Degrees and Training to Support Your Goals

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies offers interdisciplinary training in Latin American and Caribbean Studies through undergraduate minors, certificates, language study, advising, and academic programming. CLACS also offers a doctoral minor and doctoral certificate for graduate students seeking to strengthen their regional expertise. Our programs support students as they build language proficiency, interdisciplinary knowledge, and professional skills for careers in education, public service, global affairs, health, nonprofit work, and research.

Faculty and Graduate Student Exchange Programs

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 
Faculty exchanges


UNAM and the Brazilian Academy of Letters

Celebrating 60 Years of CLACS at IU Bloomington!

Originally founded as the Latin American Studies Program at Indiana University, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies has supported outreach initiatives and educational programming focused on highlighting Latin American and Caribbean topics and communities in a global setting for the last 6 decades.

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Land Acknowledgement

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies wishes to acknowledge and honor the myaamiaki, Lënape, Bodwéwadmik, and saawanwa people, on whose ancestral homelands and resources Indiana University Bloomington is built.