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Minor in Latin American Studies
There are three requirements for completing an
interdisciplinary minor in Latin American studies.
l) Students should study one of the region’s
languages for three years (e.g., Spanish 22) or the
equivalent. Normally, this language will be Spanish
or Portuguese, but others (e.g., Quechua) may be
substituted with the approval of the director.
2) Students must complete at least five credits in
Latin American studies, which should include at
least one course from each of the three disciplinary
areas: arts and literature, social sciences, and history.
Students may count as many as two courses
transferred from other institutions or used to satisfy
another concentration requirement toward the
minor. A grade of C- or better is required for a
course to count for the minor.
3) Students must complete a capstone project that
integrates at least two of the three disciplinary areas
of the minor (arts and literature, social sciences,
and history). This project may be a written work, a
performance, or some other creative work for
which the student will receive one course credit.
Normally, the project will emerge out of one of the
courses that the student takes for the minor and
will be advised by the instructor of that course.
The student must also form a committee of at least
two faculty members to evaluate the project, which
would include the project’s faculty advisor and a
faculty member from the other disciplinary area
involved in the project. The format is flexible, but
the content must conform to these guidelines.
Normally, a student will complete the project in the
final semester at Tufts. (See Interdisciplinary Minor
Program for details.)
APProVED courSES
Each semester an updated list of current Latin
American studies courses is available from the
director. Seminars and other courses on the region
may be offered from time to time and credited
toward the minor or major. Students may also
petition the director to credit courses not included
in the list.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/latinamericanstudies/.
Latino Studies
DIRECTOR:
Associate Professor Adriana Zavala, Art and Art History
The interdisciplinary minor in Latino Studies
requires six credits, which includes required course
work in Latin America as well as key areas of
inquiry concerning race within the U.S. social
context. This minor allows students to emphasize
either Latinos’ connections with Latin America or
their location within the U.S. racial and
sociopolitical context.
The following courses are required:
• One introductory survey course focused on
U.S. Latinos.
• One Latin American survey course.
• One survey course in comparative race relations
in the U.S. context from the list online or an
approved equivalent.
• One core course with at least 50 percent Latino
content. With approval of Latino Studies
faculty, this requirement can be met by taking
a Latino Studies course from one of Tufts’
consortium partners.
• One elective course relevant to Latino Studies
with substantial and/or relevant Latino content,
in which student must do a substantial project
or paper on a Latino topic. An independent
study course with a Latino Studies faculty on a
Latino Studies topic may also count.
• One capstone experience: All students must
participate in a capstone experience, developed
in consultation with the director, that may
involve independent research or work in one of
Boston’s Latino communities. The capstone
project must follow the guidelines of the
Interdisciplinary Minor Program by including
a project proposal, and a research component
culminating in a written paper, performance, or
oral presentation, which integrates the
knowledge and methodologies of the disciplines
involved. The integrative project will be
given one course credit under a CIS (Center
for Interdisciplinary Studies) 135 designation
and will receive a letter grade. The capstone
can also be fulfilled by doing a supervised
internship (CIS-99 LST) in a Latino-oriented
organization and a final paper analyzing the
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