Mexican American Studies B.A. – Secondary Teaching Emphasis Initial license in Social Studies (Grades 7-12)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact: Joy Landeira, Ph.D., Chair
Location: Candelaria 0295
Telephone: 970.351.2811
Website: www.unco.edu/hispstds
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Credits
Program Description:
This program fulfills an important role in training teachers at the undergraduate level to be social studies teachers. With increasing student diversity in our schools, both in Colorado and the nation, districts are desperate to hire teachers who are well grounded in curriculum and approaches that meet the needs of culturally diverse learners and their families. The secondary education emphasis in Mexican American Studies effectively prepares preservice teachers to teach social studies to culturally diverse students at the middle and secondary levels. Students approach learning and curriculum from an interdisciplinary focus, one which includes contributions and perspectives of people of Mexican American origin. In addition to taking coursework in Mexican American Studies, History, Economics, Geography and Political Science, students will participate in the UNC partner school program through student teaching and field experience.
Program Admission Requirements:
To be recommended for admission to PTEP students must complete a minimum of 12 semester credits in the major (at least 9 credits at UNC) with a 2.75 grade point average or higher in those courses taken at UNC and counting toward the major. Mexican American Studies majors must successfully complete at least 27 credits in the major with a 2.75 grade point average or above in courses taken at UNC prior to applying for student teaching and complete SOSC 341 with a grade of "C" or better (GPA 2.0 or above).
Program Requirements:
- All majors must obtain a grade of “C” or better (GPA 2.0 or above) in all MAS courses taken at UNC. Majors receiving a grade of "D" or lower in any course for the major must retake the course — or an equivalent approved by the academic advisor — and receive a grade of "C" or better (GPA 2.0 or above) to have the course counted toward the major.
- All MAS courses numbered 300 or higher include a research and writing component. Only 6 credits of MAS or HISP prefixes may be counted toward LAC. Students are strongly encouraged to acquire secondary language proficiency.
Degree Requirements — 124 Credits
Degree Requirements
1. Required Specified LAC — 18 credits
LAC area 4 — History
| HIST 100 | Survey of American History from Its Beginnings to 1877 | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| HIST 120 | Western Civilization from Ancient Greece to 1689 | 3 |
| HIST 121 | Western Civilization from 1689 to the Present | 3 |
LAC area 5.a. — Economic and Political Systems
| ECON 205 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| PSCI 100 | United States National Government | 3 |
LAC area 5.b. — Geography
LAC area 5.c. — Human Behavior and Social Systems
Remaining LAC — 22 credits
See
“Liberal Arts Core”.
2. Required Major — 46 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| MAS 100 | Introduction to Mexican American Studies | 3 |
| MAS 275 | Education of Mexican American Students | 3 |
| MAS 280 | Topics in Chicana/Chicano Art and Culture | 3 |
| MAS 301 | Mexican American Politics and Leadership | 3 |
| MAS 395 | Topics in Gender Issues | 3 |
| MAS 450 | Research Internship in Mexican American Studies | 4 |
| ECON 203 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 362 | Economic History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 101 | Survey of American History from 1877 to the Present | 3 |
| PSY 467 | Psychology of Prejudice | 3 |
| SOC 237 | Sociology of Minorities | 3 |
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| MCS 101 | Multiculturalism in the United States: Concepts and Issues | 3 |
| HISP 102 | Hispanic Cultures in the United States | 3 |
3. Required PTEP — 38 credits
Phase I (5 credits taken concurrently).
EDFE 110 required semester before; see www.unco.edu/teach/check.html
| STEP 161 | Observation and Analysis of Secondary Teaching I | 2 |
| EDF 366 | Conceptions of Schooling: Context and Process | 3 |
Phase II (8 credits taken concurrently)
| STEP 262 | Observation and Analysis of Secondary Teaching II | 2 |
| EDSE 360 | Adaptation, Modification, and Integration of Curriculum for the Secondary Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| PSY 349 | Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers | 3 |
Phase III (11 credits taken concurrently)
EDFE 120 required semester before.
| STEP 363 | Clinical Experience: Secondary | 2 |
| EDRD 340 | Developing Language and Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 |
| ET 449 | Integration of Technologies in Secondary Education Pedagogy | 3 |
| SOSC 341 | Teaching Secondary Social Studies | 3 |
EDRD 340: may be taken outside of Phase III
Phase IV (14 credits).
EDFE 130 required semester before.
| STEP 464 | Secondary Student Teaching | 1 - 14 |
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Candidates must pass the Praxis or Place test prior to Student Teaching.
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Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
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All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
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Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
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Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.