Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies / International Master of Business Administration

Joint-degree pathway between LACC and the FIU College of Law and LACC and the FIU College of Business Administration allows students to pursue a Juris Doctor (JD) and a MALACS degree or a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and a MALACS degree. Students pursuing a joint-degree pathway must meet the entrance requirements for both the MALACS degree and the JD or the MBA degree. Twelve approved credits from the law or business school may be counted towards the MALACS degree and will constitute a MALACS concentration in International and Comparative Law or a concentration in International Business respectively. Twelve approved credits from the MALACS program will be counted towards the law or the business school requirements. All additional JD, MBA, or MALACS degree requirements must be met. Additional information on the joint-degree pathway is available upon request from the LACC's Academic Programs staff.

A minimum 3.00 grade point average (GPA) in a completed undergraduate degree program
Official transcripts from previous undergraduate and graduate programs. The minimum requirements are a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for the last two years of undergraduate work or post-baccalaureate study,
Official GRE verbal and quantitative scores, sent directly by the Educational Testing Service. The University Graduate School's current requirement is a minimum of 1000 combined verbal and quantitative score on the GRE or equivalent on the GMAT, EXADEP or LSAT.
International graduate student applicants whose native language is not English: TOEFL or IELTS scores, sent directly by the Educational Testing Service. The minimum requirement is a total score of 80 on the IBT TOEFL (equivalent to 550 on the paper-based version, or 213 on the computer-based version of TOEFL) or a total score of 6.3 on IELTS.
3. Please attach as supporting documents within the online application:

Three letters of recommendation, two of which must be from professors (no specific format is required).
Statement of purpose (maximum of two single-spaced pages): describing your research interests, reasons for seeking an M.A, career goals, academic and relevant non-academic accomplishments and experience, reasons for applying to our program, the names of departmental (and, if appropriate, other university) faculty members with whom you wish to study. Please also indicate if you seek admission together with a teaching assistantship or other available fellowship such as the FLAS Fellowship or CASAD Scholarship.
Official, sealed academic transcript (s) of undergraduate degree sent directly to the LACC from the awarding institution
Optional writing samples: course papers, thesis chapters, or other pertinent examples of your writing and analytical abilities.