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Program checklist · Minor

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
CIP
05.0201
Credits (computed from items)
6
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_7faa30ae
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Minor Requirements

5 items
  1. HUS 254
    Latin America Today 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    or: HUS 250 - Caribbean Cultures 3 credits
    or: HIS 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits
  2. POL 214
    Modern Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  3. One literature or culture course, to be chosen from those listed in Group A
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Two additional upper-division courses to be chosen from Groups A and B
    Not resolved to a course
  5. LAC 488
    Internship 0-6 credits,
    Not resolved to a course
    or: LAC 487 - Independent Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies 6 credits.

Notes

2 items
  1. Relevant special topics given in any department are acceptable for the minor with the approval of the director.
    Not resolved to a course
  2. An expanded list of acceptable courses for groups A and B is available in the program office.
    Not resolved to a course

Group A: Literature and Culture

23 items
  1. AFH 339
    Arts of the African Diaspora
    As published: “Arts of the African Diaspora 3 credits”
    3
  2. ARH 329
    Arts of the African Diaspora 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  3. AFH 368
    Caribbean and American Connections in Literature
    As published: “Caribbean and American Connections in Literature 3 credits”
    3
  4. EGL 368
    Caribbean and American Connections in Literature 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  5. AFH 385
    French Caribbean Literature
    As published: “French Caribbean Literature 3 credits”
    3
  6. HUF 385
    French Caribbean Literature 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  7. ARH 326
    Arts of Ancient Mesoamerica 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  8. ARH 329
    Arts of the African Diaspora
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  9. EGL 368
    Caribbean and American Connections in Literature
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  10. EGL 375
    Literature in English in Relation to Other Disciplines
    Not resolved to a course
  11. EGL 376
    The Literature of Imperialism 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  12. HUS 254
    Latin America Today 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  13. HUS 261
    Latin American Literature in a Global Context 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  14. HUS 271
    United States Latino Literature and Culture 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  15. HUS 272
    Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  16. HUS 290
    Latin American Cinema 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  17. JRN 390
    Special Topics in Journalism 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  18. LIN 240
    Spanish in the U.S. 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  19. SPN 392
    The Culture and Civilization of Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  20. SPN 410
    Theory in Contexts 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  21. SPN 415
    Hispanic Cultures in Contact 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  22. SPN 420
    Topics in Spanish and Latin American Cinema 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  23. SPN 435
    Topics in Latin American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Present 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course

The following topics courses may also be used when the topic is appropriate

4 items
  1. EGL 372
    Topics in Women and Literature 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  2. HUS 261
    Latin American Literature in a Global Context 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  3. MUS 311
    Topics in Ethnomusicology 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  4. SPN 405
    Issues in Hispanic Cultural Studies 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course

Group B: Social Sciences

19 items
  1. AFH 329
    Pan-African Literature I
    As published: “Pan-African Literature I 3 credits”
    3
  2. AFH 330
    Pan-African Literature II
    As published: “Pan-African Literature II 3 credits”
    3
  3. AFS 239
    Introduction to the Caribbean Experience
    As published: “Introduction to the Caribbean Experience 3 credits”
    3
  4. AFS 240
    Issues in Caribbean Society
    As published: “Issues in Caribbean Society 3 credits”
    3
  5. AFS 350
    Black Women and Social Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  6. HIS 350
    Topics in African History 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  7. ECO 335
    Economic Development 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  8. SUS 316
    Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  9. HIS 213
    Colonial Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  10. HIS 214
    Modern Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  11. POL 214
    Modern Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  12. HIS 216
    History of U.S.-Latin American Relations 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  13. POL 216
    History of U.S.-Latin American Relations 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  14. HIS 380
    Topics in Latin-American History 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  15. HIS 389
    Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-2020 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  16. POL 372
    Politics in the Third World
    Not resolved to a course
  17. SOC 364
    Sociology of Latin America 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  18. WST 395
    Topics in Global Feminism 3 credits (when topic is appropriate)
    Not resolved to a course
  19. WST 398
    Topics in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity 3 credits (when topic is appropriate)
    Not resolved to a course
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