{"id":1375,"date":"2020-10-26T18:43:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/?page_id=1375"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:23:46","slug":"masters-program-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/graduate-studies\/masters-program-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Master\u2019s Program Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Master\u2019s Program Requirements\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/MA-requirement_people-2557396_960_720-copy-400x267.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/MA-requirement_people-2557396_960_720-copy-400x267.png 400w, 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<\/span><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-US\">collaborative <\/span><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-US\">MA program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) are designed to ensure that graduate students can learn and advance their thinking among faculty and peers that share their interest in the region.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-US\">Students will not only be reading seminal works important to the field, but they will also have opportunities to work on their research proposals and present their ideas to others in LACS community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The specialization is available to students in the following programs;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>M.A. Anthropology<br>\nM.A. Communication<br>\nM.A. Geography<br>\nM.A. History<br>\nM.A. International Affairs<br>\nM.A. Legal Studies<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>M.A. Migration and Diaspora Studies<br>\nM.A. Political Economy<br>\nM.A. Political Science<br>\nM.A. Sociology<br>\nM.A. Women\u2019s and Genders Studies<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"style3\"><br>\nClick the link below to view the degree requirements for the Collaborative LACS MA programs:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        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