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Latin American and Latino Studies DepartmentMerrill CollegeMerrill Academic Building Room 32 Santa Cruz, CA 95064
About The Department
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lals@ucsc.edu © 2009 UC Santa Cruz
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| Related Programs Home The following list is intended as a guide to other programs and organizations closely related to the Latin American and Latino Studies Department. CASA LATINACasa Latina at Merrill College serves as a center of cross-campus activities involving the Chicano/Latino communities and Latin America. CHICANO LATINO STUDENT LIFE RESEARCH CENTER (EL CENTRO)3rd Floor Bay Tree Bookstore831.459.5608 El Centro supports students throughout their academic careers. The Center offers programs and activities designed to enhance academic success, intellectual growth, research skills, leadership development, community service learning opportunities, cultural awareness and preparation for graduate school. Examples of these programs include: Academic Culture seminar; Chicana Latina Pipeline Project; Chicano Latino Men?s Group (Los Compas); Fiesta de las America?s and the CHISME Newsletter. For more information or to make an appointment please contact Rosie Cabrillo, 459-5608, or email: cab@ucsc.edu. THE EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM (EAP)205 Classroom Unit BuildingTel: 831.459.2858 Students may apply to study at foreign universities through the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP). EAP offers opportunities for students to study at universities in Mexico City and Monterrey (Mexico); San José (Costa Rica); Santiago (Chile); Rio De Janeiro (Brazil); and Madrid, Cadiz, Córdoba, Alcalá Granada and Barcelona (Spain). Sophomores, juniors and seniors with two years of university-level Spanish may apply. In addition, through the EAP Field Research Program (FRP) in Mexico, during fall and spring quarters, students take classes in Mexico City and undertake a two-month research project while gaining first-hand experience of life in Mexico. The FRP offers six sites for regional research: Guadalajara, Merida, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, and Querétaro. Sophomores, juniors and seniors may apply. Students may also take an intensive Spanish language program in Morelia, Mexico, during the summer; in Concepción, Chile, during the fall; or in Cordoba, Spain, during the fall or spring. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors may apply. Application deadlines are generally several months to a year in advance of the program, so come to the office early to plan your study abroad program. All credit for EAP classes transfers back to your UCSC transcript. Financial aid applies to all but summer programs and includes airfare and living costs. UCDC PROGRAMPolitics DepartmentTel: 831.459.2505 Undergraduate juniors and seniors in all majors can now apply for a Washington, DC academic program administered in fall and spring quarters by the University of California. Students take a full term of classes while interning at one of the many organizations or agencies in the Washington, DC area The cost for the quarter is comparable to a quarter on campus at UCSC (plus travel), and need-based scholarships are available to aid in the cost of airfare and additional living expenses. Application materials are widely available throughout the campus during October and March. SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS122 Crown CollegeTel: 831.459.3538 The Spanish for Spanish-Speakers Program at UCSC offers courses in beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish which take into account the direct and indirect experiences and influences of being raised in Spanish-speaking environments. In individual language lab sections, where instructors and student tutors offer help to each student in meeting his/her particular verbal and writing needs, the Spanish for Spanish-Speakers Program sets out to draw on students? previous linguistic experiences. Curricular material for the sequence analyzes the sociocultural context of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States as well as in Latin America. BILINGUAL EDUCATION217 Social Sciences 1Tel: 831.459.3249 UCSC offers an undergraduate minor in Education. The Minor requires a six-course sequence to explore educational issues. The Education Department at UC Santa Cruz also offers a Masters degree in Education with CLAD or BCLAD (Bilingual Crosscultural Language and Academic Development) emphasis teaching credentials, that prepares candidates for teaching in bilingual classrooms at the elementary and secondary school levels. This emphasis brings together in one program the training necessary to teach English speaking and limited-English proficient students, while providing an understanding of the rich cultural and linguistic diversity in the California public schools. One of the goals of the M.A. in Education Teaching program is to produce teachers who are truly proficient in both English and Spanish, as well as knowledgeable about Latin American and Latino/Chicano culture. For specific details, contact the Education Department at 459-3712. PRE-GRADUATE ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS257 Hahn Student ServicesTel: 831.459.2296 handy@cats.ucsc.edu The Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) The EOP office offers a variety of programs in support of underrepresented ethnic minority and low-income students, particularly those planning for future graduate and professional studies. Services range from advising to workshops and academic programs designed to provide students with hands-on research experience. The Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) FMP is a one-year academic program designed to encourage and prepare groups of twenty students in the Humanities and Social Sciences for future graduate study in masters and doctoral programs. The program includes course work that exposes students to academic research and career issues. FMP students are also matched with a UCSC faculty member who acts as a mentor, including the students in an on-going research project and providing advice on future graduate school plans. These students work with their mentors as research assistants for two quarters, receiving academic credit for valuable research experience. FMP students also participate in workshops that expose them to graduate school opportunities, discussions with graduate students on their experiences in graduate school, and advice on the actual process of applying to graduate programs. The Graduate Information Program (GIP) GIP offers general advising services to all EOP students at all class levels. GIP Program Assistants are available to answer general questions about graduate and professional schools. Advising is designed to get students on the ?right track? and includes referrals to on-campus resources that can assist students in preparing for graduate study in their respective academic and professional fields of interest. The GIP program has resources that help to explain what graduate school includes and how to prepare for these educational opportunities. THE GLOBAL INFORMATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (GIIP)831.459.1572The Global Information Internship Program (GIIP) is sponsored by the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies (CGIRS) at UCSC. In 1998, students, faculty, and staff concerned with social inequality created this innovative program, which trains and places information- savvy student interns with community and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). GIIP's objective is to democratize globalization and promote social justice by extending access to information technology to the world's excluded majority. Unequal access to information technology destroys social opportunity in disadvantaged and underserved communities in the USA and Latin America. GIIP is proud of its long-standing commitment to serving Latino communities. To bridge the widening digital divide, GIIP trains UCSC students in computers, applications, and web- based communication skills, then places them with community, labor, human rights and environmental organizations locally, nationally and internationally. GIIP offers unique opportunities to students enrolled in Latin American and Latino Studies. A combined GIIP internship/LALS field study is an optimal way to generate social change with a non-profit or community organization. In order to participate in GIIP, students must enroll in three consecutive 2- unit computer training courses, Sociology 30 A, B, and C. Sociology 186 (Globalization, Information and Social Change) is highly recommended as well. All skill levels are welcome. SUMMER INSTITUTE: SOCIAL CHANGE ACROSS BORDERSMerrill College831.459.3831 The Summer Institute: Social Change Across Borders is a faculty-led project which brings together grassroots leaders from both Latin America and Latina/o communities in the United States. The institute curriculum is designed through the collaborative effort of faculty, staff and community leaders to provide participants with extra training and education as well as the time to reflect on the larger global trends that affect their work. THE LATINO ALUMNI NETWORK (LAN)The Latino Alumni Network (LAN) is a newly established Chicano/Latino affinity group of the UCSC Alumni Association, affiliated with Casa Latina, integrated Latino studies academic and student service unit housed at Merrill College. LAN is a service, public interest, educational and cultural organization whose mission is to enhance the academic progress and professional development of UCSC students, faculty, administrators, and alumni interested in Latino issues or providing service to Latino communities. LAN will conduct and sponsor alumni reunions, statewide and regional meetings, mentorship programs, internships, special scholarship funds as well as other programs to support currently enrolled UCSC students.
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