Latin American/Latinx Creative Studies
If you are curious about Latin American and Latinx cultural traditions and creative writing, the Latin American/Latinx Creative Studies (LALCS) certificate is for you.
Join a unique, flexible, powerful and practical graduate certificate focused on Latin America and Latinx cultural contributions before the European arrival to the present. LALCS will enrich your educational and personal enrichment and can serve you in your career in psychology, social services, arts, education, law and teaching.
With a multidisciplinary perspective and through a variety of lenses, LALCS offers you the creative writing and study abroad component to develop your intellectual interests and creative skills while exploring diverse cultures from the Caribbean to Southern, Central and Northern Latinx-America. LALCS integrates anthropology, history, ethnography, literature, arts and culture in the class materials which include novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, memoirs, essays, films, documentaries, music, painting and more. LALCS also gives you the skills to write in different genres that range from poetry, prose, short story, flash fiction, travel writing, to novella, memoir, essay and personal non-fiction.
LALCS also offers you the chance to collaborate with faculty with degrees in comparative literature, postmodern fiction, experimental poetry, Latin American and Borderlands History and Mexican film. Their publications and productions span novel, short story, poetry, feature writing, screenplays, stage plays, non-fiction, history, ethnography, literary criticism and translation. In classes, as well as at the MFA program annual conference, they are ready to engage you in conversations to think critically about creative writing and the literature, history and culture of the complex Latin America and Latinx regions.
LALCS is the path to be an engaged citizen in the global society we live in. Develop the critical thinking and writing skills to be in dialogue with the rest of the world, and enjoy an enriched career in which you will share expertise and concern with others at home and abroad.
Writing for Media
Our certificate in Writing for Media exposes you to a diverse set of teachers and to a curriculum that prizes the contributions of different ethnicities, styles and cultural traditions in multiple genres.
We offer a varied set of courses in screenwriting, television writing, playwriting, podcasting and creative cinema studies. This certificate is pragmatic as well as academic, and you’ll leave the program with a portfolio of work to take with you on the next stage of your journey.
You can also expect the following:
- We’ll change your mind about what a classic movie is.
- You’ll discover how to give a Pixar pitch and create a scene-by-scene outline.
- You’ll read material that represents LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices.
- We’ll train writers to work within the Hollywood system.
- We’ll show you the fundamentals of moviemaking on a small budget.
- We’ll give you the tools to finish your script.
- We’ll give you practice writing in different styles.
- You’ll become versed in responding to the demands of outside companies.
- You’ll have the chance to pitch to radio professionals.
- You’ll work in a collaborative environment.
NOTE: THESE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS REQUIRE 15-UNITS OF COURSEWORK FOR COMPLETION AND CAN BE PURSUED IN-PERSON OR ONLINE.