The Luso-Brazilian Studies Minor
Note: Students must receive a C (2.0) or above for these courses to count toward the minor. Courses taken for less than 1 unit will not count towards the minor.5-5.75 units, including:
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LAIS390 Portuguese for Romance Language Speakers or another comparable intermediate/advanced course in Portuguese language. The requirement in Portuguese language can be fulfilled in one of the following ways:
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LAIS390 Portuguese for Romance Language Speakers
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Exemption through a placement test that measures oral, writing, reading, and comprehension skills. Exempted students must still take a total of 5-5.75 units to complete the minor; thus, they may substitute LAIS390 with an elective
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Completion of Portuguese language coursework at one of our partner institutions abroad (PUC Rio, SIT, CIEE Brazil, or CIEE Portugal).
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LAIS314 Luso-Brazilian Studies: A Global Perspective with optional C-LAC component in Portuguese language
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Three interdisciplinary electives
The following courses are content-specific and do not require a C-LAC:
The following courses are general electives that require a C-LAC:
- ANTH271 Covid-19 in International Perspective
- ANTH279 Selected Topics in Anthropology
- ANTH300 Sexuality and Gender Across Cultures
- ANTH302 Health Inequities in International Perspective
- ANTH306 Tourism and Anthropology
- ANTH307 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- ANTH308 Latin America: An Ethnographic Perspective
- ANTH328 Anthropology of Human Rights
- ANTH329Anthropology of Race
- ECON210 The Economics of the European Union
- ECON211 Economic Development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
- GEOG220 Ecotourism
- GEOG325 Latin American Geographies: Transnational and Local Connections
- ENVR333 Geographies of Amazonia
- ENVR345 Global Sustainability: Society, Economy, Nature
- HIST370 Global Climate Investment
- HIST260 Colonial Latin America
- HIST261 Modern Latin America
- HIST265 Gender and Sexuality in Latin American History
- HIST281 Africa, c. 1500 to c. 1900
- HIST282 Africa in the Twentieth Century
- HIST390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia
- PLSC343 Politics of Asia
- PLSC344 Europe Today
- PLSC348 Politics of Africa
- PLSC349 Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean
- PLSC351 Globalization
- SOC306 Social Change in a Global Perspective