LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

             SUPPLEMENTARY MAJOR

Offered by the Department of Languages and Linguistics. This program consists of 24 credits drawn from the lists below of which 18 credits must be numbered 300 or above.  In addition, students must satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences language requirement through course work, proficiency examinations, or by taking three years of the same language in high school. For more information go to http://www.nmsu.edu/~langling/

OPTIONS

There are two options based on the section chosen by the student:

OPTION 1: Concentration in Latin American Language, Culture, and Literature (Spanish or Portuguese):

a)       12 credits from Section 1

b)       12 credits from Section 2, of which no more than 6 may be taken in a single department.

OPTION 2: Concentration in one major (e.g., history, government, economics, health science, anthropology, sociology) included in Latin American Social Sciences and Art:

a)       12 credits in the chosen area of Section 2 (if the major is government, one of these courses may be ECON 325 G)

b)       6 credits from another area(s) of Section 2

c)        6 credits from Section 1

Both options require that the student take at least two Spanish or Portuguese courses above 300-level, from the list below (Language/Culture/Literature) for which courses the student must pass either the language placement test or SPAN/PORT 212 or 214.

Note: Each class is 3 credits

Section 1: Latin American Language, Culture and Literature: Spanish/Portuguese.

Language*     

SPAN 325—Advanced Conversation

SPAN 327—Rhetoric for Native Speakers of Spanish

HL S  461—Health Communications with Hispanic Clients    PORT 325—Portuguese Conversation

*Only three credits will count

Culture     

SPAN 305—Topics in Hispanic Civilization

SPAN 362—Introduction to Spanish Culture and Civilization

SPAN 363—Introduction to Spanish-American Culture

SPAN 450—Mexican Cultures

SPAN 491—History of the Spanish Language

PORT 449—Special Problems

Literature

SPAN 380---Introduction to Literature .........

SPAN 386—Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature

                      through the Seventeenth Centur

SPAN 387—Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature

                       after the Seventeenth Century

SPAN  388—Survey of Spanish-American Literature

                        To Modernismo

SPAN 389—Survey of Spanish-American Literature

                      Since Modernismo

SPAN 486—Twentieth-Century Spanish-American

                       Essay

SPAN 487—Twentieth-Century Spanish-American

                      Short Story

SPAN 488—Twentieth-Century Spanish-American

                      Theatre

Section 2: Latin American Social Sciences and Art 

ANTH 110—New World Prehistory

ANTH 306G—Peoples of Latin America

ANTH 312**—The Ancient Maya

ANTH 313**—Ancient Mexico

ANTH 361G—Social Issues in the Rural Americas

ANTH 467**—Archaeology of the American Southwest

ART 320**—Art and Architecture in Pre-Columbian Meso-America

ART 321**—Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture of the Andes

ART 333**—Baroque Art and Architecture in Italy,Spain and Hispanic                        Latin America

ECON 324G-Developing Nations

ECON 325G-Economic Development of Latin America

ECON 330G-The Business Economy of Mexic

GOVT 422—Border Security Policy

GOVT 463—Inter-American Relations

GOVT 473—Latin American Politics

GOVT 478—U.S.-Mexico Border Politics

GOVT 479—Mexican Politics

HIST 311—Colonial Latin America

HIST 312—Modern Latin America

HIST 387—Spain

HIST 451—Colonial Mexico

HIST 452—National Mexic

HIST 453—Cuba: Colony to Castro

HIST 454—Central America

HIST 455—Brazil

HIST 456—Argentina

HIST 457—The Mexican Revolution

HIST 458—History of the U.S.-Mexican Border

HL S 462—Hispanic Health Issues

HL S 463—Interdisciplinary Seminar

HL S 465—International Health Problems

SOC 361—Social Issues in the Rural Americas

**Will  require approval from the Supplementary

    Major Adviser.

NOTE:

For both options, Study Abroad courses, independent studies, honors, special topics or newly created courses related to Latin America and/or the border may be accepted with the approval of the Supplementary Major Adviser or Committee.  Please check current schedule of classes or contact the adviser for further information.

ADVISER: 

Dr. Beth Pollack, Academic Department Head

Dept. Languages and Linguistics

Breland Hall Room 222

Telephone:  646-4541

Fax: 646-7876            

Email:       bpollack@nmsu.edu