Mexican American Studies
Mexican American Studies - BA
This major requires a minor.
Total number of hours required for this degree
128 hours
Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in major:
36 semester hours
Total number of advanced hours required in major:
18 semester hours
Suggested Sequence of Courses for Bachelor of Arts in Mexican American Studies
Freshman Year
FALL |
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SPRING |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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4 hrs |
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4 hrs |
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PSYC course |
3 hrs |
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1 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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TOTAL |
14 hrs |
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TOTAL |
15 hrs |
Sophomore Year
FALL |
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SPRING |
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MAST/ENGL 2370* |
3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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MAST/ARTS 3361 |
3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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Natural science w/lab |
4 hrs |
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Natural science |
3-4 hrs |
Minor |
3 hrs |
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Minor |
3 hrs |
TOTAL |
16 hrs |
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TOTAL |
15-16 hrs |
Junior Year
FALL |
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SPRING |
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MAST/HIST 3354 |
3 hrs |
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MAST/SPAN 3338 |
3 hrs |
MAST/RLST 3362 |
3 hrs |
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MAST/POLS 4360 |
3 hrs |
3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
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Minor |
3 hrs |
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Minor |
3 hrs |
Minor |
3 hrs |
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Minor |
3 hrs |
Elective |
3 hrs |
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TOTAL |
18 hrs |
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TOTAL |
15 hrs |
Senior Year
FALL |
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SPRING |
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3 hrs |
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MAST./SPAN 3373 |
3 hrs |
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MAST/HIST 4322 |
3 hrs |
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Elective |
3 hrs |
Minor |
3 hrs |
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Elective |
3 hrs |
Minor |
3 hrs |
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Minor |
3 hrs |
Elective |
3 hrs |
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3 hrs |
TOTAL |
15 hrs |
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TOTAL |
12 hrs |
*Must take MAST/ENGL 2370 as ENGL 2370 or else take some other courses at sophomore level labeled ENGL.
The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, values and skills, major, minor (if required), foundation courses (if required), validation of computer literacy, and validation of overall advanced and institutional hours.
Integrative summative experience:
Successful completion of MAST 4391 Internship or senior paper presented to Foreign Languages and MAST faculty and students
Computer literacy requirement fulfilled through:
One of the following:
Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology |
Foreign language requirement:
The following courses or the equivalents:
Elementary Spanish I & II |
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Intermediate Spanish I & II |
Acceptable minor fields:
Any OLLU approved minor
Mexican American Studies - Minor
Total number of hours required in the minor:
15 semester hours
Total number of advanced hours required in the minor:
6 semester hours
Required courses in the minor:
Mexican Americans in U.S. Society |
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The Context of Mexican American Leadership |
Prerequisites to the required courses in the minor:
6 semester hours of MAST courses for MAST 4396
Mexican American Studies - Certificate
Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in certificate:
18 semester hours
Total number of advanced hours required in the certificate:
15 semester hours
Required courses (not including prerequisites) in the certificate:
Mexican Americans in U.S. Society |
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The Context of Mexican American Leadership |
12 additional advanced hours of MAST courses (taken under MAST or under the cross-referencing discipline). In addition to the courses listed above, proficiency in Spanish at the intermediate level equivalent to the completion of a four-semester sequence of Spanish courses is required (may be satisfied through testing). At OLLU, the required Spanish courses are:
SPAN 1411 & 1412 |
Elementary Spanish I & II |
SPAN 2311 & 2312 |
Intermediate Spanish I & II |