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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mexican American Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Mexican American Studies is an interdisciplinary program integrating Mexican American studies with a specific liberal arts discipline. Majors are required to complete 39 semester credit hours from a prescribed program of study that must include 18 semester credit hours from one of eight concentrations: Anthropology; Communities, Families, and Children; History; Literary and Cultural Studies; Nonprofit Management; Political Science; Sociology; or Spanish.

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the 120 hours must be upper-division. A maximum of 66 community college semester credit hours may be applied to this program.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Mexican American Studies must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
BBL 2003, Language, Culture, and Society
or
SOC 1013, Introduction to the Study of Society
(Recommended courses; may be used in the major.)
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
BBL 2023, Latino Cultural Expressions (Recommended course; may be used in major.)
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

  1. 21 semester credit hours of Mexican American studies:

    1. 18 required semester credit hours:

      BBL 2003 Language, Culture, and Society
      or
      BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals

      BBL 2013 Introduction to Chicano(a) Studies
      BBL 2023 Latino Cultural Expressions

      BBL 3033 The Mexican American in the Southwest
      or
      HIS 3443 Latinos in the United States

      BBL 4083 Research Seminar in Mexican American Studies

      SPN 3493 Mexican American Literature
      or
      ENG 4613 Topics in Mexican American Literature

    2. 3 semester credit hours selected from the following:

      BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture (required for anthropology concentration)
      BBL 3043 Social Psychological Considerations in Mexican American Communities
      BBL 3413 Mexican American Family (required for sociology concentration)
      BBL 4953 Special Studies in Bilingual and Bicultural Studies (anthropology concentration students may substitute this course for BBL 3023 when topic is on Mexican Americans and cultural anthropology)
      POL 3093 Mexican American Politics (required for political science concentration)
      SOC 3433 Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society (recommended for communities, families, and children concentration)

  2. 18 semester credit hours of required courses completed in one of the following concentrations:

    Concentration in Anthropology

    1. 9 semester credit hours of courses selected from the following:

      ANT 2033 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
      ANT 2043 Introduction to Archaeology
      ANT 2053 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
      ANT 2063 Language, Thought, and Culture

    2. 9 additional upper-division semester credit hours:

      AHC 3423 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica
      ANT 3363 Indians of Mesoamerica
      ANT 4123 Archaeology of the American Southwest

    Concentration in Communities, Families, and Children

    BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
    BBL 3413 Mexican American Family
    BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning, and Motivation in Bicultural-Bilingual Classrooms
    ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4
    SOC 3503 Sociology of Education
    SOC 3513 Children and Society

    Concentration in History

    1. 6 required semester credit hours:

      HIS 2003 Historical Methods
      HIS 4973 Seminar in History

    2. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

      HIS 3083 History of the American West
      HIS 3153 Development of American Urban Society
      HIS 3463 History of Religion in the United States

    3. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

      HIS 3063 The Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821
      HIS 3073 The Mexican Borderlands/The American Southwest
      HIS 3293 Imperial Spain
      HIS 3303 History of Mexico

    Concentration in Literary and Cultural Studies

    1. 3 semester credit hours in methods. Note: This requirement must be completed before continuing with any other concentration requirements.

      ENG 2213 Literary Criticism and Analysis

    2. 3 semester credit hours from the following:

      ENG 2263 American Literature I
      ENG 2383 Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States
      ENG 2423 Literature of Texas and the Southwest

    3. 3 semester credit hours from the following:

      AHC 3423 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica
      AHC 4333 Topics in Art History and Criticism [When taught by a MAS affiliate or when focus is on Chicano/Latino content.]

      AMS 4823 Topics in American Culture
      or
      ENG 4393 Feminist Theory of Literature

      WGS 4853 Special Topics in Women Writers

    4. 3 semester credit hours from the following:

      ENG 3513 Mexican American Literature
      ENG 3713 Topics in Multiethnic Literatures of the United States
      ENG 4613 Topics in Mexican American Literature

    5. 3 semester credit hours from the following:

      BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
      ENG 3613 African American Literature
      HUM 3103 American Film

    6. 3 semester credit hours from the following:

      ENG 4953 Special Studies in English
      ENG 4973 Seminar for English Majors
      HUM 4973 Seminar for Humanities Majors

    Concentration in Nonprofit Management

    18 required semester credit hours:

    ACC 2003 Foundations of Accounting
    or
    ACC 2013 Principles of Accounting I

    MGT 3013 Introduction to Organization Theory, Behavior, and Management
    or
    MGT 3803 Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations

    MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing
    NPO 3003 Fundraising in Nonprofit Agencies
    NPO 3013 Introduction to Nonprofit Agencies

    NPO 4933 Internship in Nonprofit Management
    or
    NPO 4936 Internship in Nonprofit Management (3 hours can be applied to the American Humanics certification*)

    *Students who wish to receive the American Humanics certification are required to complete an additional 4 semester credit hours for a total of 22 hours:

    NPO 4901 American Humanics Management Institute
    NPO 4933 Internship in Nonprofit Management (two semesters)

    Concentration in Political Science

    1. 6 required semester credit hours:

      POL 2703 Scope and Methods in Political Science
      POL 3083 Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States

    2. 3 semester credit hours selected from the following:

      POL 2503 Introduction to Political Theory
      POL 2513 Public Administration and Public Policy
      POL 2533 Introduction to Political Science
      POL 2603 International Politics
      POL 2623 Law and Society
      POL 2633 Comparative Politics

    3. 9 semester credit hours of upper-division political science courses:

      3 semester credit hours of comparative politics or international politics selected from the following:

      Comparative Politics

      POL 3063 Comparative Political Participation
      POL 3213 Business and Politics in the Third World
      POL 3353 Leadership and Elites
      POL 3393 Latin American Politics
      POL 3403 European Politics
      POL 3423 Geopolitics of Russia and Eurasia
      POL 3433 Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia
      POL 3443 Governments and Politics of East Asia
      POL 3453 The Politics of Mexico
      POL 3463 Politics of the Third World
      POL 3473 Theories and Problems in Latin American Politics
      POL 3493 Politics of the Middle East
      POL 3553 Social Policy in Modern Welfare States
      POL 3633 Political Economy
      POL 3783 Comparative Democratization

      International Politics

      POL 3003 International Law
      POL 3033 International Governance
      POL 3043 Human Rights
      POL 3053 United States-Latin American Relations
      POL 3483 International Political Economy
      POL 3503 American Foreign Policy since World War II
      POL 3513 International Organizations
      POL 3523 Force in International Politics
      POL 3563 Current Issues in World Politics
      POL 3763 Globalization
      POL 3793 Politics and Ethics of International Business
      POL 4003 Comparative Foreign Policy
      POL 4103 Latin America and the World
      POL 4143 The European Union

      3 semester credit hours of political theory selected from the following:

      Political Theory

      POL 3103 Political Ideology
      POL 3113 American Political Theory
      POL 3133 Political Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval
      POL 3143 Political Philosophy: Modern
      POL 3153 Political Philosophy: Contemporary
      POL 3163 Introduction to Feminist Theory
      POL 3193 Theories of Citizenship
      POL 3203 African American Political Thought

      3 semester credit hours of public administration or public law selected from the following:

      Public Administration

      POL 3413 The Politics of Urban Development
      POL 3603 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
      POL 3613 Public Budgeting and Taxation
      POL 3623 Public Policy Evaluation
      POL 3703 Personnel Administration in the Public Sector
      POL 4323 Administrative Law

      Public Law

      POL 3013 The American Legal Process
      POL 3023 Civil Liberties in American Law and Practice
      POL 3223 Judicial Politics
      POL 3323 Constitutional Law
      POL 4123 Legal and Philosophical Reasoning
      POL 4153 Seminar in Jurisprudence
      POL 4323 Administrative Law

    Concentration in Sociology

    1. 12 required semester credit hours:

      SOC 1013 Introduction to the Study of Society
      SOC 3043 Race and Ethnic Relations

      SOC 3313 Conceptualization and Measurement in Sociology
      or
      SOC 3373 Qualitative Research Methods

      SOC 3343 Classical Sociological Theory
      or
      SOC 3353 Contemporary Sociological Theory

    2. 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

      SOC 3013 Social Stratification
      SOC 3033 Population Dynamics
      SOC 3073 Migration Dynamics
      SOC 3263 Latinas in the U.S. Society
      SOC 3283 Poverty
      SOC 3293 Gender Roles
      SOC 3433 Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society

    Concentration in Spanish

    1. 18 required semester credit hours:

      SPN 3013 Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation
      or
      SPN 3113 Linguistic Structures of Spanish

      SPN 3043 Advanced Reading
      SPN 3063 Grammar and Composition

      SPN 3463 Latin American Literature to Modernism
      or
      SPN 3473 Latin American Literature since Modernism

      SPN 3623 Latin American Culture and Civilization
      SPN 4123 The Spanish of the Southwest

  3. 39 semester credit hours of electives

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