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2010–2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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 may 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.

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

   Concentration in Anthropology

   1. 9 semester credit hours 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
   
   18 required semester credit hours:
   
   BBL   3053  Foundations of Bilingual Studies
   BBL   3143  Children’s Literature for Bilingual Learners
   ESL   3023  Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–6
   MAS  3413  Mexican American Family               
   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 selected 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. 3 semester credit hours selected 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
      ENG  4393  Feminist Theory of Literature
      WS   4853  Special Topics in Women Writers
      
      
   4. 3 semester credit hours selected 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 selected from the following:
      
      BBL   3023  Mexican American Culture
      ENG  3613  African American Literature
      HUM  3103  American Film
      
      
   6. 3 semester credit hours selected 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 3 semester credit hours for a total of 21 hours:
   
   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 Sociology
      SOC  3043  Race and Ethnic Relations
      
      SOC  3313  Quantitative Methods 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  3263  Latinas in U.S. Society
      SOC  3283  Poverty
      SOC  3293  Gender Roles
      SOC  3433  Mexican Immigration and U.S. Society
      
      

   Concentration in Spanish
   
   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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