Latina/o/x Studies, Minor
The undergraduate minor in Latina/o/x studies (Latina/Latino/Latinx studies) requires a minimum of 15 s.h., including 12 s.h. taken at the University of Iowa. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass. CLAS minors may only be earned concurrent with or subsequent to earning a University of Iowa bachelor's degree. They cannot be granted as standalone credentials or as the sole program of study completed at the University of Iowa.
A maximum of 6 s.h. of work for another University of Iowa major, minor, or certificate may be counted toward the minor.
The minor in Latina/o/x studies requires the following coursework.
| Requirements | Hours |
|---|---|
| Foundation Course | 3 |
| Historical and Cultural Approaches Courses | 9 |
| Comparative and Transnational Topics Course | 3 |
Foundation Course
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course: | ||
| LATS:2280/HIST:2280 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies | 3 |
Historical and Cultural Approaches
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| At least 9 s.h. from these: | ||
| LATS:1000 | First-Year Seminar | 1 |
| LATS:1600/AMST:1600/SJUS:1600 | War Stories | 3 |
| LATS:1700/SPAN:1700 | Latina/o/x Literature in the United States | 3 |
| LATS:1898/COMM:1898 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Communication and Culture | 3 |
| LATS:3100 | Latinx Community Engagement | 3 |
| LATS:3104/LAS:3104/POLI:3104 | Immigration Politics | 3 |
| LATS:3410/AMST:3410 | Undocumented America: Citizenship, Race, and Immigration | 3 |
| LATS:3415/AMST:3415/SJUS:3415 | Latina/o/x Protest, Movement, Resistance | 3 |
| LATS:3430/AMST:3450/GWSS:3432/SJUS:3430 | Queer Latina/o/x Studies | 3 |
| LATS:3435/WRIT:3435 | Intersectional Identities: Writing About the Twenty-first-Century Self | 3 |
| LATS:3467/ENGL:3467 | Latina/o/x Literatures and Cultures | 3 |
| LATS:3550/GWSS:3431 | Topics in Latina/o/x Studies: History and Culture | 1-3 |
| LATS:4800/AMST:4800/COMM:4800 | Latina/o/x Popular Culture | 3 |
| LATS:4805/SPAN:4805/CINE:4705 | Chicano Cinema | 3 |
Comparative and Transnational Topics
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| One of these: | ||
| LATS:3095/AMST:3095 | Central America and Its Diaspora | 3 |
| LATS:3468/ENGL:3768/WRIT:3468 | Writing About Migration and Memory | 3 |
| LATS:3520/GHS:3520 | Oral Histories of Health Care | 3 |
| AFAM:2770/GHS:2770/SOC:2770 | Environmental Racism: Black and White Community Politics | 3 |
| AFAM:3100/AMST:3100/SOC:3100 | Critical Race Theory: Culture, Power, and Society | 3 |
| AFAM:3110/SOC:3110 | Race, Organizations, and Workplace | 3 |
| AFAM:3630/SOC:3630 | The Racial Wealth Gap: Black Debt, White Debt | 3 |
| AMST:2025 | Diversity in American Culture | 3 |
| ANTH:2151/GWSS:2151/IS:2151 | Global Migration in the Contemporary World | 3 |
| COMM:2076/AFAM:2076 | Race, Ethnicity, and Media | 3 |
| ENGL:3525 | Literature and Culture of the Americas | 3 |
| GWSS:2650/GHS:2650 | Global Reproduction | 3 |
| PHIL:3342 | Multiculturalism and Toleration | 3 |
| POLI:1900 | Introduction to the Politics of Race | 3 |
| SJUS:2250/GWSS:2250/HIST:2250 | The History of Social Justice Movements | 3 |
| SOC:2830 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SPAN:2050 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| SPAN:3130 | Introduction to Bilingualism | 3 |
| SPAN:3205/GHS:3045 | Spanish Health Narratives | 3 |