U-LSGS-C - Latino Studies Global South Certificate

The undergraduate certificate in Latino/a studies in the Global South is administered by the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South. This interdisciplinary certificate is designed to provide students with comparative, historical, and cultural knowledge of peoples of Latin American descent living in the United States (and moving transnationally); understanding of the concepts of Hispanics/Latino/as, latinidad and hispanidad, and the Global South (and Global North); and insight into the construction and assertion of Latino/a identities, involving convergences and divergences, over space and time. This certificate program allows students to draw on both the strength and scope of Duke’s offerings in Latino/a studies as well as complementary courses offered at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which offers an interdisciplinary minor in Latino/a studies. 

In addition to offering courses and a certificate after completion of the requirements, the Program in Latino/a Studies in the global South offers a variety of supplemental educational opportunities, including lectures and events involving prominent scholars, artists, writers, musicians, and performers; financial assistance for student-organized academic discussions; conference awards; advising; and a resource room. Students are invited to use the Latino/a Studies Resource Room (Friedl Building 124) for study sessions and meetings with faculty, students, staff, and community members. Resources available in this room include encyclopedias, texts, novels, scholarly journals, videos, and music. Students may also take advantage of events, lectures, and an annual film festival hosted by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, which include Latino/a Studies content. Students may enroll in Spanish Service Learning courses as well as Duke-approved study away programs and DukeEngage programs that focus on Latino/a populations in the United States and/or that take place in various countries within Latin America.

Website: latinostudies.duke.edu/certificate