Program of Study
Loyola offers a minor program in Latin American Studies. The requirements depend on the original level of placement in Spanish.
- Students who begin with Spanish 100 are required to take 15 hours of Spanish, one of the following courses: History A220 or A221, Spanish A350 or A351 and two more courses selected from a list of options in several departments.
- Students who begin with Spanish 101 are required to take 12 hours of Spanish, one of the following courses: History A220 or A221, Spanish A350 or A351, and two more courses selected from a list of options in several departments.
- Students who begin with Spanish 200 are required to take 9 hours of Spanish, one of the following courses: History A220 or A221, Spanish A350 or A351, and two more courses selected from a list of options in several departments.
- Students who begin with Spanish 201 are required to take 6 hours of Spanish, one of the following courses: History A220 or A221, Spanish A350 or A351, and three more courses selected from a list of options in several departments.
- Students who begin with Spanish 300 or higher (or are native speakers of Spanish) are required to take 6 hours of Spanish 350-351 and/or History 220-221, and four more courses selected from a list of options in several departments.
A variety of courses are offered each semester: from Spanish language courses to broad surveys of history, society, and culture. Students can also take more specialized courses.
SOCIOLGY
- People of Latin America
- Women in Latin America
- Third World Revolution
- Encountering the Caribbean (In order to receive credit, the student would have to do a special project)
HISTORY
- Latin America I, II
- Quest for Empire (Iberian Expansionism)
- Modern Latin America
- History of Mexico
- Northern South America
- Slavery/Race Relations in the Americas
- Drugs, Terrorism, and Democracy in the Americas
- Social Revolutions in Latin America
COMMUNICATIONS
- Film Genres (Latin American Films)
- The Media in Mexico (taught in Mexico)
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
- Theology of Liberation
SPANISH
- Latin American Thought (In English)
- 20th Century Spanish American Women Writers (In English)
- Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- Spanish American Literature
- Culture of Spanish American I, II
- Mexican Film and Fiction
- Literature of Puerto Rico
- Fantastic Literature of Spanish America
- First and Second Year Spanish
- Intensive Conversation
- Syntax and Composition
BIOLOGY
- Tropical Ecology (Trip to Belize for 2 weeks at the end of the course)