非洲裔拉丁美洲研究研究生证书采用多学科方法研究非洲裔人及其拉丁美洲地区社区的经济，社会，文化和历史经验。这些人包括跨大西洋奴隶贸易期间带来的后代以及后来的移民运动中的后代。该证书旨在补充学生的专业和学术兴趣和资格，并希望在需要在国际，跨国和多元文化问题上具有专业知识的各种职业中脱颖而出。
The Graduate Certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies employs a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the economic, social, cultural, and historical experiences of people of African descent and their communities in the Latin American Region. These include descendants from those brought over during the Transatlantic slave trade and those who came in subsequent migration movements. The certificate is designed to complement students professional and academic interests and qualifications and who want to excel in a variety of careers demanding expertise in international, Transnational, and multicultural issues.<br><br>Thanks to the diversity of areas of research interests of the core and affiliate AADS faculty, students will be able to choose courses that focus more specifically on Afro-Latin Americans living in both the region and in other geographic areas where Afro-Latin Americans have migrated to and/or wherein their national governments have been engaged on behalf of national industries.<br><br>The Certificate places a strong emphasis on Afro-Latin American cultural expressions in all their national, sub-regional, temporal, and socioeconomic diversities. It offers coordinated insights into the ongoing challenges Afrodescendant communities face locally, nationally, and internationally. It also focuses on the ways in which Afro-Latin American communities and individuals have developed political and creative strategies for survival in the midst of, and resistance to, racism and political, economic, and social oppression.