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) |
Mathematics |
Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) |
Natural Sciences |
Science (6 semester credit hours) |
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts |
Literature (3 semester credit hours) |
Social and Behavioral Sciences |
United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours) |
World Society and Issues |
(3 semester credit hours) |
Degree Requirements
- 21 semester credit hours of Mexican American studies:
- 18 required semester credit hours:
BBL 2003 Language, Culture, and Society or BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals MAS 2013 Introduction to Chicano(a) Studies MAS 2023 Latino Cultural Expressions MAS 3033 Mexican Americans in the Southwest or HIS 3443 Latinos in the United States MAS 4083 Research Seminar in Mexican American Studies SPN 3493 Mexican American Literature or ENG 4613 Topics in Mexican American Literature (When taught by a Mexican American Studies affiliated faculty.)
- 3 semester credit hours selected from the following:
BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture (required for anthropology concentration) MAS 3043 Social Psychological Considerations in Mexican American Communities MAS 3413 Mexican American Family MAS 4953 Special Studies in Mexican American 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)
- 18 required semester credit hours:
- 18 semester credit hours of required courses completed in one of the following concentrations:
Concentration in Anthropology
- 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
- 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
18 required semester credit hours:
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning, and Motivation in Bicultural-Bilingual Classrooms ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4 MAS 3413 Mexican American Family SOC 3503 Sociology of Education SOC 3513 Children and Society
Concentration in History
- 6 required semester credit hours:
HIS 2003 Historical Methods HIS 4973 Seminar in History
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 3 semester credit hours from the following:
ENG 2263 American Literature I ENG 2383 Multiethnic Literatures of the United States ENG 2423 Literature of Texas and the Southwest - 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 Mexican American Studies affiliate or when focus is on Chicano/Latino content.) AMS 4823 Topics in American Culture or ENG 4393 Feminist Theory of Literature WS 4853 Special Topics in Women Writers
- 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
- 3 semester credit hours from the following:
BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture ENG 3613 African American Literature HUM 3103 American Film - 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
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
- 6 required semester credit hours:
POL 2703 Scope and Methods in Political Science POL 3083 Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States
- 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
- 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
- 12 required semester credit hours:
SOC 1013 Introduction to Sociology 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
- 6 semester credit hours selected from the following:
SOC 3013 Social Stratification SOC 3033 Population Dynamics SOC 3263 Latinas in U.S. Society SOC 3283 Poverty SOC 3293 Gender Roles SOC 3433 Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society
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
- 9 semester credit hours of courses selected from the following:
- 39 semester credit hours of electives