Hispanic Studies Minor

The minor consists of a minimum of 6 full courses (or the equivalent).

Note: Students must earn minimum grades of C- or P for all courses that apply toward the minor.

View the catalog page for the Hispanic studies department.

Students minoring in Hispanic studies may change to a minor in Spanish at any time, but they may not minor in both. The minor in Hispanic studies implies advanced proficiency in Spanish.

Summary of Requirements

One Full 400-Level Spanish-Taught Course
Four Full Spanish-Taught Hispanic Studies Courses
One Full Spanish-Taught Hispanic Studies or English-Taught Related Course

Note(s) on Requirements

Of the required six full courses for the minor, at least five must be Spanish-taught courses; a maximum of one English-taught related course may apply.
The required 400-level Spanish-taught course must be taken at Oberlin.
Language courses taken at the 100- and 200-level do not count toward the minor.

Transfer of Credit Toward the Minor

Up to two courses of transfer credit, including coursework done during study away, may be counted toward the minor. HISP 300 does not count toward this limit.

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credit

Transferred credit for HISP 300 counts toward the minor as a Spanish-taught Hispanic studies course.

Detailed Minor Requirements

Hispanic Studies Minor Course Lists

400-Level Spanish-Taught Courses

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Note: The required 400-level Spanish-taught course must be taken at Oberlin.

Spanish-Taught Hispanic Studies Courses

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Students are encouraged to take at least two of the four survey courses, combining one Spanish and one Latin American survey, as well as one pre-19^th century and one post-19^th century survey (e.g., HISP 309 and HISP 318 , or HISP 310 and HISP 317 ).

400-Level Spanish-Taught Courses

English-Taught Related Courses

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AAST 229 - Radical Thinkers and Movements in the Caribbean
ARTH 157 - Approaches to the Art of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 157
ARTH 253 - Latinx Art: Past and Futures ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 253
ARTH 254 - The Arts of Latin America in the 20th and 21st Centuries
ARTH 272 - Sacred Arts of Vodou and Santería
ARTH 294 - The Arts of Conquest and Resistance in 16th and 17th century Europe and Latin America ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 294
ARTH 353 - The Special Case of Puerto Rico
CAST 201 - Latinas/os in Comparative Perspective ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 201
CAST 270 - Latina/o History ⇒ cross-listed with HIST 270
CAST 335 - Latinx Oral Histories
CMPL 327 - Surrealism Narrative from Center to Margins ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 327
CMPL 365 - Love and Death: Jewish Literature and Culture of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 365, JWST 365
CMPL 430 - Literature and Music of Heartbreak ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 430
CMPL 460 - Repeating Islands: Literatures of the Caribbean ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 460
EDUA 301 - Language Pedagogy: The Theory & Practice of Teaching and Learning Languages
GSFS 201 - Latinas/os in Comparative Perspective ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 201
HISP 100 - When World Literature “Discovered” Latin America
HISP 103 - Mexican Cinema Goes International: Watching Gael García Bernal
HISP 157 - Approaches to the Art of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with ARTH 157
HISP 200 - Music of Latin America
HISP 253 - Latinx Art: Past and Futures ⇒ cross-listed with ARTH 253
HISP 294 - The Arts of Conquest and Resistance in 16th and 17th century Europe and Latin America ⇒ cross-listed with ARTH 294
HISP 327 - Surrealism Narrative from Center to Margins ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 327
HISP 340 - Nationalism, Culture, and Politics Under and After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the 20th Century ⇒ cross-listed with SOCI 340
HISP 365 - Love and Death: Jewish Literature and Culture of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 365, JWST 365
HISP 419 - Big Old Funny Books: Cervantes, Rabelais, Sterne ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 419
HISP 430 - Literature and Music of Heartbreak ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 430
HISP 460 - Repeating Islands: Literatures of the Caribbean ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 460
HIST 109 - Latin American History: Invasion to Independence
HIST 110 - Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence
HIST 270 - Latina/o History ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 270
HIST 291 - Antisemitism in European History and Literature ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 291
JWST 291 - Anti-Semitism in European History and Literature ⇒ cross-listed with HIST 291
JWST 365 - Love and Death: Jewish Literature and Culture of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 365, HISP 365
LATS 100 - What is Latin America? Issues in Latin American Studies
POLT 210 - Latin American Politics
POLT 269 - Latin American Politics Past and Present through Film
SOCI 340 - Nationalism, Culture, and Politics Under and After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the 20th Century ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 340