Master's degree website: href = "https://www.ucm.es/ecal/
General administrative inquiries: General Information Service. E-mail: informacion@ucm.es
Specific academic inquiries: Contact the Coordinator of the Master: href = "https://www.ucm.es/estudios/master-estudioscontemporaneosdeamericalatinaType of education: Blended.
Number of new entry places offered: 40
Total credits: 90
Languages taught: Spanish.
Indicative price: 45.02 euros per credit (for Spaniards, community foreigners and those who have legal status as residents in Spain) and 84.07 euros per credit for other students.
Master's Scholarship: see relevant information here .goalsThe general purposes of the University Master's Degree are:Allow graduates (and graduates) from various fields to specialize in Latin America, training researchers with a critical perspective on the Latin American region who can later develop an academic and / or research career.
Train to develop advisory activities of various organizations and institutions (public, private and NGO) with projection on Latin America, especially in the field of international cooperation.Curriculum
FIRST COURSE
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
ECTS
SEMESTER
MODALITY
Research Training Module
Research Workshop I
3
1st
Virtual
Research Workshop II
3
1st
Virtual
Technical Research School
6
2nd
On-site
Basic Training Module
Actors and Political Systems of Latin America
6
1st
On-site
Geography of Power in Latin America
6
1st
On-site
Contemporary History of Latin America
6
1st
On-site
Sociology of Latin America
6
1st
On-site
Social and Cultural Anthropology of Latin America
6
2nd
On-site
Introduction to the Latin American Economy
6
2nd
On-site
Political Thought in Latin America
6
2nd
On-site
International Relations of Latin America
6
2nd
On-site
SECOND COURSE
OPTATIVE SUBJECTS
ECTS
SEMESTER
MODALITY
Complementary Training Module (*)
Nations and Nationalism in Latin America
4.5
3rd
Virtual
Gender and Power in Latin America
4.5
3rd
Virtual
Latin American Socioeconomic Development
4.5
3rd
Virtual
Social Movements in Latin America
4.5
3rd
Virtual
Violence and Security in Latin America
4.5
3rd
Virtual
Party System in Latin America
4.5
3rd
Virtual
MASTER'S FINAL PROJECT
ECTS
SEMESTER
MODALITY
Final Master's Project
12
3rd
On-site
RecipientsThe type of student to whom this University Master is directed is a graduate or a graduate in any career who wishes to specialize and / or obtain a solid and proven training on Latin America, committed to social justice and democratic citizenship.
The access profile of the Master's students is broad, and includes in particular the degrees that have contents in: Political Science and Administration, Sociology, Anthropology, International Relations, History, Geography, Information Sciences, Economic Sciences, Labor Social or Tourism. Other undergraduate degrees can be considered, but if notorious experience in the region and motivation for the program are justified.Why study this master?This University Master responds to the need to train specialists in Latin America in two professional fields:
• Teaching and research: professionals who carry out the tasks of designing, applying and evaluating training processes based on regulated university and non-university education, developing basic and applied research, as well as training researchers in the scientific field of Latin American Studies.
• Public organizations, international non-governmental organizations and international cooperation: professionals who perform the tasks of, in general, advising or consulting with organizations and institutions with interests or projection on Latin America, as well as, in particular, advising, coordinating, managing, evaluate and participate in international cooperation programs with this region.
Admission requirements for masters
Non-enabling university mastersBe in possession of any of the following titles:Spanish official university degree .
Title issued by an institution of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and empowering in the country of issue for access to Master's education.
Title of educational systems outside the EHEA that empowers in the country of issuance for access to Master's education, homologated or declared equivalent to the degree and academic level of Degree or Degree by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training . In case of lacking the mentioned homologation or equivalency, it will be necessary to have authorization or access permission granted by this University.
Or be carrying out studies leading to the obtaining of any of the previous degrees during the course in which the pre-registration is carried out and be in a position to prove the obtaining of the same before the date established in the corresponding call (see href = "https: //www.ucm.es/requisitos-de-admision-a-masteres ).
In addition, students from foreign educational systems, whose mother tongue is different from Spanish, must prove level B2 of the Spanish language (or higher) .
Specific requirements that any of the requested masters may have. You can consult it by accessing the website of the Master itself.
