UW-Milwaukee - College of Letters and Science

College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 762
November 29, 2007

Certificate Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Annual Report, 2006-2007

2006-07 Committee Members: Jean Hudson (chair), Maurice Kilwein-Guevara, Raquel Oxford, Kristin Pitt, Kris Ruggiero (ex officio), Isabel Méndez-Santalla

The committee met 11-9-06 for general business.

Student Enrollment

Total students enrolled in program as of June 30, 2007: 12

Majors include:
Art History, Business, Comparative Literature, Economics, Film, Global Studies, International Studies, Political Science, Spanish

New students enrolled between July 2006 and June 2007: 10

Graduated: August 2006 (2) / December 2006 (3) / May 2007 (1)

Promotion

Annual email publicity to IS and Global Studies majors; also to Spanish majors, Spanish intended majors, Spanish minors and Portuguese minors (10-06)

Email publicity to CLACS faculty (9-27-06) to share via course email lists

Information provided at UWM Open House (October 2006)

Production/circulation of semester Latin American/Caribbean Studies course lists

Update of full LACS potential courses list (9-06)

Promotion of individual LACS courses, upon request by faculty

Collaboration on joint marketing through the certificate coordinators' group, including joint certificate programs postcard (print and pdf)

prepared by Julie Kline, Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator (jkline@uwm.edu / x5986) August 7, 2007