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Latin American Studies
Stanford Global Studies (SGS)
The Master of Arts in Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary program in Stanford Global Studies. Its curriculum consists of a core set of courses surveying the region’s history, politics, culture, society, and environment, along with advanced language training and in-depth courses. The MA program attracts students who wish to deepen their knowledge of Latin America while developing research skills for a professional career or doctoral studies. In consultation with a faculty advisor, students select a course of study suited to their interests. Students can choose to pursue a joint degree in Latin American Studies and Law. Some students opt for dual degrees, pursuing both a master's in Latin American Studies and a professional degree in business or medicine.
Graduate joint degree offered: JD/MA
Iberian and Latin American Cultures
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL)
Studying Iberian and Latin American cultures means engaging in a deep and compelling exploration of the languages, literatures, and cinema of the Iberian Peninsula (primarily Spain and Portugal), Latin America, Brazil and Lusophone Africa, and Latina/o populations in the United States. The program balances an emphasis on literary studies with philosophical, historical, and social approaches to cultural issues.
As a result of its focus on critical thinking, open discussion, and close textual analysis, the undergraduate curriculum provides excellent preparation for a large number of professional fields. The graduate program provides rigorous and highly individualized advanced training in the analysis of Iberian, Latin American (including Brazil), and Latina/o literatures.
Stanford Global Studies (SGS)
The Stanford Global Studies Division (SGS) is home to 14 centers and programs dedicated to exploring issues, societies, and cultures in regional and global perspective. SGS equips Stanford students with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills essential to leading in a global context and fosters innovative research that deepens society’s understanding of critical regions and global issues.
SGS offers a minor in global studies, which is available to any undergraduate student who desires an intensive program of study dedicated to one of several global regions. Students enrolled in the minor can specialize in African studies, European studies, Iranian studies, Islamic studies, Latin American studies, or South Asian studies. Students are encouraged to undertake training in languages appropriate to their interests and to complement their coursework through one of many opportunities offered by the Bing Overseas Studies Program.
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL)
The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL) is home to the departments of Comparative Literature, French and Italian, German Studies, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, and Slavic Languages and Literatures. The division’s faculty are expert teachers of numerous modern languages and scholars of culture, literature, history, politics, and philosophy in a wide range of traditions.
In courses on campus and in the Bing Overseas Studies Program, DLCL students learn to think critically and globally about how people use language to make sense of the world, to claim an identity and a place in history, to entertain, and to persuade. In addition to its majors, DLCL offers an undergraduate minor in Medieval studies and a PhD minor in philosophy, literature, and the arts.