Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Course Requirements:
One required core course
- MALS 70000, Introduction to Liberal Studies (3 credits)
One survey course
- Transnational Latin American and Caribbean Communities in the U.S.
One history course
- Precolonial/Colonial Latin American and Caribbean History
- National Period Latin American and Caribbean History
One course in language and literature
- Spanish American Literature of the Conquest
- Spanish American Colonial Literature
- Spanish American Novel Since 1960
- Modern Spanish American Essay
Five courses (15 credits) on Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latino Studies to be selected from those offered at the The Graduate Center by Ph.D. programs in Anthropology, Art History, Comparative Literature, Economics, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages, History, Linguistics, Music, Political Science, Sociology, and Theatre.
Language Proficiency:
Spanish or Portuguese, or (only in special cases) French or Dutch
MALS Thesis:
Supervised by a faculty adviser
To learn more about the specialization in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies in the M.A. Program in Liberal Studies, visit our website at:
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/lastudies/
Regarding details about the specialization, please contact:
Professor Laird W. Bergad
Coordinator, Specialization in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies in the M.A. Liberal Studies Program
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5419
New York, NY 10016-2309
Tel: 212-817-8438
Email: clacls@gc.cuny.edu