Afro Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ALCS) Minor

In order to fulfill the requirements of the minor, students must take 6 hours of required courses, 6 hours of Languages courses, and 6 hours of interdisciplinary courses.

Required

ALCS minors must take 6 hours of the following required courses.

ALCS 1050 - Exploration of Afro Latin America and Caribbean Studies
ALCS 2030 - Introduction to the Afro-Francophone World
or
ALCS 2050 - Readings on Afro Latin America and the Caribbean

Language

ALCS minors are required to take 6 hours of the following Language courses.

ALCS 3015 - Afro Latin America and Caribbean Culture and Readings
ALCS 3021 - Readings in Francophone Culture
ALCS 3022 - Afro Francophone Women Writers
ALCS 4010 - Littérature Africaine Francophone (The Literature of French-Speaking Africa and the Caribbean)
ALCS 4020 - Afro Hispanic Studies
ALCS 4025 - Afro Latin American Oral Traditions
ALCS 4030 - Afro Latin American Culture and Civilization
ALCS 4035 - Representations of Black Africans in Hispanic Literature

Interdisciplinary

ALCS minors are required to take 6 hours of the following interdisciplinary courses.

AADS 3020 - Special Topics in African American and Diaspora Studies
AADS 3370 - African Americans, Africa, and Pan Africanism
ENGL 3185 - Special Topics in African American Literature
ENGL 3275 - The Postcolonial Novel
ENGL 3400 - Critical Theory
HIST 2700 - Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 3675 - The Black Atlantic World
HIST 3700 - Caribbean History and Roots
HIST 3800 - Race in the Americas
PSCI 4640 - The Politics of Developing Nations
SOCI 2060 - Race and Ethnic Relations
WMST 1030 - Introduction to Women’s Studies

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Afro Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ALCS) Minor

Required

Language

Interdisciplinary