Topic 1: Greater Mexican Folklife. Additional prerequisite: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including English 316K or the equivalent.

Topic 2: Life and Literature of the Southwest--Mexican American. Verse, fiction, travels, and memoirs, to acquaint students with the literature reflecting the social inheritance of Texas and the neighboring territory. Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 3: Chicanos: Sociological Perspectives. Anglo-American and Mexican American contacts and relations in the southwestern United States from colonial times to the present; emphasis on social and cultural differences and problems of assimilation. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 4: Narrative Journalism. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 335, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 11: Latino Community Journalism), 322 (Topic 11: Narrative Journalism), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 4: Latino Community Journalism), 374 (Topic 4: Narrative Journalism). Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 5: Hispanic Literature of the Southwest in Translation. English 349L (Topic 2: Hispanic Literature of the Southwest in Translation) and Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of lower-division English, including English 316K or the equivalent; for others, upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Topic 6: Feature Writing. Procedures in gathering material for feature stories, with stress on newspaper articles; analysis of reader appeal; study of feature story structure; development of style by practice in writing feature stories. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 327, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 4), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 6). Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and a passing score on the College of Communication Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test.

Topic 7: Mexican/Chicano Music. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 8: Mexican Americans in the Schooling Process. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 9: Hispanic Images and Counterimages. The critical analysis of Hispanic images in media. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 1), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 9), Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-hour film screening a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing, Radio-Television-Film 314 or 316, and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 10: Latino Audiences. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 11: Mass Media and Ethnic Groups. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 12: Race Relations. Lectures on the sociological, economic, and political conditions that historically have made for "race relations" in the United States. History 366N (Topic: Race Relations) and Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 12) may not both be counted. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 13: Spanish-Language Literature of the Southwest. The study of culturally valuable Chicano literary texts; related readings in Mexican and other Hispanic works. Taught in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 612 or 312L.

Topic 14: United States-Mexican Border Relations. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.

Topic 15: Latino Politics. Explore the political experiences of the United States Latino populations. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 370K (Topic 2), 371L, Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 8), 337S, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 371L, LAS 337S Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.

Topic 16: Texas, 1914 to the Present. The steady dissociation of Texas from its Old South status to a transitional state and a power in national politics. Three semester hours of Texas history may be substituted for half of the legislative requirement for American history. Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 17: International Communication: Third World Issues. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 18: Diversity Newsmagazine. A multicultural approach to the production of broadcast-quality minidocumentaries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305, 317, 318, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 19: Race Relations: Comparative and Historical Perspective. A global survey of the formation of complex race situations associated with the European expansion and colonization of the non-European world. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 20: Gender, Culture, and Society in the Southwest, 1320-1848. Centering gender as a category of historical analysis, and sex as a social category, this course examines the peoples and historical developments in the Southwest from a gendered transhistorical and transcultural perspective from 1320 to 1848. Only one of the following may be counted: History 366N (Topic: Gender on Nineteenth-Century Borderlands), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 20), 374 (Topic: Gender on Nineteenth-Century Borderlands), Women's Studies 340 (Topic: Gender on Nineteenth-Century Borderlands). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Topic 21: Essay in Mexican Thought and Culture. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.

Topic 22: Minorities and the Media. Issues concerning minority or nondominant groups within the United States. Survey of minority communication problems: alienation, fragmentation, media and Internet access; criticism and feedback for minority groups based on racial/ethnic background, age, sex, disability, social or economic class, and sexual orientation. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 341H, 341J, 341M, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 10), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 22), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Minorities and the Media), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 21). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 23: Mexican American Indigenous Heritage. The prehistory, history, and contemporary racial understanding of Mexican Americans. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322M (Topic 10), 322Q, Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Mexican Amer Indig Heritage), 324L (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322Q, LAS 324L.20 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 24: Latinos and Media. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 25: Chicano Educational Struggles. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 26: Public Policy Seminar. Profiles the current economic status of Mexican Americans in the United States and provides information on basic socioeconomic indicators. Examines historical trends and comparisons with other ethnic groups. Students must write and present a policy report. Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 26) and 374 (Topic: Mexican American Public Policy Issues) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 27: Seminar in Cultural Studies. Explores the intellectual formation of cultural studies and the application of this theoretical framework to the study of Mexican-origin communities. Discussions regarding the issues of race, class, feminism, postcolonialism, and poststructuralism. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 28: Politics and Culture of Contemporary Mexico. Introduction to the contemporary Mexican political system and the ways in which political change and democratization are recasting the political and civic culture of contemporary Mexico. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.

Topic 29: Mexican and Mexican American Ballads. Examines the corrido genre in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special focus on its pivotal role in the Mexican Revolution and in the collision between cultures in the border zone. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 322K or 328.

Topic 30: Spanish for Health Care Professionals. Designed to build fluency in both spoken and written Spanish that will enable the health care professional to communicate effectively with monolingual patients, to attend conferences or classes in Spanish, and to explain medical literature to patients. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G (or 327) and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.

Topic 31: Rhetoric and Composition for Native Speakers. Writing and oral expression for use in academic and professional settings. Conducted in Spanish. Additional prerequisite: Spanish 327G (or 327) and six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in Spanish.

Topic 32: Radical Latinos. Examines the social positioning and history of Latinas/os in the United States. Analyzes the histories of Latinas/os who have gone against mainstream expectations, or who have challenged or critiqued the status quo in provocative and unexpected ways. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic Radical Latinos), 370 (Topic 39), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Radical Latinos), 374 (Topic 32). Same as: AMS 370.39 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 33: United States Latino and Latina Ethnographies. Explores past and present anthropological representations of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 42), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: U.S. Latino/a Ethnographies), 374 (Topic 33). Same as: ANT 324L.42

Topic 34: Writing Border Narratives. Examines the United States and Mexico border through the use of the personal essay in its various forms. Students write personal essays that focus on their relationships to the border. Creative Writing 325 (Topic 1) and Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 34) may not both be counted. Same as: CRW 325.1 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.

Topic 35: Race and Citizenship in United States History. Uses primary and secondary sources to analyze how race and citizenship have functioned for populations of color in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Race and Citizenship in United States History), 370 (Topic 48), History 350R (Topic: Race and Citizenship in United States History), 350R (Topic 25), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Race and Citizenship in United States History), 374 (Topic 35). Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 36: The United States in the Civil Rights Era. Examines United States history in the post-World War II era, including how civil rights and other racial issues helped shape the politics, popular culture, and social life of this period. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic: The United States in the Civil Rights Era), 374D (Topic 17), American Studies 321 (Topic: The United States in the Civil Rights Era), 321 (Topic 9), History 356P, Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: The United States in the Civil Rights Era), 374 (Topic 36). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 37: United States Catholic History. Examine how Catholicism and national identity work for Catholics in the United States, with an emphasis on Catholic women and Latino/as. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 327 (Topic 4), 327D, History 365G (Topic 1), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 37), Religious Studies 346 (Topic 5), 346F. Same as: AMS 327D, HIS 365G.1, R S 346F Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 38: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History. Provides an in-depth understanding of the social, economic, and spatial transformations of the United States/Mexico borderlands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 370 (Topic 45), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 374 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 340 (Topic 45). Same as: AMS 370.45, WGS 340.45 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 39: Latina/o Pop. Examines how Latinas/os have been a major force in the production of popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Latina/o Pop), 370 (Topic 46), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Latina/o Pop), 374 (Topic 39).

Topic 40: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity American Literature and Film. Examines the ways in which authors and filmmakers construct gender, class, and identity in each of their texts. Only one of the following may be counted: English 344L (Topic: Gender/Class/Ethnic American Literature and Film), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Gender/Class/Ethnic American Literature and Film), 374 (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender/Class/Ethnic American Literature and Film). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 41: Border Control and Deaths. Focus on enactment of border control policies, policy implementation and death patterns at the United States-Mexico border, patterns of unauthorized border crossings through dangerous border terrain, grassroots movements to support migrants and lessen deaths, and the ethics of coercive border control. Surveys the public sentiments and attitudes that support new border control policies, the patterns of migrant deaths in deserts and in the Rio Grande River associated with border control strategies, movements and community efforts to support migrants in the Arizona border area, and legal and ethical arguments and concepts that frame discussions of migrant deaths at the United States-Mexico border. Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 41) and Sociology 323D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 323D Additional prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.

Topic 42: United States Immigration. Utilizes a sociological perspective to gain an understanding of what social forces drive migration to the United States, how migrants organize their migration, and how immigration affects United States' society. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: US Immigration), 374 (Topic 42), Sociology 321K (Topic: US Immigration), or 322U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 322U Additional prerequisite: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.