Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

New York University

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU offers an M.A. program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Our MA program offers a unique and exciting academic experience: students thrive from access to world-renowned scholars and wealth of research resources while pursuing a flexible interdisciplinary program. The MA program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies also offers a concentration or Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies a joint program in Global Journalism and a dual program in Library Studies (with LIU Palmer School of Library & Information Science). The degree is a rigorous three-semester or four-semester academic program designed for those interested in pursuing careers in the academy, media and journalism, human rights, non-governmental work, public policy, and arts and cultures.CLACS pays special attention to language training, with state-of-the-art instruction in Quechua and Haitian Creole and support for the teaching of Mixtec and Nahuatl at local institutions. We have competitive but generous funding options with merit-based fellowships such as the McCracken Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS), and the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Tuition Program.

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