The Quechua minor provides a core curriculum in language study, supplemented by coursework in related areas, which students can choose. Students completing the Quechua minor are required to take 4 semesters of Quechua language courses and one elective, for a total of 17 credits. To declare a Quechua minor, students must visit Student Records in 140 Thackeray Hall and submit an Academic Plan Change Form, available in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Student Toolkit. 

Core Courses (14 credits)

These courses comprise four semesters of language study:

• QUECH 0101 - Quechua 1 (4 credits)
• QUECH 0102 - Quechua 2 (4 credits)
• QUECH 0103 - Quechua 3 (3 credits)
• QUECH 0104 - Quechua 4 (3 credits)

1 Elective Course (3 credits)

Below is a list of courses that can be taken as an elective to fulfill the Quechua minor. Other courses may be considered, but require approval by the LCTL Center.

• QUECH 0105 - Quechua 5  
• QUECH 0106 - Quechua 6
• QUECH 1909 - Special Topics in Quechua
• LING 1263 - Cross Cultural Communication
• LING 1951 - Languages of the World
• ANTH 1528 - South American Archeology
• ANTH 1543 - Ancient States in the New World
• HIST 0500 - Colonial Latin America
• HIST 0501 - Modern Latin America
• HIST 1511 - Violence and Memory in Latin America

For more information about the scope of the Quechua Program at Pitt, see our Quechua Language Page.