What is Required for the Latin American Studies Minor?

1. Five area studies courses (15 hours) distributed over three different departments. These courses may not be double-counted toward other requirements. Click here to see the Fall 2007 list of classes or find courses that meet the requirements on Inside ND in "Class Search" and search for "Latin American Studies (LAST)" in the Subject Category. Two of the five courses may come from study abroad.

2. Two semesters of Spanish or Portuguese, or demonstrated proficiency in either of these languages.

Options:

Students are encouraged to replace one of the five area studies courses with a senior-year essay on a Latin America-related topic supervised by a Notre Dame faculty member. Students selecting this option register for the Area Studies Essay: Latin American course and are eligible to apply in April for the John J. Kennedy Prize for the best senior essay on Latin America. For more information click here.

All Latin American Studies seniors may present research they have conducted on Latin America at a mini-conference in the spring. Latin American Studies faculty urge students to participate in this capstone forum.