2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

Latin American and Latinx Studies Minor

The Department of Latin American and Latinx Studies offers a minor that engages students in the study of Latin America and the study of persons of Latin American descent (Latinx people) in the United States. The minor exposes students to the political, historical, socioeconomic, and cultural possibilities and obstacles for achieving social justice and equity; cross-cultural and intercultural understanding; respect for human integrity and dignity; and awareness of political and human rights.

Minor coordinator. Professor Brian Montes, Department of Latin American and Latinx Studies (212.237.8749, bmontes@jjay.cuny.edu)

Advisors. Professors Jose Luis Morin (212.393.6481, jmorin@jjay.cuny.edu) and Isabel Martinez (212.237.8674, imartinez@jjay.cuny.edu), Department of Latin American and Latinx Studies

Requirements. Students must complete 18 credits (six courses) of which 6 are required and 12 are elective. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minor or program.

Additional information. Students who enrolled for the first time at the College or selected this minor in September 2020 or thereafter must complete the minor in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose the form shown here or the earlier version of the minor. A copy of the earlier version can be obtained in the 2019–2020 Undergraduate Bulletin.

Part One. Required Courses

LLS 124Latinx Communities in the United States

3

LLS 242/POL 242/HIS 242U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America

3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Part Two. Distribution Requirements

Select two in each category

Category A: Latin America

LLS 101Poetry and Drama from the Mid–19th Century to Date

3

LLS 102Puerto Rican Narrative from the 1940s to the Present

3

LLS 104/HIS 104History of Puerto Rico

3

LLS 110/MUS 110Popular Music of the Caribbean

3

LLS 130Introduction to Latin American History

3

LLS 145Puerto Rican Culture and Folklore

3

LLS 166/AFR 166/HIS 166History of the Caribbean Islands

3

LLS 215Socio-Political Developments in Contemporary Puerto Rico

3

LLS 220Human Rights and Law in Latin America

3

LLS 223Revolution & Social Change in Latin American Literature & Arts

3

LLS 227Indigenous Latin America

3

LLS 232/AFR 232Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean

3

LLS 245Dominican Society and Identity

3

LLS 250Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America

3

LLS 255Latin American Woman in Global Society

3

LLS 260/HIS 260History of Contemporary Cuba

3

LLS 261/HIS 261Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary Latin America

3

LLS 263/AFR 263/HIS 263Blacks in Latin America

3

LLS 265/HIS 265Class, Race and Family in Latin American History

3

LLS 267/AFR 267/HIS 267History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States

3

LLS 280Selected Topics in Latin American and Latinx Studies

3

LLS 343Race and Citizenship in the Americas

3

LLS 356Terror and Transitional Justice in Latin America

3

Category B: U.S. Latinx Experience

LIT 265Foundations of U.S. Latinx Literature

3

LIT 357Violence of Language: U.S. Latinx Street Literature

3

LIT 383Gender and Sexuality in U.S. Latinx Literature

3

LLS 100Latinx People and Justice in New York: Freshman Year Seminar

3

LLS 107Puerto Rican Literature: Criminal Justice Themes in Poetry and Drama

3

LLS 108Puerto Rican Literature: Criminal Justice Themes in the Essay, Short Story and Novel

3

LLS 203U.S. Latinx Identity in the 21st Century

3

LLS 217Theater of Americas since 1960

3

LLS 241Latinx Populations and the City

3

LLS 247Growing Up Latinx

3

LLS 280Selected Topics in Latin American and Latinx Studies

3

LLS 321 Latinx Community Fieldwork

4

LLS 322Latinx Struggles for Civil Rights & Social Justice

3

LLS 325Latinx Experience of Criminal Justice

3

LLS 341Immigrant Rights in the Americas

3

LLS 362Entangled Tongues: Bilingualism in U.S. Latinx Literature

3

LLS 363Il-Legal Subjects: U.S. Latinx Literature and the Law

3

LLS 364Ethical Strains in U.S. Latinx Literature

3

LLS 401Seminar in Latinx Issues: Gender, Race, Ethnicity and the Legal System

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Total Credit Hours: 18