Development Studies
The Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS) specialization in Development Studies is a multi- and inter-disciplinary plan of study focusing on theories of economic, political and social development and development policy. A goal of the specialization is to understand the evolution of thinking about development from the nineteenth century to the current period. Another is to deepen understanding of contending positions in policy debates as well as of alternative development strategies, programs and projects.
Requirements
MALAS students must complete 33 credit hours of approved courses, write a thesis on a topic related to the specialization, and demonstrate intermediate-high proficiency in Spanish.
The course requirements are distributed as follows:
• 6 hours of gateway seminars (preferably in the
first semester):
* Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies
* Research Design and Methods in Latin American Studies
• 15 hours of courses in the specialization (see below)
• 9 hours of courses with Latin American content outside the specialization, selected in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Richmond Brown
• 3 hours of LAS 6971, Master's Research
Required Courses
(two required)
ANG 5303 Women and Development
ANG 5702 Anthropology and Development
ANG 6303 Gender and International Development
ANG 6930 Seminar on Transnational Development
AEB 6651 Latin American Agricultural Development
CPO 6307 Latin American Politics
LAS 6938 Challenges to Development in Latin America
POS 6933 Inter-American Relations
SYD 6636 Sociology of Latin American Development
URP 6905 Urban Formation and Development in the Americas
Optional Courses
(In these courses, the student must write a paper on a Latin American
development issue)
AEE 5073 Agriculture, Resources, People and the Environment
ANG 5255 Rural Peoples in a Modern World
ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology
ANG 5700 Applied Anthropology
ANG 6930 Seminar on Crisis and Change
ANG 6930 Gender and Change in the African Diaspora
ANG 6930 The Politics of Nature
ECO 5708 International Macroeconomics
ECO 7716 International Economic Relations
FYC 6932 International Perspectives on Aging and Caregiving
FIN 6638 International Finance
FIN 6930 International Financial Markets in Brazil/Chile/Argentina
SUR 6427 Land Tenure and Administration
FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry
FOR 6934 Forest Policy Field Course
AEB 5167 Economic Analysis of Small Farm Livelihoods
AEB 6645 Economic Development and Agriculture
AEB 6674 International Agricultural Policy and Trade
AEB 6905 Problems in Caribbean Food and Resource Economics
AEB 6933 International Humanitarian Assistance
AEB 5232 Farming Systems Research and Extension Methods
GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture
GEO 6419 Seminar: South America
GEO 6905 Amazonia
GEO 6938 Land Use and Land Cover Change
GEO 6938 Management of Protected Areas in Africa and Latin America
HSC 6625 Trends in International Health
PHC 6937 International Health
LAH 6938 Seminar on Modern Spanish America
LAH 6936 Historiography of Brazil
LAH 5607 History of the Amazon
LAH 5934 Topics in Latin American History
LAH 5934 Latin American Historiography
LAS 6290 Community Forestry Management
LAS 6291 Conflict and Collaboration Management
LAS 6291 Facilitation Skills for Adaptive Management
LAS 6295 Latin American Business Environment
LAS 6938 Immigration, Politics and Religion
LAS 6938 Trade and Human Rights in the Americas
LAS 6938 Drug Industry and Effects on Andean Economy and Society
LAS 6938 The Amazon: Public Policies for Conservation and Development
LAS 6938 Continuity and Change in the Cuban Revolution
LAW 6930 International Human Rights
LAW 6930 Law of NAFTA
LAW 6930 Comparative Environmental Law in the Americas
LAW 6930 Law and Public Policy in the Americas
LAW 6930 International Trade and the Environment
MMC 5306 International Communications
MMC 6936 Intercultural Communications
CPO 6077 Comparative Social Movements
CPO 6932 Democratic Regime Transition
CPO 6091 Introduction to Comparative Policy Analysis
INR 6507 International Organizations
INR 6607 International Institutions
INR 5935 Advanced Topics in International Relations
INR 6933 Comparative Environmental Politics
PAD 6835 Development Administration
LEI 6834 Ecotourism
REL 6387 Religion in Latin America
REL 5195 Religion and Social Change
REL 6139 Religion in the Americas
SYA 7933 Environment and Society
URP 6884 Community Revitalization
URP 6905 Urban Planning in Brazil
WST 6348 EcoFeminism
WST 6935 Feminist Ethnography
WST 6935 Gender and Cultural Politics in Latin America
WST 6935 Sex, Love and Globalization
WST 6935 Human Rights: Women in the Americas
Faculty
Leslie Anderson (Political Science; popular politics and
citizen empowerment, development of democracy; Central America, Argentina)
Grenville Barnes (SFRC; land tenure, cadastral and land information systems;
Central and South America, Caribbean)
Florence Babb (Women’s Studies; gender and sexuality, culture and
political economy; Andes, Central America, Cuba)
Carleton Davis (Food and Resource Economics; agro-economic systems, trade
and development; Caribbean)
Carmen Diana Deere (LAS and Food and Resource Economics; agricultural development,
gender and development, political economy; Brazil, Andes, Central America,
Caribbean)
Meredith Fensom (Law; judicial reform; Southern Cone, Andes)
Faye Harrison (Anthropology; African diaspora, social inequality, human
rights, political economy; Caribbean)
Michael Heckenberger (Anthropology; tropical and historical archeology;
Brazil, Caribbean)
Berta Hernandez-Truyol (Law; human rights, gender and race; general)
Peter Hildebrand (Food and Resource Economics; emeritus; economic development
and farming systems; general)
Joseli Macedo (Urban & Regional Planning; international planning; Brazil)
Maxine Margolis (Anthropology; transnational migration, gender and society;
Brazil)
Ana Margheritis (LAS and Political Science; political economy, international
relations, economic integration; Southern Cone)
Terry McCoy (LAS and Political Science; Inter-American relations, business
environment; general)
Juan Carlos Molleda (Public Relations; public relations practices and education;
Andes)
Charles Moss (Food and Resource Economics; agricultural finance, agricultural
policy; Mexico)
Gerald Murray (Anthropology; ecology; Caribbean, Central America)
Andy Naranjo (Finance; International Finance and Capital Markets; general)
Jeffrey Needell (History; Modern Latin America; Brazil)
Anthony Oliver-Smith (Anthropology; disaster research, economic studies;
Andes)
Stephen Perz (Sociology; environmental sociology and demography, sociology
of development; Brazil)
Ana Peterson (Religion; social ethics and environmental ethics, Christianity;
Central America)
Rhonda Phillips (Urban and Regional Planning; community and regional planning;
Caribbean)
Ignacio Porzecanski (SNRE; biodiversity, sustainable development; general)
Stephen Powell (Law; international trade law, dispute settlement, trade
and environment; general)
Fred Royce (Agricultural and Biological Engineering; agricultural cooperatives,
development; Central America, Cuba)
Helen Safa (LAS and Anthropology, emerita; gender and development, urban
development; race, class and ethnicity; Caribbean)
Marianne Schmink (LAS and Anthropology; sustainable development, regional
development, women and development; Brazil)
Nigel Smith (Geography; biodiversity and agriculture; Brazil)
Jane Southworth (Geography; climate change, remote sensing; Central America)
Anita Spring (Anthropology; gender and development, female entrepreneurs;
Caribbean)
Marilyn Swisher (Family, Youth & Community Services; sustainable agriculture;
Central America)
Mark Thurner (History and Anthropology; Modern Latin America; Andes, Mexico)
Pilar Useche (Food and Resource Economics; land policy, natural resource
economics; Andes, Central America)
Menno Vellinga (LAS; socio-political development, drug trade; Andes, Cuba)
Philip Williams (Political Science; social movements, transnational migration,
democratization, religion and politics; Andes, Central America)
Charles H. Wood (LAS and Sociology; population and environment, demography,
crime and society; Brazil)
Dan Zarin (SFRC; tropical forestry; Brazil, Peru)
Contact Information
319 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
USA Tel: (352) 392-0375
Fax: (352) 392-7682
Graduate Advisor
Richmond F. Brown
rfbrown@latam.ufl.edu
Specialization Coordinator
Carmen Diana Deere
deere@latam.ufl.edu