Program: Borders and Languages Minor - Fort Lewis College

May 21, 2025

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN BORDERS AND LANGUAGES

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Complete 5 courses from the following:

At least 2 courses must be upper division (300- or 400-level).

Courses may be chosen from any offered by the department or accepted as transfer Borders and Language courses.

Note: Students may also complete the Borders and Languages Block Program to satisfy the minor requirements.

BL 100 - Introduction to Borders and Languages Credits: 3
BL 101 - Music and Borderlands: Beginning Spanish [LAC-AH] Credits: 3
BL 102 - Survival Spanish Credits: 2
BL 103 - Conversational Spanish Credits: 2
BL 105 - Introduction to Business Japanese Credits: 3
BL 201 - Spanish for the Professions [LAC-AH] Credits: 3
BL 202 - The Wild Tongue: Intermediate Spanish [LAC-AH] Credits: 3
BL 220 - The Immigrant Experience Credits: 3
BL 250 - Latinx Culture Credits: 3
BL 313 - Narco Culture Credits: 3
BL 322 - Biopolitics: Bodies on the Border Credits: 3
BL 333 - Southwest Language Immersion for Teachers Credits: 1-3
BL 325 - Special Topics: Borderlands Credits: 3
BL 376 - Lenguaje y Fronteras Credits: 3
BL 381 - Youth Identities in YA Latinx Lit Credits: 3
OR GSS 381 Credits: 3
BL 395 - Ensenanza y Fronteras Credits: 3
BL 401 - Advanced Spanish Topics Credits: 3
BL 434 - Trauma, Borders, and Monsters Credits: 3
CRIM 361 - Deviance Credits: 3
CRIM 363 - Crime and Youth Credits: 3
CRIM 364 - Crime and Punishment Credits: 3
CRIM 365 - Crime and Justice Credits: 3
CRIM 366 - Special Topics: Criminology Credits: 3
CRIM 375 - Terrorism and Security Credits: 3
CRIM 380 - Immigration Law and Professional Spanish Credits: 3
NAIS 125 - Foundations of Diné Language Credits: 3
NAIS 225 - Native American Languages Credits: 3
NAIS 280 - Contemporary Issues of Native Nations [LAC-SS] Credits: 3
SOC 100 - Social Issues [LAC-SS] Credits: 3
SOC 200 - Social Change Credits: 3
SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing [LAC-CO2] Credits: 3
SOC 230 - Resiliency and Society Credits: 3
SOC 275 - Families and Marriage Credits: 3
SOC 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class [LAC-SS] Credits: 3
SOC 300 - Theories of Social and Personal Life Credits: 3
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 3
Borders and Languages Block:

Note: BL 320 must be completed for 12 credits.
BL 320 - Community Internship Credits: 1-16
BL 495 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR MINOR - CREDITS: 11-15

Prior to course registration, students should review all courses for prerequisites, minimum prerequisite grade requirements and minimum class standing.