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Admissions

Applying to the LAS MA Program

Applications to the MA in Latin American Studies are handled through the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. The Pardee School is a component of the BU Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GRS). General information on applying to GRS can be found here. Specific information on applying to the Pardee School can be found here.

The deadline for Fall Semester applications is April 15. Financial assistance is available for well-qualified applicants. Applicants who wish to be considered for merit-based financial assistance should submit their applications by January 15 (applications submitted after this date may still be considered for merit-based aid on a case-by-case basis). The LAS MA program does not accept Spring Semester applications. All application materials should be received by the application deadline. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. Admission decisions are made by a faculty committee.

All questions about admission to the LAS MA can be directed to the Pardee School Graduate Programs Administrator. All questions may be directed to us via email here.

Boston University’s policies provide for equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment and admission to all programs of the University.

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

The Center for Latin American Studies at Boston University is proud of BU’s history of diversity and inclusion. BU’s founders opened the University’s doors to all students without regard to religion, race, or gender, and building and sustaining a vibrant community of scholars, students, and staff remains essential to its mission of contributing to and preparing students to thrive in, an increasingly interconnected world.

Success in a competitive, global milieu depends upon our ongoing commitment to welcome and engage the wisdom, creativity, and aspirations of all peoples and the Center for Latin American Studies is vital to the University’s mission of preparing global citizens. We forge concrete initiatives to integrate faculty and students across the university in the promotion of antiracism, diversity, and inclusion from a Latin American Studies perspective. Through our in-depth and interdisciplinary academic programs, as well as through a rich array of talks, lectures, round-table discussions, conferences, and other educational and cultural events, we assist the University in its efforts to create environments for learning, working, and living that are enriched by racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

At the Center for Latin American Studies, we believe in and practice respect for individual differences in life experience, sexual orientation, and religious belief, and we aspire to be free of intellectual parochialism, barriers to access, and ethnocentrism. We appreciate and deeply value the contributions and talents of every member of the Boston University community and invite you to learn more about us.