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minimum of 57 hours and a maximum of 72 hours past the
Bachelor’s, depending on the number of waivers granted
by ASM for core requirements. Competency in Spanish or
Portuguese is required for admission to the dual degree.
Applicants must meet entrance requirements for both programs;
applications should be submitted simultaneously to
both programs.
In order to meet the MBA requirements, a student must complete
48 credit hours of study, unless the student is eligible to
waive some of the courses. If waivers are granted by ASM, a
total of 33 credit hours must be completed. MBA core requirements
include MGT 501, 502, 504, 506, 508, 511, 520, 522,
526, 598. Students must complete 30 hours of core courses
or be waived from these courses (with the exception of MGT
598). Students must also complete 18 hours of elective
management courses.
For the Latin American Studies component, students are
required to complete 24 credit hours, including a minimum
of 9 hours in each of two areas of concentration chosen
from the following: Anthropology (with an emphasis in either
Archaeology, Ethnology, or Human Evolutionary Ecology),
Art History, Brazilian Literature & Culture, Community &
Regional Planning, Economics, Gender Studies, History (with
an emphasis in either Latin America To 1810 or Latin America
Since 1810), Human Rights, International Management,
Political Science, Religion & Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish
American Literature, and Spanish Linguistics. See concentration/emphases
requirements listed under M.A. in Latin
American Studies (MALAS). The combination of areas must
ensure that the program is interdisciplinary. For example,
students selecting History with an emphasis in Latin America
To 1810 as one concentration may not select History with an
emphasis in Latin America Since 1810 as the second concentration.
Students also are required to have no more than one
interdisciplinary concentration. For example, a student may
not choose both Human Rights and Gender Studies. The
remaining 6 hours may be used for thesis (under Plan I) or
electives (under Plan II).
Under Plan I, students are required to present an oral
defense of the thesis before a thesis committee composed of
at least two faculty members in one area of concentration and
one faculty member from the second area of concentration.
Students also are required to sit for the comprehensive examination
in the second area of concentration, administered by
three faculty members from that concentration. Under Plan II,
students are required to sit for the comprehensive examinations
in both areas of concentration. The examinations are
administered by a Committee on Studies composed of two
faculty members from each concentration.
Under both Plans I and II, students must complete a minimum
of 6 credits in graduate seminars numbered 500 or above
(excluding 551 or 552 Problems courses). Students should
consult with the Academic Advisor to determine which
courses are considered seminars.
MALAS/MCRP: The joint master’s program in Latin American
Studies and Community & Regional Planning is designed for
students who are interested in the professional practice of
planning in a Latin American context.
The Community & Regional Planning Program at the
University of New Mexico is dedicated to planning and advocating
for sustainable communities and ecosystems throughout
the Southwest region and Latin America. MALAS/MCRP
graduates possess the knowledge and skills necessary to
support planning by diverse human communities throughout
the Western Hemisphere. MALAS/MCRP students learn to
assist Latin American communities to create communitybased
plans and programs that sustain and enhance their
culture, resource base, built environment and economic
vitality. The program promotes participatory processes that
respond to community identities and development needs.
Prerequisites to the program are competence in either
Spanish or Portuguese (at least two years of undergraduate
course work or equivalent language training) and basic
course work in economics (micro and/or macro) and statistics.
Deficit courses in economics and statistics may be made
up after admission to the program.
The program requires a minimum of 54 hours of graduate
credit (compared to 72 hours if the two degrees were pursued
separately). The required graduate credit hours include: 1)
CRP 578, a 3 credit hour bridge seminar; 2) 27 credit hours
of course work and thesis in Community & Regional Planning;
and 3) 24 credit hours of course work in Latin American
Studies. For the 27 credit hours in Community & Regional
Planning, students must complete CRP 500, 510, 511, 521,
545 (or 580), 588, and 599. For the 24 credits hours in Latin
American Studies, students must complete a minimum of
9 hours in each of two areas of concentration chosen from
the following: Anthropology (with an emphasis in either
Archaeology, Ethnology, or Human Evolutionary Ecology),
Art History, Brazilian Literature & Culture, Community &
Regional Planning, Economics, Gender Studies, History (with
an emphasis in either Latin America To 1810 or Latin America
Since 1810), Human Rights, International Management,
Political Science, Religion & Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish
American Literature, and Spanish Linguistics. See concentration/emphases
requirements listed under M.A. in Latin
American Studies (MALAS). The combination of areas must
ensure that the program is interdisciplinary. For example,
students selecting History with an emphasis in Latin America
To 1810 as one concentration may not select History with an
emphasis in Latin America Since 1810 as the second concentration.
Students also are required to have no more than
one interdisciplinary concentration. For example, a student
may not choose both Human Rights and Gender Studies.
Each candidate is required to prepare a thesis (Plan I). The
Master’s examination will consist of an oral examination
at the final presentation of the thesis; this examination will
include coverage of the student’s two areas of concentration
in Latin American Studies. The student’s Committee on
Studies, comprised of at least two faculty members in one
area of concentration and one faculty member from the second
area of concentration, preside over the examination.
Students must complete a minimum of 6 credits in graduate
seminars numbered 500 or above (excluding 551 or
552 Problems courses). Students should consult with the
Academic Advisor to determine which courses are considered
seminars.
MALAS/MSN: The Latin American Studies Program and the
College of Nursing offer a dual graduate degree program
leading to a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies and a
Master of Science in Nursing. The program prepares nurses
for leadership roles in health care delivery systems serving
populations in Latin American countries or Hispanic populations
within the United States. Students must select a concentration
within Nursing and two concentrations within Latin
American Studies. The program offers both the thesis option
(requiring 53 graduate credit hours) and the non-thesis option
(requiring 56 graduate credit hours). The program requires
two to three years of full-time study including summers for
completion. Students may also complete the program on a
part time basis but are required to complete all course work
within the university’s seven-year limit. Prerequisites to the
program are competence in either Spanish or Portuguese (at
least two years of undergraduate course work or equivalent
language training).
The program requires a minimum of 20 credit hours in
Nursing courses and 20 credit hours in Latin American
Studies courses, plus 13 additional cross-counted hours
under Plan I (thesis option) or 16 hours under Plan II (nonthesis
option).
The 20 credit hours of Nursing must include the following
core courses: Nursing 501, 503, 505 and 511. Additional
credit hours (depending on the area) will be required in one of
the following concentrations: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner,
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Health, Family Nurse
Practitioner, Nursing Administration, and Nursing Education.
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.