Latin American Studies MA

• Researching the Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Students choose five option modules from a selection that includes the following:

• Confronting the Colossus: US Anti-imperialism, 1945-present
• Challenges to Development in Brazil
• Democratization in Latin America
• Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Latin America
• Globalisation and Latin American Development
• The International Politics of Latin America
• Latin American Economies
• Politics, Society and Development in the Modern Caribbean
• Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• The Caribbean from the Haitian Revolution to the Cuban Revolution
• The Latin American City: Social Problems and Social Change in Urban Space
• The Making of Modern Latin America: History, Politics and Society
• The Politics of Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges to Democratisation

Students may choose a maximum of 30 credits from other departments or from other University of London colleges, subject to the Programme Director's approval.

All students write a dissertation of 15,000 words on a research topic of their choice linked to the subject area of one of their taught modules.

The programme is delivered through a combination of seminars, lectures, presentations, research skills training, and independent reading and research. There is a range of assessments including essays and a short oral presentation, and the dissertation.