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Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Bicultural/Mexican American Studies

The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Bicultural/Mexican American Studies offers two areas of concentration: Bicultural-Bilingual and Mexican American Studies. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is 128, including Core Curriculum requirement hours. Thirty-nine of the 128 total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

Bicultural-Bilingual Concentration

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Bicultural/Mexican American Studies with a Bicultural-Bilingual Concentration 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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (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
Domain I: Mathematics and Science	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Science (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain II: Society and Culture	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 Studies (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 plus 3 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. Economics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain III: Literature and the 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.
Domain IV: 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

A. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a two-year college

B. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses (see table above)

C. 30 semester credit hours of required coursework in the major:

BBL 2243 Bilingual Families, Communities, and Schools
BBL 3013Language Analysis and Bilingualism
or
ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language
BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
BBL 3033 The Mexican American in the Southwest
BBL 3043 Pychosocial Processes in Bicultural-Bilingual Environments
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
BBL 3143 Children’s Literature for Bilingual Learners
BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning, and Motivation in Bicultural-Bilingual Classrooms
ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4

D. 9 additional semester credit hours of approved BBL/ESL upper-division coursework

E. 3 semester credit hours:

IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry Across the Fields of Study

F. Sufficient elective courses to reach a minimum of 128 semester credit hours

Mexican American Studies Concentration

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Bicultural/Mexican American Studies with a Mexican American Studies Concentration 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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (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
Domain I: Mathematics and Science	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Science (6 semester credit hours) Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two under the appropriate sections in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain II: Society and Culture	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 Studies (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 plus 3 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. Economics (3 semester credit hours) Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Domain III: Literature and the 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.
Domain IV: 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.

Degree Requirements

A. 36 semester credit hours in an organized technical program completed at a two-year college

B. 42 semester credit hours of Core Curriculum courses (see table above)

C. 39 semester credit hours of required coursework in the major:

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 3043 Psychosocial Processes in Bicultural-Bilingual Environments
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning, and Motivation in Bicultural-Bilingual Classrooms
BBL 4083 Research Seminar in Mexican American Studies
ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4
SOC 3413 Mexican American Family
SOC 3503 Sociology of Education
SOC 3513 Children and Society
SPN 3493 Mexican American Literature
or
ENG 3513 Mexican American Literature