The Latino/a and Mexican American Studies minor (or LMAS) at Texas A&M University encourages students across the university to investigate the experiences and contributions of Latino/as in the United States and abroad. Students minoring in LMAS will receive instruction from interdisciplinary faculty across the College of Arts and Sciences, and the University. LMAS courses draw on disciplines including, but not limited to, the areas of History, Sociology, English, Anthropology, Psychology, Communications, Political Science, Geography, Education, and Hispanic Studies. The courses provide students with broad knowledge about Latino/as frequently omitted from the common curriculum and centered in the experiences of Latino/as.

The LMAS minor addresses topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, politics, religion, education, labor, immigration, and civil rights, among others. These topics include both historical and contemporary perspectives and draw on a variety of approaches, including literature, history, individual and interpersonal experiences, performance, policy analysis, and psychological research.

The LMAS minor complements any degree and future career by providing students with a strong foundation in key workplace skills: critical thinking, perspective taking, social and personal responsibility, communication, research, writing, and cultural understanding. Additionally, the LMAS minor prepares students to address societal changes that will occur as the state of Texas becomes a majority-minority state and continues to navigate its southern border. The LMAS minor prepares students to address some of the most crucial societal issues today: health policy, justice and law reform, civil rights, and labor and immigration practices.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
Select at least six hours from the following 1,2		6
ENGL 362/HISP 362	Latino/a Literature
HISP 363	Borderlands: U.S. and Mexico
HIST 307	Latinx History
LMAS 201	Introduction to Latino/Mexican American Studies
POLS 304	Latino Politics in the United States
SOCI 403	Sociology of Latinos
SPAN 412	U.S. Hispanic Writers
Select the remaining hours from the following: 2		9
AFST 325	Africana Humanities
COMM 407/WGST 407	Gender, Race and Media
GEOG 323	Geography of Latin America
HISP 204	Spanish and Spanish American Literature in Translation
HIST 258	American Indian History
HIST 304	Southwest Borderlands
HIST 305	Chicana/o History since 1848
HIST 316	Latino/a Labor in the United States
HIST 468/LMAS 468	Latinx Civil Rights Movements
HLTH 236	Introduction to Health Disparities and Diversity
PBSI 208	Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Minority Experience
PBSI 209/AFST 209	Psychology of Culture and Diversity
PBSI 303	Psychology of Women of Color
PHIL 283	Latin American Philosophy
POLS 306	Contemporary Political Problems and Issues
POLS 362	Latin American Political Thought
SOCI 203	U.S.-Mexico Border
SOCI 217	Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
SOCI 337	International Migration
SOCI 338	Latino Immigration
SOCI 402	Sociology of Latin America
SPAN 414	Mexican Cinema and Culture
SPAN 450	Contemporary Spanish and Spanish-American Literature
TEFB 273	Introduction to Culture, Community, Society and Schools
Total Semester Credit Hours		15

¹

The two courses (6 hours) from the first area must come from two departments.

²

Students will select 15 hours total from both lists with a minimum of 9 hours at the upper-division level (300- and 400-level). 

Students must earn a C or higher in each course to be counted in the minor field.