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More detailed information on the various components of the Latin
American and Caribbean Studies program at Duke is also available on the
center’s Web site: http://clacs.aas.duke.edu//.
200S. Seminar in Latin American Studies. Interdisciplinary study of geographical,
historical, economic, governmental, political, and cultural aspects of modern Latin America
and the current issues facing the region. Specific topics will vary from year to year. For
seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
202S. Research without Borders:Building Expertise in Japanese, European, Latin
American, or Slavic Studies. Interdisciplinary resources for graduate-level research in one
or more area studies, with a particular focus on European, Latin American, East Asian, and
Slavic Studies. Team teaching approach drawing on the diverse regional and disciplinary
expertise of four course instructors, who are both subject librarians and area studies
specialists. Instructor: Ackerman, Madden, Troost, Zitser. 3 units. C-L: Asian and African
Languages and Literature 207S, Russian 203S, Romance Studies 202S, German 264S
298. Introduction to Latin American Cultural Studies. A problem-oriented course, but
also covering theoretical issues, integrating approaches from two or more disciplines.
Topics vary from year to year. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
350. Colloquium. Weekly presentations on various professional and intellectual issues
relating to Latin American Cultural Studies. Credit/no credit grading only. Prerequisite:
enrollment in Latin American Cultural Studies certificate program. Instructor: Staff. 1 unit.
Graduate Liberal Studies (LS)
GLS offers a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree—a flexible,
interdisciplinary degree that allows individuals to pursue a variety of personal and
professional educational interests across disciplinary boundaries. Students study on a partor
full-time basis and choose from an array of interdisciplinary courses developed
specifically for this program. GLS offers up to seven courses in each of three academic
semesters (fall, spring, and summer), including study-abroad opportunities. In addition to
liberal studies courses, students may select courses from other departments of the Graduate
School.
The MALS degree consists of nine courses and a final project. The final project, which
may take the form of academic research, applied research, or creative work, provides the
opportunity for the student to apply the knowledge and skills gained through seminars to an
independent activity of the student’s design.
Graduate faculty, from throughout the university, teach GLS seminars and supervise
student work.
The MALS degree is now available to medical students in their third year of study. For
more information about the MD/MALS degree see the School of Medicine bulletin or
contact Kathryn M. Andolsek, MD, MPH, at DUMC Box 3915, Durham, NC 27710; (919)
668-3883; andol001@mc.duke.edu.
To request a separate publication on the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree,
including descriptions of specific courses and other degree requirements, contact the GLS
Program Assistant at Box 90095, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708; (919) 684-3222;
dukemals@duke.edu. Additional information on the MALS degree is available on the GLS
Web site at www.mals.duke.edu.
Literature, Program in (LIT)
Professor Surin, Chair; Professors Hardt and Moi, Directors of Graduate Studies;
Professors Gaines (literature and English), Hardt (literature and Italian), Jameson (literature
and French), Kaplan (French and literature), Khanna (English and literature), Lenoir
(literature), Lentricchia (literature), Mignolo (literature and Spanish), Moi (literature and
French), Mudimbe (literature), B. H. Smith (English and literature), Surin (literature and
religion), Thomas (French and literature), Wiegman (women’s studies and literature);
Courses of Instruction 200