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 toPost-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/Screento the Page 50 Portuguese COURSE # COURSE TITLE % LAC CONTENT PORT 6010 Advanced Lang. Lit. & Culture of PortugueseSpeaking 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. SpeakingWorld 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
