Graduate students seeking to document their area expertise can earn a Certificate in Latin American Studies in conjunction with an advanced degree in any University graduate program. This program offers students a wide range of course options that examine Latin American and Caribbean societies from the perspective of their history, social structure, economic and political structures, language, literature, art, and culture. https://lacsi.uga.edu/lacsi-graduate-certificate
Jorge Derpic Assistance Director and Academic Professional Associate Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute jderpic@uga.edu
15 hours
| LACS(ANTH)(SOCI) 4311/6311 | Critical Concepts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 |
Current courses approved for the graduate certificate are listed below. If you believe you have taken a course that is not listed but should be considered, contact the certificate advisor.
Choose 4 course(s) from the following:
| AFAM(ROML) 4860/6860 | Topics in Afro-Hispanic Identity | 3 |
| AFST(RELI)(LACS) 4620/6620 | African Religion in Diaspora | 3 |
| ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710 | International Agricultural Development | 3 |
| ANTH(GEOG) 4275/6275 | Conservation and Development in Costa Rica | 3-6 |
| ANTH(NAMS)(LACS) 4460/6460 | The Aztecs and the Maya | 3 |
| ANTH 4790/6790 | Human Adaptation | 3 |
| CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4930/6930 | Agroecology of Tropical America | 3 |
| FILM 4100/6100 | Latinx Film and Visual Culture | 3 |
| FREN 8700 | Seminar in Francophone Studies | 3 |
| GEOG(LACS) 4720/6720 | Geography of Latin America | 3 |
| GEOG 8810 | Seminar in Human-Environment Relationships | 3 |
| HIST(LACS) 4200/6200 | Studies in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST(RELI) 4214/6214 | Introduction to the Religions of the Caribbean | 3 |
| HIST 4220/6220 | The United States and Latin America | 3 |
| HIST(LACS) 4230/6230 | Supernatural Latin America: Readings on Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Popular Religion | 3 |
| HIST 8220 | Colloquium in Latin American and Caribbean History | 3 |
| HIST 8860 | Seminar in History | 3 |
| JRLC(LACS) 5060 | Telenovelas, Culture, and Society | 3 |
| JRLC 5080 | International Mass Communication | 3 |
| JRLC 5400 | Race, Gender, and the Media | 3 |
| LACS(SOCI) 4211/6211 | Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| LACS 4911/6911 | Topics in Latin American Research and Analysis | 3 |
| LING 4860/6860 | Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| LLED 4620S/6620S | ESOL Service Learning | 1-3 |
| MUSI 4270/6270 | Topics in Musical Cultures of the World | 3 |
| NUTR 5710/7710 | Study Tour in Nutritional Sciences | 1-12 |
| PORT 4010/6010 | Advanced Language, Literature, and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT(LACS) 4040/6040 | Topics in Cinema, Music, Culture, and Literature in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 4050/6050 | Prose of the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 4060/6060 | Poetry of the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 4070/6070 | Theater of the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 4080/6080 | Studies in Culture and Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World | 3 |
| PORT 4550/6550 | History of the Portuguese Language | 3 |
| SOCI(WMST) 8290 | Seminar in Global Perspectives on Gender | 3 |
| SPAN 4120/6120 | Exploring Cultures in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN(LING) 6550 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN(LING) 6650 | Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| SPAN 6700 | Spanish America from Modernism to Postmodernism | 3 |
| SPAN 6800 | Erasing Boundaries: Latina/o Literature of the United States | 3 |
| SPAN(LING) 6850 | Spanish Applied Linguistics | 3 |
| SPAN(LING) 6950 | Spanish Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| SPAN 8010 | Topics in Culture, Language, Linguistics, and Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World Seminar | 3 |
| SPAN 8100 | Poetry and Poetics | 3 |
| SPAN 8200 | Narrative Discourses | 3 |
| SPAN 8300 | Hispanic Thought | 3 |
| SPAN 8400 | Performance Studies: From the Stage/Screen to the Page | 3 |
| THEA(LACS) 4490/6490 | Latin American and Caribbean Theatre and Performance | 3 |
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 a Latin American or Caribbean topic through their thesis or other written work. 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.
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.