Director: Laura Matthew, Ph.D.
Latin American Studies has come a long way from its foundations more than fifty years ago to forge new and critical questions about Latin American and hemispheric identity, diversity, borders, sustainability and social justice. Rapid environmental change, transnational political movements, and global migration to and through the region are just some of the shared issues between North and South America (including the Caribbean), with widespread implications. Understanding this area, its history and its cultures also opens the door to a better understanding of the U.S. Latino/a/x population, which now constitutes nearly one-fifth of our country’s population. The goals of the Latin American Studies (INLA) major, as well as the INLA minor, are to foster interdisciplinary study and research in topics related to Latin American Studies, to promote the interaction of Marquette students with Latin American communities both in Milwaukee and abroad and to advance the pursuit of social justice in the region. A degree in INLA provides advantages to job-seeking graduates in a variety of fields, including international diplomacy, international aid and development, business, banking, local and international nongovernmental organizations, journalism, health care, law, immigration services and more. The INLA major can easily be completed in four years regardless of whether or not the student enters Marquette with Spanish language proficiency.
Latin American Studies Minor
The minor in Latin American Studies consists of 18 credit hours: Required Foundation courses (9 credit hours), one course from each of the Content Areas (6 credit hours) and one elective course (3 credit hours).
Note: Students must demonstrate a competency in a second language through the intermediate (2002 or 2003) level. This proficiency can be established through Spanish language course work at Marquette or through a Spanish language proficiency exam approved by Marquette’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| 3 |
| History of Latin America | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| 3 |
| Hispanic Cultures and Literatures in English | |
| Peoples and Cultures of Latin America | |
| Latin American and Latinx Contemporary Issues | |
| 3 |
| |
| 3 |
| Global Applied Learning Project: Applied Global Business Learning 1 | |
| Development Economics | |
| History of Latin America | |
| Engaging the World 2 | |
| Colonial Latin America | |
| The Caribbean | |
| History of Mexico | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| Human Security | |
| The Political Economy of Development | |
| 3 |
| Latin American Philosophy | |
| Immigrants and their Communities | |
| Global Aid and Humanitarianism | |
| Hispanic Cultures and Literatures in English | |
| Peoples and Cultures of Latin America | |
| Film and Society in Spanish | |
| The Transnational Game: Soccer, Social Justice and National Identity | |
| Latin American and Latinx Contemporary Issues | |
| Hispanic Studies: Latin America and Latinx | |
| Introduction to Latin American Theology | |
| 3 |
| Midwestern Latinx Communities | |
| Introduction to Latinx Studies | |
| U.S. Latinx Literature | |
| Linguistic Approaches to Spanish Grammar | |
| Spanish Phonetics | |
| Spanish Pragmatics: Language Use in Context | |
| Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Latinx Literatures and Cultures | |
| Trends in Colonial Latin American Literature | |
| Building Nations and Identities in Latin American Literature | |
| Latin American Poetry, Music and Visual Arts | |
| Trends in Contemporary Latin American Literature | |
| Advanced Spanish for Business | |
| Latin America and the Martyrs | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 0-15 |
| |
| Elementary Spanish 1
and Elementary Spanish 2 | |
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| Intensive Elementary Spanish | |
| |
| Intermediate Spanish 1
and Intermediate Spanish 2 | |
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| Intensive Intermediate Spanish | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-15 |
