ACADEMIC ACADEMIC PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
of the of the CENTER FOR CENTER FOR
LATIN AMERICAN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESSTUDIES
2004-052004-05
The Academic Programs of The Academic Programs of Latin American StudiesLatin American Studies
• Graduate CertificateGraduate Certificate• Graduate Certificate in Latin American Graduate Certificate in Latin American
Social and Public PolicySocial and Public Policy• Undergraduate CertificateUndergraduate Certificate• Undergraduate Related Concentration Undergraduate Related Concentration
Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate RequirementsRequirements
Six area courses in at least three Six area courses in at least three disciplines disciplines
Sufficient language skills to conduct Sufficient language skills to conduct field research in Spanish, field research in Spanish, Portuguese, or another language of Portuguese, or another language of the areathe area
Interdisciplinary research paperInterdisciplinary research paper
Undergraduate Undergraduate RequirementsRequirements
CertificateCertificate7 area courses in at least three disciplines7 area courses in at least three disciplines6 terms of college-level language courses 6 terms of college-level language courses (Spanish, (Spanish, Portuguese, or an Amerindian Portuguese, or an Amerindian language)language)Study in Latin America of at least six weeks’ Study in Latin America of at least six weeks’
durationduration
Related ConcentrationRelated Concentration5 area courses in at least three disciplines5 area courses in at least three disciplines4 terms of college-level language courses (Spanish, 4 terms of college-level language courses (Spanish,
Portuguese, or an Amerindian language) Portuguese, or an Amerindian language)
STUDY ABROAD STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES
CLAS UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR AND FIELD CLAS UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR AND FIELD TRIPTRIP– Undergraduates are taught research methodologyUndergraduates are taught research methodology– Use knowledge to design and carry out a field Use knowledge to design and carry out a field
research project; live with a host familyresearch project; live with a host family– Produce a major research paperProduce a major research paper
**Academically challenging program that is **Academically challenging program that is affordableaffordable
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PACIFICO – Lima, PeruUNIVERSIDAD DEL PACIFICO – Lima, Peru
TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY – Monterrey, TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY – Monterrey, MexicoMexico
Current EnrollmentCurrent Enrollment
Graduate Certificate………………..Graduate Certificate……………….. 130130Graduate Certificate inGraduate Certificate in
Social & Public Policy ………….Social & Public Policy …………. 20 20Total graduate studentsTotal graduate students 150150
Undergraduate Certificate………,,,Undergraduate Certificate………,,, 174174Undergrad Related ConcentrationUndergrad Related Concentration 18 18
Total undergraduatesTotal undergraduates 192192
Students currently enrolled in CLAS:Students currently enrolled in CLAS:342342
Academic ResourcesAcademic ResourcesFACULTYFACULTY
74 Latin American specialists – our “Core” faculty74 Latin American specialists – our “Core” faculty60 faculty members whose courses or research include 60 faculty members whose courses or research include Latin America Latin America -- our “Related” faculty -- our “Related” faculty
AREA & LANGUAGE COURSESAREA & LANGUAGE COURSESofferings in 20 departments of 8 schoolsofferings in 20 departments of 8 schools177 Latin American content courses were offered in 177 Latin American content courses were offered in academic academic year year 2004-05 in which about 4000 will 2004-05 in which about 4000 will have enrolledhave enrolledElementary through advanced language courses Elementary through advanced language courses offered in offered in Spanish, Portuguese, Quechua and Aymara Spanish, Portuguese, Quechua and Aymara – enrollment of – enrollment of about 2700about 2700
LIBRARYLIBRARY 450,000 volumes in the Eduardo Lozano Latin 450,000 volumes in the Eduardo Lozano Latin American CollectionAmerican Collection
AlumniAlumni
Outstanding alumniOutstanding alumni>> academics at Yale, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, CMU, academics at Yale, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, CMU,
Colorado, Mount Holyoke, Ohio State, Maryland; Colorado, Mount Holyoke, Ohio State, Maryland; leading universities in Latin America; K-12 teachers leading universities in Latin America; K-12 teachers nationwidenationwide
business: ABN AMBRO, Inter-American Investment business: ABN AMBRO, Inter-American Investment Corporation, PNCCorporation, PNC
International organizations: United Nations, Inter-International organizations: United Nations, Inter-American Dialogue, ILO, FLACSO, ECLAC, Africare, American Dialogue, ILO, FLACSO, ECLAC, Africare, Peace CorpsPeace Corps
government: State Department, Federal Research government: State Department, Federal Research Bank, Foreign Service, U.S. military, ministries of Bank, Foreign Service, U.S. military, ministries of national governments in Latin America national governments in Latin America
2004-05 GRADUATIONS2004-05 GRADUATIONS
16 16 Graduate CertificatesGraduate Certificates 44 Graduate Certificates in Social & Graduate Certificates in Social &
Public PolicyPublic Policy2020 Total graduatesTotal graduates
2828 Undergraduate CertificatesUndergraduate Certificates1313 Undergrad Related ConcentrationsUndergrad Related Concentrations
4141 Total undergraduatesTotal undergraduates
61 students are expected to graduate from CLAS 61 students are expected to graduate from CLAS in 2004-05in 2004-05