The Curriculum

The Spanish-language M.A. program requires 36 credit hours. The structure of the track is as follows:

Required Courses (9 credits)

POS 5716 Foundations of Political Science

POS 5706 Research Methodology

POS 6976 Research Seminar (for thesis: to be taken in final semester)

Core Courses (9 credits)

Each student is required to take the following three core courses:

CPO 5091 Seminar in Comparative Politics

INR 5007 Seminar in International Politics (INR 6936 may substitute)

POT 5007 Seminar in Political Theory

Additional FLACSO Requirements (9 credits):

Contemporary South American History (3 credits), may be satisfied by:

• LAH 5905, Readings in Latin American History, or

• LAH 5935, Topics in Latin American History, or

• LAH 6906, Advanced Readings in Latin American History, or

• LAH 6915, Research in Latin American History

Modern Political Thought (3 credits), may be satisfied by

• POT 6056, Seminar in Modern Political Thought, or

• POT 6603, Political Theory of the Modern State

Contemporary Social and Political Analysis (3 credits), may be satisfied by:

• CPO 6307, Seminar in South American Politics, or

• CPO 5036, Politics of Development, or

• POT 6603, Political Theory of the Modern State

Elective Courses (9 credits)

Students are required to take three elective courses. No more than 6 credit hours may be taken outside of the Department of Political Science without permission.

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