Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Chicana/o and Latinx Studies

MAS 508 Workshop

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

MAS 510 Studies in Mexican American History and Culture

This course is an interdisciplinary survey seminar that explores cultural and historical developments of the Mexican origin people across four distinct periods, Indigenous America, Spanish America, the rise of Mexico and U.S. incorporation of Mexico into the United States. Attention will be given to cultural identity, cultural representations and cultural memory. Students will survey and study primary and secondary documents.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

MAS 513 Professional Renewal

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

MAS 520 Chicana/o Civil Rights Movement

This course will examine cultural, social, historical, political and economic conditions which gave rise to the Chicana and Chicano Civil Rights Movement during the years 1950-1980.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

MAS 530 Studies in Mexican American Literature

This course will introduce major authors of Mexican American and Xicanx literature through the study of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and illustrated texts. The goals of the course include improving students' understanding of these works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context, cultivating an appreciation for the aesthetic principles that guide this literature, reflecting on the way this literature influences and is influenced by intercultural experiences, and researching critical responses and linguistic theories associated with these works.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

MAS 546 Chicana/o Theory

Examines various theories and methods utilized by Chicana/o scholars during the evolution of the discipline of Chicana/o Studies, exploring how these theories and methods have informed and continue to inform writing and research in Chicana/o Studies.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

MAS 560 Narco Corrido and Mexican Folk Culture

The course examines Mexican and Mexican American popular folk culture in the context of historical and contemporary issues.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

MAS 622 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

MAS 630 Globalization and Transnationalism

This course examines how globalization and transnationalism influence economic, political and cultural conditions in both sending states such as Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala and receiving states such as the United States.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MAS 650 Research Methods in Mexican American Studies

This course explores a range of research methods pertaining to the investigation of the Mexican American experience in the United States. The course requires the development of the following: methodology, research question, research outline, literature review, and a research paper.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MAS 680 Pedagogy - Teaching Mexican American Studies

This course prepares instructors/educators to teach about current research and knowledge concerning the Mexican origin population in the United States. The course provides strategies for instruction of Mexican American Studies. Emphasis is placed on instruction, creation of lesson plans and delivery modes.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR