Program: Latin American and Caribbean Studies - Stony Brook University - Modern Campus Catalog™

May 19, 2025

Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Director: Lori Flores

Administrative Assistant: José Manuel Baeza-Zúñiga

Phone: (631) 632-7517
Email: lacs@stonybrook.edu
Department Website

The minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies allows students to pursue an interdisciplinary course of study that provides a broad overview of Latin America and the Caribbean. Students are introduced to the principal historical, social, and cultural themes in the region, and through their electives, they are also able to develop more detailed knowledge of specific subjects in the region, such as the history of a particular country or the literature of a particular period.

Minor Requirements

All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.

Completion of the minor requires 18 credits.

HUS 254 - Latin America Today 3 credits
OR
HUS 250 - Caribbean Cultures 3 credits
OR
HIS 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits
POL 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits
One literature or culture course, to be chosen from those listed in Group A
Two additional upper-division courses to be chosen from Groups A and B
LAC 488 - Internship 0-6 credits,
OR
LAC 487 - Independent Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies 6 credits.

Notes:

Relevant special topics given in any department are acceptable for the minor with the approval of the director.
An expanded list of acceptable courses for groups A and B is available in the program office.

Group A: Literature and Culture

AFH 339 - Arts of the African Diaspora 3 credits
ARH 329 - Arts of the African Diaspora 3 credits
AFH 368 - Caribbean and American Connections in Literature 3 credits
EGL 368 - Caribbean and American Connections in Literature 3 credits
AFH 385 - French Caribbean Literature 3 credits
HUF 385 - French Caribbean Literature 3 credits
ARH 326 - Arts of Ancient Mesoamerica 3 credits
ARH 329 - Arts of the African Diaspora Credits: 3 credits
EGL 368 - Caribbean and American Connections in Literature Credits: 3 credits
EGL 375 - Literature in English in Relation to Other Disciplines
EGL 376 - The Literature of Imperialism 3 credits
HUS 254 - Latin America Today 3 credits
HUS 261 - Latin American Literature in a Global Context 3 credits
HUS 271 - United States Latino Literature and Culture 3 credits
HUS 272 - Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America 3 credits
HUS 290 - Latin American Cinema 3 credits
JRN 390 - Special Topics in Journalism 3 credits
LIN 240 - Spanish in the U.S. 3 credits
SPN 392 - The Culture and Civilization of Latin America 3 credits
SPN 410 - Theory in Contexts 3 credits
SPN 415 - Hispanic Cultures in Contact 3 credits
SPN 420 - Topics in Spanish and Latin American Cinema 3 credits
SPN 435 - Topics in Latin American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Present 3 credits

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

EGL 372 - Topics in Women and Literature 3 credits
HUS 261 - Latin American Literature in a Global Context 3 credits
MUS 311 - Topics in Ethnomusicology 3 credits
SPN 405 - Issues in Hispanic Cultural Studies 3 credits

Group B: Social Sciences

AFH 329 - Pan-African Literature I 3 credits
AFH 330 - Pan-African Literature II 3 credits
AFS 239 - Introduction to the Caribbean Experience 3 credits
AFS 240 - Issues in Caribbean Society 3 credits
AFS 350 - Black Women and Social Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 credits
HIS 350 - Topics in African History 3 credits
AFS 380 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean 3 credits
ECO 335 - Economic Development 3 credits
SUS 316 - Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits
HIS 213 - Colonial Latin America 3 credits
HIS 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits
POL 214 - Modern Latin America 3 credits
HIS 216 - History of U.S.-Latin American Relations 3 credits
POL 216 - History of U.S.-Latin American Relations 3 credits
HIS 380 - Topics in Latin-American History 3 credits
HIS 389 - Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-2020 3 credits
POL 372 - Politics in the Third World
SOC 364 - Sociology of Latin America 3 credits
WST 395 - Topics in Global Feminism 3 credits (when topic is appropriate)
WST 398 - Topics in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity 3 credits (when topic is appropriate)