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 30 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):
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 and spring, or 2 credit hours for summer.
Courses in the Specialization
Required Courses (two required)
LAS 6938 Violence & Crime in L.A.
LAS 6938 Anthropology of Development in Latin America
LAS 6938 Gender in Latin American Development
LAS 6938 LA and Caribbean Migration to U.S.
AEB 6933 Latin American Economic Development
CPO 6307 Latin American Politics
GEO 6938 Seminar: Latin American Geography
POS 6933 Inter-American Relations
URP 6424 Sustainable Urbanism 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 5303 Women & Development
ANG 6453 Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANG 6930 Gender and Change in the African Diaspora
ANG 6930 Topographics of Law
ANG 6930 Roads and Road Publics
ANG 6930 Ethnography and Illicit Flows
ANG 6930 War and Forgetting
ANG 6930 Law and Order
ANG 6930 Anthropology of the Media
ANG 6930 Anthropology of Borders
ANG 6930 Peoples of Brazil
ECO 5708 International Macroeconomics
ECO 7716 International Economic Relations
EDH 6931 International Higher Education
FYC 6330 Theories & Community Development
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 6933 International Humanitarian Assistance
AEB 5232 Farming Systems Research and Extension Methods
GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture
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 5607 History of the Amazon
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 Development Administration
LAS 6938 Immigration, Politics and Religion
LAS 6938 Trade and Human Rights in the Americas
LAS 6938 The Amazon: Public Policies for Conservation and Development
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
LAW 6943 Development Theory and Practice
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 5195 Religion and Social Change
SYA 7933 Environment and Society
URP 6541 Econ Dev Planning
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)
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)
Ieva Jusionyte (LAS and Anthropology; crime, law & violence, journalism; Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
Eric Keys (Geog; cultural & political ecology; Mexico)
Joseli Macedo (Urban & Regional Planning; international planning; 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)
Andy Naranjo (Finance; International Finance and Capital Markets; general)
Jeffrey Needell (History; Modern Latin America; Brazil)
Stephen Perz (Sociology; environmental sociology and demography, sociology of development; Brazil)
Anna Peterson (Religion; social ethics and environmental ethics, Christianity; Central America)
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)
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)
Marilyn Swisher (Family, Youth & Community Services; sustainable agriculture; Central America)
Mark Thurner (History and Anthropology; Modern Latin America; Andes, Mexico)
Pilar Useche (LAS & Food and Resource Economics; land policy, natural resource economics; Andes, Central America)
Diego Valderrama (Food and Resource Economics; environmental and natural resource economics; Honduras, Nicaragua
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)
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
Carmen Diana Deere