These courses can be selected from interdisciplinary programs such as Chicano Studies, International Studies, and Women Studies, or the departments of Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, International Business, Music, Political Science, Sociology, and Spanish and Portuguese Studies. Other courses are occasionally taught by visiting professors who can offer new perspectives on the study of Latin America. For instance, in the Fall of 1996, Dr. Haim Avni of the University of Jerusalem taught a seminar, cross-listed with the Jewish Studies Program, on the Holocaust in Spain and Latin America. One year of Spanish, Portuguese, or an Amerindian language, or equivalent proficiency. Minimum grade of 2.0 required in each course applied toward the minor.
Students declare the minor with their major department adviser.