Latin American and Latino Studies Designated Emphasis

Subject abbreviation: LAS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Jennifer Scheper Hughes, Chair Associate Professor Department of History jhughes@ucr.edu

Curriculum Committee Alonfso Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, alfonso.gonzales@ucr.edu

The Designated Emphasis is a rigorous course of study, requiring students to demonstrate focused coursework and research in the field with three core requirements:

• 1. Four (4) graduate courses (16 units) with

at least one of these courses emphasizing U.S.-Latino experience and at least two with a primary axis of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean. These courses must be taken in at least two different departments: AHS 260, ANTH 209, ANTH 218, ANTH 251, ANTH 264, ECON 260, ECON 261, ECON 262, ECON 264, ECON 265, ETST 223, ETST 244, ETST 245, ETST 246, HIST 206A, HIST 206B, HIST 285A, HIST 285B, MUS 271, MUS 263, POSC 278, PORT 201, SOC 243 (E-Z), SOC 261, SOC 265 (E-Z), SOC 282, SPN 257, SPN 258, SPN 270, SPN 272, SPN 273A, SPN 278, SPN 279, SPN 301.

• 2. Submission of a research portfolio within

one year after the quarter in which the student advances to candidacy. The port- folio, to be reviewed by a standing com- mittee of LAS faculty, will demonstrate significant research in the field, include two research papers and syllabi from the four courses accompanied by an introduc- tory self-statement (of no more than 1000 words) articulating the particular research emphasis and its depth and breadth of engagement with the field along with an explanation of specific expertise and emphases.

• 3. Language certification is required through

examination or coursework in a Latin American language: Spanish, Portug- ese, Kreyol, or an indigenous language. Evidence of language certification must be included in the research portfolio (passing of a written translation exam, a full length (15pp+) research paper written in the language, or two or more years of language courses at the college or university level).