Latino Community Engagement Minor

Coordinator: Karina Kline-Gabel
Phone: (540) 568-6128
Email: klinegkx@jmu.edu
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/forlang/requirements/spanishprominors.shtml

The Latino Community Engagement minor invites Spanish-speaking students to engage with the local and regional Latinx community through a curriculum that requires community engagement and that emphasizes the immediacy of history and current events as they affect the Spanish speaking population. Students do not have to be WLC majors in Spanish in order to elect this minor, but the majority of these courses will be taught in Spanish. Students will be able to select up to two courses in English from a diverse list of courses in topics critical to Latino and Spanish-speaking communities. Consult with the minor coordinator for assistance in evaluating skills for participation.

Required Courses: 9 Credit Hours

SPAN 300. Grammar and Communication Credits: 3.00
SPAN 320. Oral and Written Communication Credits: 3.00
or
SPAN 321. Oral and Written Communication (for Heritage Speakers) Credits: 3.00
SPAN 492. Latinx Community Practicum Credits: 3.00

Upper-Level Courses: 9 Credit Hours

Choose three upper-level courses in Latino topics from this list. At least one must be taught in Spanish.

No more than two courses can be double-counted with the student’s major. Upper-level courses may be substituted, subject to prior approval from the minor coordinator.

HIST 313. The History of Latinos in the United States Credits: 3.00
JUST 328. Race, Class and Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 343. Justice and Society Credits: 3.00
POSC 367. U.S. Immigration and Refugee Law Credits: 3.00
REL 324. Latinx and Latin American Christianity Credits: 3.00
SCOM 248. Intercultural Communication Credits: 3.00
SCOM 342. Argument and Advocacy Credits: 3.00
SCOM 471. Culture and Health Communication Credits: 3.00
SOCI 318. Sociology of Immigration Credits: 3.00
SOCI 336. Race and Ethnicity Credits: 3.00
SOCI 372. Sociology of the Community Credits: 3.00
SOWK 487. Special Topics Credits: 3.00 (Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees)
SPAN 365. Spanish for Medical Professionals I Credits: 3.00
SPAN 370. Legal Spanish Credits: 3.00
SPAN 401. Hispanic/Latinx Cinema for Spanish Conversation Credits: 3.00
SPAN 404. Spanish in the United States Credits: 3.00
SPAN 436. Introduction to Interpretation Credits: 3.00
WRTC 318. Intercultural Professional Communication Credits: 3.00
WRTC 342. Writing Place Credits: 3.00
WRTC 486. Writing in the Community Credits: 3.00

Latino Community Engagement Minor

Required Courses: 9 Credit Hours

Upper-Level Courses: 9 Credit Hours

Total: 18 Credit Hours