GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The Latin American
Studies Program offers an inter-disciplinary Graduate Certificate
in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies. The Graduate Certificate
is offered only in conjunction with a disciplinary master's or doctoral
degree program and is overseen by the Latin American Studies Executive
Committee. It is intended to certify competency in area and language
studies. The Graduate Certificate encourages graduate students to
pursue inter-disciplinary studies. In addition, it encourages enrolled
graduate students to enhance their professional development by taking
courses outside their discipline which contribute to training in
internationalism, multiculturalism and foreign language competence.
Requirements:
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Students must be enrolled in a regular M.A., M.S., M.B.A.,
M.Ed., Ph.D. or Ed.D. program
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Four area study courses at the 500 to 800 level
in three disciplines from a listing of "core" courses.
Core courses are defined as those containing at least 25 percent
Latin American, Caribbean or Latino studies content.* See below
for a list of approaved courses.
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One of the four courses may be "support" course
if the student writes a research paper on Latin American,
Caribbean or Latino studies theme. |
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One of the four courses may be an independent
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Up to two undergraduate courses may be taken
as graduate independent studies if the student writes
an additional research paper on Latin American, Caribbean or
Latino studies
theme for the course. This option is subject to the
instructor's permission. |
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Two undergraduate courses at the 300 or 400
level may be substituted for one graduate level course. |
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A grade of B or better must be obtained in all
courses; only one course may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. |
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All course work must be above and beyond that
completed as an undergraduate, with the exception of language
proficiency (see 4 below). |
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Language Proficiency: demonstrated reading knowledge
and conversational ability in Spanish or Portuguese. This may
be met by having completed language studies through the third
year (Spanish 301 and 310, 311 or 312; or Portuguese 301 and
302 at UMass or their equivalent at other institutions) or by
examination. |
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Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation on
a Latin American, Caribbean or Latino studies theme. In departments
where qualifying exams are offered in the field of Latin American,
Caribbean or Latino studies, these may be substituted for the
Master's thesis. In departments that offer Master's degree without
a thesis requirement or a comprehensive exam in Latin American
Studies, students will complete a special Master's Project,
of at least three credits, by permission of the LAS Executive
Committee. Credits toward the Master's Project will be above
and beyond the credits required in number 2 above. |
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A presentation of research results in the Latin
American Studies Research Workshop. |
Graduate Level Courses
Core Courses: 25% Latin American/Latino Studies Content
Graduate Level Courses
Support Courses:
Student must write a research paper
on Latin America
*A list of available courses that may be applied to the requirements
is compiled every semester, and may be obtained at the Center.
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