该学位为拉丁美洲社会以及居住在美国的拉丁美洲裔的历史少数群体和移民的研究提供了跨学科的视角。它鼓励采用一种涵盖社会科学，人文科学，文学与艺术，文化研究和历史的方法。文学硕士将训练学生反思和参与当代对拉丁美洲和拉丁美洲人的研究中具有重要意义的社会问题，例如全球化，殖民主义，后殖民主义，跨国主义，移民，发展和平等以及与身份和成员资格有关的问题，包括种族，文化，国籍和性别。
The degree offers an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of Latin American societies and historical minorities and immigrants of Latin American descent living in the United States. It encourages an approach that ranges across the social sciences, humanities, literature and the arts, cultural studies, and history. The M.A. will train students to reflect on and engage with social issues of contemporary importance in the study of Latin American and Latino populations such as globalization, colonialism, postcolonialism, transnationalism, immigration, development, and equality as well as questions related to identity and membership, including race, culture, nationality, and gender.