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can language or area courses in at least two other departments; (c) a thesis on
a Latin American topic for which up to 9 credits are given through registration
in LA 699; (d) a reading, writing, and speaking knowledge of a Latin Ameri-
can language. The M.A. in Latin American Studies is intended primarily as a
terminal degree for persons who, initially in their graduate program, are not
aiming at a teaching career in traditional academic departments but who re-
quire a broad knowledge of Latin American cultures and appropriate language
competence for their career objectives. It is so structured, however, that students
may move directly from it into departmental Ph.D. programs without inter-
rupting their academic progress.
 MASTER'S DEGREE WITH CERTIFICATE IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES.-
Through agreement with the Center, the departments named in the preceding
paragraph permit a Latin American concentration in the major and minor
fields. A Certificate in Latin American Studies may be awarded to students
who complete the master's program in one of the participating departments
and meet the following requirements: (a) 30 credits in the major department;
(b) a 9-credit minor in another department; (c) a thesis on a Latin American
topic, for which 9 credits are given; (d) a reading knowledge of a Latin
American language.
 A Certificate may also be awarded to those students in a department per-
mitting the master's degree without thesis who meet the following require-
ments: (a) departmental requirements for the major and minor; (b) 18 hours
of Latin American content courses divided between at least two disciplines;
(c) 54 credits of graduate course work; (d) a reading knowledge of a Latin
American language. In choosing area courses, the student should work closely
with the graduate coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies. Only
those courses specifically approved by the coordinator will be counted toward
the required 18 hours of Latin American concentration.
 THE PH.D. DEGREE.-The Center does not offer an interdisciplinary Latin
American area degree at the doctoral level. Through agreement with participat-
ing departments, however, it does provide a Certificate in Latin American
Studies which is awarded in conjunction with Ph.D. degrees in food and re-
source economics, anthropology, economics, education, geography, history,
political science, sociology, and Spanish. Requirements for the certificate are:
(a) Latin American concentration within the major department; (b) an area
minor of at least 30 credits consisting principally, if not exclusively, of Latin
American language and area courses in two or more departments outside the
major and including at least 5 credits of LA 640, Latin American Area Sem-
inar; (c) a dissertation on a Latin American subject; (d) a reading, speaking,
and writing knowledge of one Latin American language and a reading knowl-
edge of another; (e) residence in Latin America normally of at least six
months' duration and devoted primarily to dissertation research.
 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS.-NDEA Title VI Latin
 American Language and Area Fellowships (in food and resource economics,
 anthropology, history, political science, sociology, and Spanish), and Univer-