Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Certificates, Programs and Minors
African-American Studies History 270 The History of African-
American Social and Intellectual Thought in America
African-American Studies Literature 223/Literature 223 African-
American Literature
African-American Studies Psychology 129/Psychology 129 The
Psychology of the African-American Experience
African-American Studies Sociology 121 African-American
Community Issues
African-American Studies Research Seminar 310 Research Seminar
in African-American Studies
PART TWO Subtotal: 3-9
Select one to three
African-American Studies History 330 African-American
Nationalism and Pan Africanism
African-American Studies History 263/Latin American and Latina/o
Studies 263 African Heritage in the Caribbean
African-American Studies Independent Research 410 Independent
Study
African-American Studies Psychology 240/Psychology 240
Psychology of Oppression
African-American Studies Sociology 110 Race and the Urban
Community
Total: 21-27
LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINA/O STUDIES
PROGRAM
The multi-disciplinary Department of Latin American and Latina/o
Studies offers a minor and program that includes courses in the areas
of history, culture, law, psychology, sociology, politics and literature
relating to the experience of Puerto Rican/Latinas/os in the United
States and of Latin Americans in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Students may fulfill requirements for the minor by completing Parts
One and Two, for a total of 18 credits (six courses). Part Three must
be completed to fulfill program requirements.
Program Coordinator. Professor Lisandro Perez, Department of
Latin American and Latina/o Studies (212.237.8708,
loperez@jjay.cuny.edu)
Credits
PART ONE Subtotal: 6
Required
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 215 Socio-Political
Developments in Contemporary Puerto Rico
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 242/ Political Science
242/History 242 U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America
PART TWO. Distribution Requirements Subtotal: 12
Select two in each category
Category A. Latin America/Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 101 Poetry and Drama from the
Mid-19th Century to Date
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 102 Puerto Rican Narrative
from the 1940s to the Present
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 104/History 104 History of
Puerto Rico
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 110/Music 110 Popular Musics
of the Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 145 Puerto Rican Culture and
Folklore
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 166/African-American Studies
History 166/History 166 History of the Caribbean Islands
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 220 Human Rights and the Law
in Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 230/African-American Studies
230 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 245 Dominican Society and
Identity
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 250 Drugs, Crime and Law in
Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 255 The Latin American
Woman
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 260/History 260 History of
Contemporary Cuba
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 261/History 261 Revolution and
Social Change in Contemporary Latin America
175