The Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies

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.

Curriculum (18 credit hours)

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

• SPAN 345 - Contemporary Lat Amer Cinema
• SPAN 352 - Latin Amer Trad & Pop Cult
• SPAN 357 - Language and Culture in Guatem
• SPAN 359 - Community Engagement Peru
• SPAN 427 - Spanish-American Lit & Civ I
• SPAN 428 - Spanish-American Lit & Civ II
• SPAN 429 - Spanish-American Lit & Civ III
• SPAN 444 - 19th Century Spanish-Amer Lit
• SPAN 445 - 20th Century Spanish-Amer Lit

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