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Minors in Chicano Latin American Studies

The Chicano and Latin American Studies Department offers two minors - one in Chicano/Latino Studies and one in Latin American Studies. Students intending to pursue a minor in either area must see a CLS adviser. The CLS adviser must approve the selected courses.

Note: The minors also require a 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division units in residence.

Chicano/Latino Studies Minor

Students are encouraged to focus on an area of interest in Chicano/Latino studies or on a social issue affecting the Chicano/Latino population in the United States. General Education can be double-counted for the minor. See Minor Advising Note 2.

Lower division: CLS 3, 5, and 7 or 9 (9 units)
CLS upper-division or acceptable substitutes (12 units)

Total (21 units)

Latin American Studies Minor

Students are encouraged to focus on an area of interest in Latin America, such as a country, region, or social issue affecting a particular region. The Latin American Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program consisting of courses dealing with Latin America and the Caribbean with course offerings from several departments.

Lower division: CLS 3, 70, 72 (9 units)
Acceptable substitutes approved by a CLS adviser include HIST 3 or 8, HUM 14

Upper-division courses (12 units)
Select from CLS 112, 114, 115, 180T*, 190*; AFAM 130T*; ARTH 173, 175; ECON 114, 178, 179, 181, 188T*; ETHS 130T*; FL 125, 143, 145, 147, 148T*, 240T*; GEOG 170T, 172, 188T*; HIST 145, 160, 162, 165, 166, 169T, 183, 198*; INTD 130; PHIL 132; PLSI 121, 126, 146T; WS 135

Total (21 units)

Minor Advising Notes

*Special topics or directed reading courses must have subject matter dealing with Latin America, the Caribbean, or must focus on issues affecting those areas.
Courses taken to complete major requirements cannot be double-counted for the minor.
Courses taken to complete General Education Integration requirements can be double-counted for the minor.
Other acceptable courses can be substituted to satisfy minor requirements with ap proval of your CLS adviser.


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