Mexican American & Latina/o Studies, Undergraduate Minor

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The Mexican American and Latina/o Studies minor is a dynamic interdisciplinary course of study based in the humanities, social sciences, arts, and evolution of ethnic studies. The Mexican American and Latina/o Studies minor offers a unique curricular structure through which to examine one of the predominant ethnic groups in the American Southwest, and the fastest growing nationally.

The 18-hour minor introduces students to the significant and rich personal, historical, economic, cultural, and religious experiences of Mexican Americans and Latina/os in the United States. The MALS program will help students develop a more robust understanding of how social issues, politics, and other environmental realities shape the circumstances of Mexican Americans and Latina/os.

For more information about the minor, contact University Studies:
Kelsey Kern, kelsey.kern@ttu.edu
806.742.7100

Required Courses (9 hours)

MALS 2300 - Introduction to Mexican American and Latina/o Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
MALS 3302 - Mexican American and Latina/o Studies: Contemporary Issues 3 Semester Credit Hours
MALS 4306 - Capstone in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours

Service Learning Course (3 hours)

Choose one of:

SPAN 3315 - Communication Literacies for Heritage Speakers 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3339 - International Migration 3 Semester Credit Hours

Category One (3 hours)

Choose one course from the following:

ANTH 3349 - Archaeology of the Northern Spanish Frontier 3 Semester Credit Hours
ANTH 3375 - Topics in Latin American Archaeology 3 Semester Credit Hours
CMI 3309 - Hispanic Media 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4365 - Foundations of Contemporary Mexico 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3311 - Social and Cultural History of the Southwest 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3316 - Mexican American History of Texas 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3325 - History of Mexican Americans in the United States 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3381 - Colonial Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3382 - Modern Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3383 - Modern Mexico and Central America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4363 - Emergence of New Nations in Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4381 - Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Borderlands 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4382 - Walking the Line: The History of U.S. Mexico Border Relations since 1836 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 4300 - Special Topics in Music History and Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
(topics include Latino Musics of the Southwest; Latin American Seminar: Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean; and Latin American Seminar: South American Music)
MUHL 2308 - Musics of Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3110 - Medium Ensemble V1-6 Semester Credit Hours (Mariachi)
RHIM 2340 - Latin American Culture and Cuisine 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 2300 - Social Change in the Hispanic World through Cultural Expressions 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 3390 - Hispanic Culture and Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4318 - Spanish in the United States 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4320 - Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4332 - Hispanic Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4337 - Cultural Topics-Hispanic World 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4360 - Latinx Literature and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
SPAN 4361 - Spanish for the Southwest 3 Semester Credit Hours

Category Two (3 hours)

Choose one from the following:

ANTH 1301 - Understanding Multicultural America 3 Semester Credit Hours
ARTH 3350 - Latin American Art 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3390 - Literatures of the Southwest 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3350 - Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3317 - The Frontier and American West 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3357 - International Radical Movements 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4329 - Race, Identity, and Citizenship in the United States 3 Semester Credit Hours
HRDV 2303 - Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Workplace 3 Semester Credit Hours
INTS 3330 - Global Perspectives in Integrative Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 3398 - Ethnic Minority Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3323 - Race and Ethnicity 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3337 - Inequality in America 3 Semester Credit Hours