions of the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America through the history, politics, languages and cultures of their peoples. Students examine different aspects of Latin American society based on their own major interests. There is a mandatory language requirement to complete up to SP 235. Students with Portuguese or French background, please contact the LAM director. In addition to the language requirement, the minor in Latin American Studies requires a minimum of 18 credits of course work at the 200-level or above, with at least one course at the 300-level. For more information contact Dr. Isabel Moreno-López, director of LAM minor.

To complete the LAM minor, students must take:

LAM 105 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 Cr.)
HIS 225 - Survey: Latin America: The Colonial Period (4 Cr.) OR LAM 295 /HIS 295 - Latin American History: National Period (4 Cr.) OR LAM 268 /HIS 268 - Latin American History: Pre-Columbian to Present (4 Cr.)

Four elective courses from the list, with at least one at the 300 level:

ART 288 (course now inactive)
HIS 123 - Latin Rhythms: Histories of Music, Dance (4 Cr.)
LAM 272/BUS 272Y - Emerging Markets in Cuba (3 Cr.)
LAM 280 - Selected Topics in Latin American Studies (3 Cr.)
LAM 290 - Internship in Latin American Studies (3-4 Cr.)
LAM 308 /HIS 308 - Seminar in Latino/a History (3 Cr.)
LAM 310 - Seminar in Latin American Studies (3 Cr.)
PSC 216 - Development and Social Change in Costa Rica (4 Cr.)
RLG 274 - Liberation Theology (3 Cr.)
SP 240 - The Critical Pedagogue: Teaching Spanish as a Cross-Cultural Transformative Process (3 Cr.)
SP 260 - Spanish in the Media (4 Cr.)
SP 263 - Spanish in the Workplace: Language and Culture (4 Cr.)
SP 265 - The Intrepid Dialectologist: Learning Spanish Through Dialects and Service Learning (3 Cr.)
SP 294 - Survey of Latin-American Literatures and Cultures: Visión de los Vencidos, an Alternative Perspective (3 Cr.)
SP 296 - Latin American Studies: Linkage through Language (1 Cr.)
SP 318 - ”Trans-Nationally Queer”: Finding a Voice in the Gay Spanish-Speaking World (4 Cr.)
SP 328 - Latin American Cinema & Culture (4 Cr.)
SP 345 - Special Topics in Latin American Literature (3 Cr.)
SP 360 - Special Topics in Spanish Translation (3 Cr.)
WS 224 - Is There Life Beyond the Looking Glass? Gender, Identity, and Race in Caribbean Culture (3 Cr.)
WS 226
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LAM 226
- Women, Peace, and Protest: Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice
WS 229 - Contemporary Brazilian Voices (3 Cr.)

Note:

Only one course taken through an approved study-abroad program may be applied toward the minor. Permission of the Latin American studies director (Isabel Moreno-López) is required.