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May 03, 2026
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[PRELIMINARY] Course Catalog 2026-2027
Hispanic Studies Minor
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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.
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Transfer of Credit Toward the Minor
The Hispanic studies department will accept up to the equivalent of two full courses of transfer credit to count toward the Hispanic studies minor requirements. Two types of approval are needed. (1) Approval from the Office of the Registrar that the transfer course meets Oberlin’s transfer-of-credit eligibility standards and (2) approval from the department/program chair that the course(s) may count to the minor. Current students taking post-matriculation credit must secure this approval before registering for course(s). Students who enter Oberlin as transfer students will have their pre-matriculation credit evaluated by the Office of the Registrar for elective credit, and they can later seek approval from the department/program for applying coursework to minor requirements. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credit
AP/IB transfer credit received for HISP 300 counts toward the minor as a Spanish-taught Hispanic studies course, and does not count toward the two-full-course transfer of credit limit. Detailed Minor Requirements
Hispanic Studies Minor Course Lists
400-Level Spanish-Taught Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. Note: The required 400-level Spanish-taught course must be taken at Oberlin. - GSFS 408 - Bad Education: Female Instruction in Ibero-America ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 408
- HISP 405 - The New Spaniards: Immigration in Contemporary Spain
- HISP 408 - Bad Education: Female Instruction in Ibero-America ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 408
- HISP 416 - Constructs of Machismo and Marianismo in the Mexican Literary Canon
- HISP 417 - Saints, Sinners and Other Cursed Women
- HISP 431 - A New Song: The Cultural Politics of Latin American Music in the Sixties and Seventies
- HISP 439 - Spread the Word: Letters, Newspapers and Pasquines
- HISP 441 - The Spanish Revolution, 90 Years Later
- HISP 445 - Crime, Sex, and Ghosts of the Past: Contemporary Spanish Fiction and Film
- HISP 452 - Puerto Rico Post-Mortem: Nation, Identity, and Language in a Non-Sovereign Territory
- HISP 455 - Women on the Move: Migrant Women’s Voices at the Mexican-U.S. American Border
- HISP 456 - Minor Literature, World Literature, and the Limits of Translation
- HISP 461 - Wild Laboratories: Political Experiments in 19th Century Latin America
- HISP 462 - Ghosts, Spirits and Specters in Hispanic Narratives
- HISP 465 - Indignant Spain: Politics and Culture After 2011
English-Taught Related Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. - AAST 229 - Radical Thinkers and Movements in the Caribbean
- ANTH 402 - The Native Languages of the Americas
- ANTH 427 - Advanced Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
- ANTH 464 - Metaphors of Blood: Race, Kinship, and Genetics
- 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
- CAST 407 - Black Feminism and Decolonization ⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 407
- CAST 408 - Race, Religion, and Citizenship
- CAST 411 - Seminar: Ethnic and Racial Minority Mental Health ⇒ cross-listed with PSYC 411
- CAST 416 - Taste the Nation: Culture, Consumption, and American Identities
- CAST 427 - Borderlands ⇒ cross-listed with HIST 427
- CMPL 104 - Literature Before the Law: On Atrocity and Justice ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 104
- CMPL 224 - Passport, please: Mobility, Borders, and Freedom of Movement ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 224
- 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
- ENGL 438 - Seminar: Literary Cognitive Linguistics
- GSFS 201 - Latinas/os in Comparative Perspective ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 201
- GSFS 407 - Black Feminism and Decolonization ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 407
- HISP 100 - When World Literature “Discovered” Latin America
- HISP 104 - Literature Before the Law: On Atrocity and Justice ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 104
- HISP 157 - Approaches to the Art of the Americas ⇒ cross-listed with ARTH 157
- HISP 224 - Passport, please: Mobility, Borders, and Freedom of Movement ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 224
- 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 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
- HIST 412 - Lords, Peasants, and Pigs on Trial: popular and elite culture in early modern Europe
- HIST 418 - Beyond Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World
- HIST 427 - Borderlands ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 427
- HIST 493 - Repairing the Past: Readings in Historical Justice
- 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
- PSYC 411 - Seminar: Ethnic and Racial Minority Mental Health ⇒ cross-listed with CAST 411
- SOCI 340 - Nationalism, Culture, and Politics Under and After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the 20th Century ⇒ cross-listed with HISP 340
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