The Cathedral of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic was built during the first half of the sixteenth century.
The Program
Structure
The Master's program is organized in four semesters of fifteen weeks each. The first semester will be at the University of Havana, the second at the University at Buffalo. In the third semester, students have the option to study at the University of Havana, the University at Buffalo, or at one of our partner institutions***. The fourth semester will be either in Havana or Buffalo, depending on the research project and advisor selected by the student.
The total minimum amount of credits required for the Master's will be 36. Courses will earn 3.0 credit hours each. Following is the credit distribution per semester:
| First Semester | 12 credits (four courses) |
| Second Semester | 12 credits (four courses) |
| Third Semester | 9 credits (three courses) |
| Fourth Semester | 3 credits (one course) |
All courses will have 45 contact hours. They will be divided into required and elective courses.
The following will be required courses in the First Semester:
The following will be required courses in the Second Semester:
The following are some of the elective courses to be offered in each semester:
First Semester (University of Havana)
- Las artes plásticas en el Caribe
- El arte latinoamericano contemporáneo: los países con costas al Caribe
- El tributo musical cubano al área del Caribe. Música cubana: ecos y resonancias
- Cine Cubano y Problemáticas del Caribe Insular
- Alejo Carpentier y el diseño de un imaginario caribeño
- Literatura caribeña de la emigración
- Estudios Afrocaribeños. Religiones cubanas de origen africano
Second Semester (University at Buffalo)
- Calypso Theory
- Fonología dialectal del Caribe hispano
- Resistance Theories: From Negritude to Creolization
- Caribbean Aesthetics
- Migrant Literature
- Black Presence in Latin America
- African Diaspora
- Africa and the Slave Trade (con énfasis en el Caribe)
Third Semester (University of Havana)
- Arte del Caribe contemporáneo
- Escultura contemporánea del Caribe hispano
- Identidad linguística del Caribe hispano
- Presencia de la lengua haitiana en Cuba
- La narrativa del Caribe continental (segunda mitad del siglo XX): señas de identidad
- Nicolás Guillén, poeta caribeño
- La escritura de la mujer en el Caribe
- El tema negro en la literatura caribeña
- El mito en el teatro contemporáneo del Caribe: tradición y ruptura
Third Semester (University at Buffalo)
- Dialectología del Caribe hispano
- Bilingualism and language contact
- Contemporary Afro-Caribbean Religions
- Black Atlantic
Fourth Semester
- Masters Project Guidance