Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018

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Comparative Mexican American Studies, BA

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This major does not require a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 hours

Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in major:
36 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
30 semester hours

Major Courses Required:

(Cultural Studies)

OR

(Social Transformation)

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Required for Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Mexican American Studies

Option A: Cultural Studies Emphasis

Fall - Year One

ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
CISS 1310 - Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology 3 hrs
CMAS 1301 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies 3 hrs
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs or
SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (For first term traditional freshmen)

Total: 15-16 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
MATH 1301 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs or
SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 hrs
HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hrs

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hrs
ENGL 2370 - Survey of Mexican American Literature 3 hrs
CMAS 2310 - Comparative Ethnics Studies 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs or
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs or
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Three

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Four

CMAS 4310 - Borderlands and the Black Atlantic 3 hrs
COMM 4302 - Event Planning and Management 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 12 hrs

Spring - Year Four

ENGL 3333 - Grant Writing 3 hrs
CMAS 5310 - Ethnographic Methods Capstone 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 12 hrs

Option B: Social Transformation Emphasis

Fall - Year One

ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
CISS 1310 - Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology 3 hrs
CMAS 1301 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies 3 hrs
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs or
SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (For first term traditional freshmen)

Total: 15-16 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hrs or
SPAN 2312 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 hrs
HIST 1356 - World History: Trends and Issues Since 1600 3 hrs

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

MATH 2303 - Probability and Statistics 3 hrs
ENGL 2370 - Survey of Mexican American Literature 3 hrs
CMAS 2310 - Comparative Ethnics Studies 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs or
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
BIOL 1400 - Introduction to Life Sciences 4 hrs or
BIOL 1421 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

ARTS 3356 - Barrio Art and Popular Culture 3 hrs
DRAM 2312 - Oral Communication 3 hrs
COMM 2310 - Introduction to Film 3 hrs
PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs
BIOL 1422 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs or
BIOL 2300 - Introduction to Evolution 3 hrs

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Three

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Four

CMAS 4310 - Borderlands and the Black Atlantic 3 hrs
SOCI 4300 - Sociological Theory 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 12 hrs

Spring - Year Four

CMAS 5310 - Ethnographic Methods Capstone 3 hrs
ENGL 3333 - Grant Writing 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

Total: 9 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement:
SPAN 1411 , SPAN 1412

Acceptable minor fields:
Any approved OLLU minor