Students pursuing the Master of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS) specialization in Anthropology must
have taken an undergraduate course in any of the four fields of anthropology (archaeology, biological, cultural or linguistic) or be ready to fulfill this prerequisite in addition to the 15 credit hours required by the MALAS Anthropology specialization.
Requirements
MALAS students must complete 30 credit hours of approved courses, write a thesis on a topic related to the
specialization, and demonstrate intermediate-high proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese or Haitian Creole.
The course requirements are distributed as follows:
- 6 hours of gateway seminars (preferably in the first semester):
LAS 6220 Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies
LAS 6292/3 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
In addition, students must register for LAS 6971, Master's Research, in the semester of graduation—at least
3 credit hours for fall or spring, or 2 credit hours for summer.
Suggested Courses
Students should take courses in at least 2 of the following categories:
Theory & Topics
ANG 5255 Rural Peoples in the Modern World
ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology
ANG 5267 Anthropology & Development
ANG 5477 Applied Anthropology
ANG 5620 Language & Culture
ANG 6034 Anthropology History & Theory
ANG 6110 Archaeological Theory
ANG 6186 Archaeology
ANG 6186 Archaeology of the Body
ANG 6303 Gender and International Development
ANG 6387 Anthropology of Latin America
ANG 6935 Sex, Love and Globalization
ANG 6935 Gender and Cultural Politics in Latin America
LIN 6601 Sociolinguistics
Area Courses
ANG 5164 Inca & Their Ancestors
ANG 5323 Peoples of Mexico & Central America
ANG 5340 Anthropology of the Caribbean
ANG 5336 Peoples of Brazil
ANG 6160 South American Archaeology
ANG 6930 Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
LAH 5527 Andean Nations
Methods
ANG 5485 Research Design
ANG 5824 Field Sessions in Archaeology
ANG 5935 Visual Anthropology
ANG 6801 Ethnographic Field Methods
ANG 6930 Feminist Ethnography
Faculty
Willie Baber (ethnography; economic anthropology; Caribbean)
Florence Babb (Gender and sexuality, culture and political economy; Andes, Central America, Cuba)
Allan F. Burns (Linguistics, visual anthropology, refugees, applied, Maya; Mexico, Central America)
Susan de France (Zooarchaeology; Andes, Central America)
Susan Gillespie (Archaeology, Mesoamerica)
Clarence Gravelee (Medical anthropology; race; Caribbean)
M.J. Hardmann de Bautista (Linguistics, Aymara language, field methods, language and culture; Andes)
Faye Harrison (African diaspora; human rights; Caribbean)
Michael Heckenberger (Archaeology; Brazil)
Richard Kernaghan (Anthropology; Peru)
Susan Milbrath (Archaeology; Mesoamerica)
Michael Moseley (Archaeology; Andes)
Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo (Archaeology; shamanism; South America, Caribbean)
Marianne Schmink (Gender; conservation and development; Brazil, general South America).
John Richard Stepp (Ecological anthropology, ethnobotany, medical anthropology, Mesoamerica)
Mark Thurner (Postcolonial studies; Andes)
Robin Wright (Indigenous religions; anthropology of religion; Brazil)
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
Specialization Coordinator
Florence Babb