丁香园AV

Latin American Studies Program | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Fall

This program may be of interest to those seeking certification of Latin American expertise. For information, and to be admitted, students should contact the Latin American Studies program director.

This graduate certificate program is exclusively - and only - completed during enrolment in a master鈥檚 or doctoral program. Therefore, graduate certificate courses may be applied toward a master鈥檚 or doctoral program. Students are not permitted to complete this graduate certificate program on its own. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of a diploma program cannot also be used to satisfy the requirements of this graduate certificate program.

Program Requirements

Students complete, with a minimum B grade, both of

• LAS 815-4 Theories of Latin American Development
• LAS 835-4 Social and Political Change in Latin America

and either

• LAS 800-4 Approaches to Research in Latin American Studies
• or another graduate research methods course offered through another department

and one additional Latin America related course

Students are also required to demonstrate Spanish or Portuguese language proficiency by taking a faculty administered exam or obtaining a B grade in an upper division Spanish or Portuguese language course.

Courses used to fulfil the requirements cannot be graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory but instead must culminate in a letter grade.

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