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LACSI Graduate Certificate

Requirements

Five LAC-Related Graduate Courses

  • LACS 6311: Critical Concepts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (required)
  • 4 additional graduate courses with significant LAC content from at least two disciplines. Two of the four courses must contain ≥ 75% LAC content (see list below), and one of the four courses can be an independent study with significant LAC content. A grade of B or better is required in all course work.
  • Language competence in Spanish, Portuguese, French, or Quechua. Non-native speakers must provide documentation or perform an oral proficiency test with a LACS-affiliated faculty member.
  • Students must demonstrate that they have done substantive research on an LAC topic through their thesis or other written work (see portfolio instructions).

In addition to the coursework, a dossier/portfolio documenting how students in the program have met the above requirements must be submitted for evaluation by the curriculum committee in order to be awarded the LACS graduate certificate. This will include examples of the student's research, writing, and other pertinent demonstrations of engagement with the LAC region.

Links to the portfolio instructions and the application form are both located at the bottom of this page.

Course LIST

Current courses approved for the graduate certificate are listed below by department. If you believe you have taken a course that is not listed but should be considered, contact the certificate advisor.
 

Spanish
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
SPAN 6120 Topics in Spanish Culture, Language, and Literature 50
SPAN 6550 History of the Spanish Language 30
SPAN 6650 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology 25
SPAN 6700 Spanish America from Modernism to
Post-Modernism
100
SPAN 6800 Erasing Boundaries: Latino/a Literature in the U. S. 100
SPAN 6850 Spanish Applied Linguistics 25
SPAN 8010 Topics in Culture, Ling., Lang,. & Lit. of the Span.
Speaking World
50
SPAN 8100 Poetry and Poetics 50
SPAN 8200 Narrative Discourses 50
SPAN 8300 Hispanic Thought 100
SPAN 8400 Performance Studies: From the Stage/Screen
to the Page
50
Portuguese
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
PORT 6010 Advanced Lang. Lit. & Culture of Portuguese
Speaking World
50
PORT 6040 Topics in Cinema, Culture, and Lit. in the Port.
Speaking World
50
PORT 6050 Prose of the Portuguese Speaking World 50
PORT 6060 Poetry of the Portuguese Speaking World 50
PORT 6070 Theater of the Portuguese Speaking World 50
PORT 6080 Studies in Culture and Lit of the Port. Speaking
World
50
PORT 6550 History of the Portuguese Language 25
PORT 8010 Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature (syllabus and content vary, contact instructor and LACS advisor beforehand)  75-100
French
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
FREN 8700 Seminar in Francophone Studies 25

 


 

African American Studies
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
AFAM 6860 Topics in Afro-Hispanic Identity 100
African Studies
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
AFST 6620 African Religion in Diaspora 100
Agricultural Leadership
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
ALDR 6710 International Agriculture Development 50
Anthropology
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
ANTH 6460 The Aztecs and Maya 100
ANTH 6225 Mexican Civilization 100
ANTH 6790 Human Adaptation 25
ANTH 6275 Community, Conservation, & Dev. In Costa Rica 75
Crop and Soil Sciences
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
CRSS 6930 Agroecology of the Tropical Rain Forest 100
Food Studies and Technology / Nutritional Sciences
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
FDNS 5710 Study Tour in Foods and Nutrition (Mexico) 100
Geography
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
GEOG 6720 Geography of Latin America 100
GEOG 8810 Political Ecology and Conservation Geographies 75
History
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
HIST 6200 Studies in Latin American History 100
HIST 6214 Introduction to the Religions of the Caribbean 100
HIST 6220 The United States and Latin America 100
HIST 6230 Supernatural Latin America 100
HIST 8220 Colloquium in L. A. and Caribbean History 100
HIST 8860 The Atlantic World, Graduate Seminar 100
Journalism
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
JRLC 5060 Telenovelas, Culture, and Society 100
JRLC 5080 International Mass Communication 25
JRLC 5400 Race, Gender, and the Media 25
Language and Literacy Education
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
LLED 6620 ESOL Service Learning 100
Linguistics
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
LING 6860 Sociolinguistics 25
LING 6950 Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics 25
Music
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
MUSI 6270 Topics in Musical Cultures of the World 100
Sociology
COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT
SOCI 8290 Seminar in Global Perspectives on Gender 35

Students will submit two documents: 1) to declare the certificate, and 2) the portfolio the semester of graduation.

Graduate Certificate Application Form

Graduate Certificate Portfolio Instructions

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