Minor for the M.A. and the Ph.D. Degrees
A doctoral minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies is administered by the LAIS Committee. The minor consists of eighteen hours of graduate level courses taken in the participating departments and approved by the student's doctoral committee. No courses from the student's major field may be included in the minor. At least two different areas must be represented in the minor, and the maximum number of hours permitted in any one area is nine. Doctoral minors in the program must demonstrate competency, as determined by the student's committee, in Spanish and Portuguese, except in special circumstances.
A minor at the master's level shall consist of a minimum of nine hours in at least two areas outside the major. Certain courses aside from the approved course list may be considered acceptable as part of the minor when the topic studied deals with Latin America or Iberia. Students should contact the course instructor in the department in which the course is offered and Dr. Alberto Julian Perez, Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies to determine if such courses are acceptable.