Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies - Museum Studies

New York University

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU offers an M.A. program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Our MA program offers a unique and exciting academic experience: students thrive from access to world-renowned scholars and wealth of research resources while pursuing a flexible interdisciplinary program. The MA program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies also offers a concentration or Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies a joint program in Global Journalism and a dual program in Library Studies (with LIU Palmer School of Library & Information Science). The degree is a rigorous three-semester or four-semester academic program designed for those interested in pursuing careers in the academy, media and journalism, human rights, non-governmental work, public policy, and arts and cultures.CLACS pays special attention to language training, with state-of-the-art instruction in Quechua and Haitian Creole and support for the teaching of Mixtec and Nahuatl at local institutions. We have competitive but generous funding options with merit-based fellowships such as the McCracken Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS), and the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Tuition Program.

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