LATIN AMERICAN AND HEMISPHERIC STUDIES
Program Committee: P.F. Klarén (Director), C.J. Allen, M. Byrnes, J. Ferrer, K. Healy, C. McClintock, M. Price, I. Vergara
Master of Arts in the field of Latin American and hemispheric studies—The Elliott School of International Affairs offers a multidisciplinary program leading to the Master of Arts in the field of Latin American and hemispheric studies.
Prerequisite: the admission requirements stated under the Elliott School of International Affairs and a bachelor's degree with background course work related to Latin America and at least two years of study of Spanish or Portuguese.
Required: the general requirements stated under the Elliott School of International Affairs. The program consists of 40 credit hours of course work. The core requirements include a multidisciplinary foundation course; the capstone course; and courses on Latin America chosen from designated courses in three of the following disciplinary fields: anthropology, economics, geography, history, and political science. The major field is taken in anthropology; geography; art history, literature and culture; economics; international business; international health and development; political science; and history. Students should consult program guidelines available from the Elliott School for specific courses that pertain to the field of study.
All students must demonstrate oral and reading proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese by passing a language examination during the final 20 hours in residence. Up to 6 hours of language course credit may count toward the degree.
Students who meet stated requirements may choose to take 34 hours of course work plus 6 hours of thesis research. See Thesis Option under the Elliott School section of this Bulletin.
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