RECOMMENDED COURSES LATIN AMERICAN AND BORDER STUDIES
The following courses are recommended for fulfilling the disciplinary blocks in the LABS major and minor. For a description of each course, see the university catalog. For information on course offerings each semester, click here. Courses not on this list may be approved for LABS programs by the academic advisor.
FINE ARTS
History of Art
1307 – History of Latin-American Art
3308 – The Border and Visual Culture
Theatre Arts
3335 – Hispanic Theatre and Drama (2-4)
Music Literature and History
1326 – The Music of Mexico
3325 – Music on the Border
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
2358 – Chicanos in the Southwest**
2359 – Chicanos and American Society**
3306 – Cultural Diversity**
3315 – Urban Sociology
3317 – Indigenous Culture of Latin America**
3361 – Contemporary Mexican Culture**
Anthropology
2358 – Chicanos in the Southwest**
2359 – Chicanos and American Society**
3306 – Cultural Diversity**
3309 – Mesoamerican Cultures
3313 – Historic Archeology of the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Area
3319 – Indigenous Culture of Latin America**
3361 – Contemporary Mexican Culture**
4304 – Environmental Justice and Minority Communities in the U.S.
4306 – Colonias o the U.S.-Mexico Border
4308 – U.S.-Mexico Border Society and Culture
**Cross Listed Courses
POLITICAL SCIENCE
American Political Process
3314 – Ethnicity and Race in American Politics
4313 – Southwestern Border Politics
4315 – Latinos in the American Political System
Comparative and International Politics
3337 – Latin American Politics
4304 – Environmental Justice and Minority Communities in the U.S.
4337 – The Politics of Mexico
4339 – U.S.- Latin American Relations
SOCIAL WORK
Social Work
3326 – Social Work in Mexican-American Communities
3346 – The Process of Addiction: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy
2313 – Chicanos and American Thought
3312 – Latin American Thought
4304 – Latin American Philosophy
SCIENCES
Geography
3310 – Cultural Geography
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Economics
3366 – Economics of Latin American
3373 – Introduction to Econometrics
4368 – Economy of Mexico
Finance
4325 – International Management
Marketing
4307 – Multi-cultural Marketing
4325 – International Marketing
TECHNOLOGY
Communication
4359 – Border Communication Practices – Communications Seminar (undergrad)
ENGLISH
Literature
3310 – Chicano Literature
3372 – Folklore and Mythology
3374 – Folklore of the Mexican American
LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
Linguistics
3315 – History of the Spanish Language
3357 – Sociolinguistics
Spanish
3302 – Spanish American Literature to Modernism
3304 – Spanish American Literature since Modernism
3315 – History of the Spanish Language
3325 – The confluence of Mexican and Chicano Literature
3330 – Spanish American Civilization
4324 – The Literature of Mexico
4360 – Twentieth Century Spanish American Novel
4363 – Spanish American Poetry
HISTORY
3303 – The U.S.-Mexican War
3309 – Mexican American History
3317 – History of Texas since 1821
3325 – History of Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States
3328 – History of Hispanic Peoples in the United States
3342 – The Spanish Borderlands
3346 – Central America and the Caribbean
3347 – South America since 1810
3348 – Environmental History of Latin America
3349 – History of Mexico to 1900
3350 – The Mexican Revolution
Other Courses
3391 – History of Women
4325 – Junior-Senior Seminar
TEACHER EDUCATION
Bilingual Education
4327 – Literacy Acquisition in English as a Second Language
4340 – Principles of Bilingual Education/ESL
4344 – Parent and Community Advocacy in Education
CHICANO STUDIES
3302 – Chicano Cinema
3303 – The Border Image in Mexican Film
3311 – Chicano Studies: Societal Issues