The Minor provides students with:

• a broad conceptual knowledge and foundation for further study in the area of Latin American Studies.
• key issues of the Indigenous and Pre-Hispanic World, Hispanic Heritage, Latin America in the 20th Century, and Brazil;
• the symbiosis between Latin American cultural production and its social and political realities in the 20th century;
• knowledge of the most significant contemporary Latin American literary production, trends and debates;
• a foundational understanding of Latin America's intellectual history