New Student Orientation

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New Student Orientation

• Latin American Studies

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• Agenda

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Agenda

• Megan BOHO overview, advising
• Emily MA degree requirements, student services,
  events
• Angela BOHO facilities and house rules

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Agenda

• Dr. Klein importance of MA-LAS, goals of Center
• Students questions
• Tour of facilities

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• Bolivar House

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Bolivar House

• History
• Mission
• Division of International, Comparative Area
  Studies (ICA)

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BOHO Overview

• Programs
• Grants
• Events

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BOHO Programs

• Degrees
• Tinker Visiting Professorships
• Visiting Scholars

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BOHO Grants

• Faculty Conferences
• Graduate Student Working Groups
• Undergraduate Internships

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Advising

• Faculty Advisor
• and
• CLAS

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Faculty Advisor

• Each student has one advisor
• Customized plan of study
• Academic coherence and intellectual rigor
• Meet with advisor on quarterly basis
• Proactive, Prepared, Professional

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CLAS

• Director - Professor Klein backup faculty advisor
• Associate Director (Megan) questions about
  course options, getting course plan approval,
  program issues, liaison with faculty, career
  advising

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CLAS

• Program Coordinator (Emily) degree progress,
  deadlines, forms, financial aid, questions on
  requirements, event planning
• Business Administrator (Angela) facilities,
  supplies, fiscal policy around inviting speakers

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• Emily Davis
• Program Coordinator
• E-mail eadavis_at_stanford.edu
• Phone [phone]
• Cell 801-472-8607 (emergencies)
• Favorite Latin American food lomo saltado

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Program Coordinator

• Event planning
• Communications
• Publications
• Student services

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MA Program

• Latin American Studies

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Overview

• Minimum 45 graduate units
• All units at 100-level or higher
• At least 50 at 200-level or higher
• B- or higher, cumulative GPA at least 3.0

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Six Curricular Components

• Core courses
• Cognate courses
• Electives
• Thesis option
• Language coursework
• Seminar

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Core Courses

• 15 units (three five-unit courses)
• Culture and Society LATINAM 301 (also HISTORY
  375F) "Social Change in Latin America Since 1900"
  (Fall. Klein, 5 units)
• Political Economy POLISCI 248S "Latin American
  Politics" (Winter. Magaloni, 5 units)
• Environment and Ecology ANTHRO 262 Indigenous
  Peoples and Environmental Problems" (Spring.
  Durham, 5 units)

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Cognate Courses

• 15 units (three courses)
• Select one cognate course from each of the three
  fields of specialization.
• Applicable courses are listed in the cognate
  curriculum.

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Electives

• 10-15 units (three courses)
• Select electives from across the Stanford
  curriculum in one of the three fields of
  specialization.

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Thesis Option

• Up to ten units (as electives)
• LATINAM 398

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Language

• 3 units (one course)
• Advanced third-year language course (if fluent in
  both Spanish and Portuguese)
• or Basic course -- enroll in 394

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Seminar

• 1 unit each quarter
• LATINAM 200 Contemporary Issues in Latin
  American Studies
• Bolivar House Lecture Series

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Events

• and Activities
• (and Festivities!)

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Bolivar House Events

• Lectures
• Parties
• Artwork Cooking
• Outings Films
• Seminars

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Tuesday Lecture Series

• Latin-American-themed presentations by prominent
  scholars in various fields
• Each Tuesday at 1215 PM in BoHo seminar room
• Preceded by cafecito (and pastries) at 1145am

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Lecture Series for Fall Quarter

• STEVE HABER, Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow,
  Hoover Institution
• Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism A
  Reappraisal of the Resource Curse
• JOEL GUTIÉRREZ-GONZÁLEZ, Knight Latin American
  Fellow
• Lessons Latin American Developing Countries Can
  Draw from Emerging Economies such as Ireland,
  Spain, and Others
• full calendar
• http//www.stanford.edu/group/las/events/calendar
  .html

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Working Group Events

• Faculty, visiting scholars, graduate and
  professional school students, and undergraduates
• Research-in-progress, culture, and perspectives
  on current events on Latin American topics
• Lectures, symposia, exchange of working papers,
  collaborative research, etc.

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Other happenings

• Cooking demonstrations
• Film series
• Art exhibits
• Holiday party
• Spring fiesta
• Outings

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• Angela Doria-La
• Business Administrator
• E-mail adoriala_at_stanford.edu
• Phone [phone]
• Mobile [phone] (in case of
  emergency)

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Business Administrator

• General Administration of Bolivar House
• Finance Operations/Reporting
• Purchasing
• Facilities Operations
• Services for visiting faculty and scholars

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