{"id":1357,"date":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/ais\/latinamerican\/"},"modified":"2014-03-04T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T20:14:50","slug":"latinamerican","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2014-2015\/sshgs\/latinamerican\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino\/a and Latin American Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Latino\/a and Latin American Studies is an exciting interdisciplinary minor.\u00a0 Traditional disciplines (such as history, sociology, literature, and language) are organized into a program of study so that the student may develop familiarity with history, politics and social issues in Latin America as well as a knowledge of the complexity of Latino\/a cultures and studies in the United States.\u00a0 Students who complete this minor should be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of U.S.-Latin American relations and sensitivity to the global, diverse nature of cultural issues in Latin America and those surrounding the Latino\/a community in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Latin America consists of many countries from the Rio Grande to the South Pole.\u00a0 Each of these countries possesses varied and dynamic cultures.\u00a0 For example, the best of the modern age can be found in the huge metropolitan centers of Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City.\u00a0 The best of the ancient civilizations still survive, for instance, in the Maya of Mexico and Central America and the Inca and Tupi-Guarani of South America.\u00a0 The United States is home to often several generations of people of Latino heritage whose ancestors either precede the founding of the nation or who migrated and settled there bringing with them their cultural richness and creating new cultural expressions in the new land.<\/p>\n
The minor is offered by a faculty with varied backgrounds.\u00a0 Classes are offered on a regular basis in sociology, history, Spanish language and literature.\u00a0 In addition, there are courses offered in art, music, media and migration, to name a few.<\/p>\n
A program of Latino\/a American Studies is highly recommended in combination with such majors as International Business, International Studies, Social Work, Communications, or Spanish.\u00a0 In fact, as Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the U.S., spoken by approximately 45 million people, 15% of the total population, the college graduate will undoubtedly encounter people of Latino or Latin American origin in any area in which he\/she works (according to 2006 census figures).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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