Bienvenidos | Welcome
Whatever word you use, the University of Oregon welcomes Ducks from everywhere, whether they're from another state or country, or have ancestors who made the journey before them. The Latinx Studies minor gives you the tools to understand, appreciate, and serve Latinx communities in all of their complexity. Latinx Studies is for everyone who wants to learn more—no matter your personal background.
The Minor
The Latinx studies minor is for students across all majors who want to learn more about the perspectives and experiences of Latinx communities in the US and Latin America.
Your path, your way:
Latinx Studies coursework is diverse, multifaceted, and intimately connected to the largest questions of our time—just like Latinx communities themselves. Some classes in the minor give you frameworks to think about ethnicity, race, and migration—while others help you learn the histories, cultures, and challenges of specific Latinx groups.
Foundational courses include Ethnic Studies 101 for tools to think about diverse communities, plus one class chosen from a short menu of options to provide a broad introduction to Latinx communities in a discipline such as History or English. Electives include two Latinx-specific courses from options like “Chicano and Latino Writers” or “Spanish in the United States,” plus two comparative courses that place Latinx experiences in a larger, relational context, such as “Multicultural Literacy” or “Immigration and Citizenship.” As a whole, the major’s 24 credits give you the chance to learn more about Latinx heritage and communities in their own right, as well in relationship to the larger world.
