The graduate Certificate in Latino/a and Mexican-American Studies offers all graduate students at Texas A&M University an opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary graduate concentration in Latino/a and Mexican-American Studies while pursuing their disciplinary degree. Latino/a and Mexican-American Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study focused on issues connected with Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other United States-based Latino/a communities, in addition to the processes by which Latin Americans come to the United States. The certificate ensures that students have developed core knowledge and appreciation for interdisciplinary scholarship in this area.
Students must take four courses, two in the social sciences and two in the humanities.
Course List | Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
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| Topics in Latino/a Literature and Culture | |
| Spanish in the United States | |
| U.S. Hispanic Literature and Culture | |
| Seminar in Cultural Encounters and Borders | |
| Seminar in U.S. Hispanic Literature | |
| Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking World | |
| Readings in Chicano-Latino History 1 | |
| Research Seminar in Chicano-Latino History 1 | |
| Readings in the Southwest and its Borders | |
| Research Seminar in the Southwest and its Borders | |
| Latino/a Expressive Culture | |
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| Latino Psychology | |
| Latinx Students and Education | |
| Seminar in Race, Ethnicity and American Politics | |
| Black and Latino Americans | |
| Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations (Mexican Americans and Latinos) 1 | |
| Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations (U.S.-Mexico Border) 1 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
Students are required to earn an A, B or S in all courses. Students are also required to make one professional presentation--local, national, or international--of their LMAS-related work.
