OPEN HOUSE 11/17/11 Master of Arts in LALS

Please join us for our *OPEN HOUSE* for our
*Master of Arts in Latin American and Latino Studies*

*Thursday, November 17, 2011*
*4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.*
University Hall - 1550 Conference Room
15th floor
601 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL  60607


*Meet our current students, faculty*
*and staff.*

Find out more information about our Master of Arts in Latin American
and Latino Studies Program.


Light refreshments will be served.   Please *rsvp to martae@uic.edu*
or call our office at (312) 996-2445.

This event is co-sponsored by the *Graduate College of the University of
Illinois at Chicago* and it is free and open to the general public.

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*Call for Applications:*



*The program of Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) at the University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC*) is accepting student applications for the
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Latin American and Latino Studies.  Applicants
wishing to start in the program during the Fall 2012 semester are encouraged
to apply before January 15, 2012 (for full funding consideration) but the
admissions committee will still review applications after that deadline.



The degree offers an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of Latin
American societies and Latinos in the United States.  It encourages an
approach that ranges across the social sciences, humanities, literature and
the arts, cultural studies and history.   The M.A. will train students to
reflect on and engage with social issues of contemporary importance in the
study of Latin American and Latino populations such as globalization,
colonialism,
post colonialism, transnational’s immigration, development, and equality as
well as questions related to identity and membership, including race,
culture, nationality, and gender.   The program will offer a unique set of
research courses to prepare students, including a semester placement with a
community based organization in which students learn a series of specialized
skills that place them on a solid career path, both in academic and non
academic settings.



*For more information or to RSVP please call our LALS office at (312)
996-2445 or email martae@uic.edu.   Thank you.*



Marta Elena Ayala
Community Affairs Specialist
University of Illinois at Chicago
Latin American and Latino Studies Program
(MC 219)
601 S. Morgan Street -   UH 1525
Chicago, IL  60607
(312) 996-2445   (312) 996-1796