NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN UNITED STATES/MEXICO BORDER STUDIES
The College of Arts & Sciences and Business Administration & Economics offer an interdisciplinary Minor in United States-Mexico Border Studies. This Minor is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills that will assist in obtaining employment and pursuing other educational opportunities. The head of either the Department of Government or the Department of Economics may give certification of completion of the Minor.
REQUIREMENTS:
Students must pass 18 credits: 9 credits from the list of core courses with one course coming from each of the three departments, and 9 credits from the list of electives. A student must pass at least nine credits of the total of eighteen credits from outside his/her major(s). At least nine credits must be 300-level or above. All courses must be passed with grades of C or higher. Arts & Sciences majors may not count S/U credits unless all grades in a course are automatically S/U. Some courses may have prerequisites or require the consent of the instructor.
TO THE STUDENT:
• Appropriate Special Topics, Honors, subtitled Independent Studies Courses, and/or an Internship may be allowed for a maximum of 3 credits, subject to approval of the Department Head of either Government or Economics.
After students begin final work for minor, they must acquire a form from either the Department of Government or Department of Economics. The form must be filled out and submitted along with a copy of a current transcript to either department for approval.
CORE COURSES: Students must pass 9 credits from 3 different departments. 3 Credits each class
ECON 331—The Border Economy
GEOG 461—U.S.-Mexico Border Development
GOVT 422—Border Security Policy GOVT 478—U.S.-Mexico Border Politics HIST 458—History of the U.S.-Mexico Border
SOC 479—Sociological Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico Border
SPAN 450—Mexican Cultures SPAN 459—Spanish Sociolinguistics of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region SPAN 469—Literatura de la Frontera
ELECTIVES: Students must pass 9 credits from the following, and/or courses not already taken from the core.
3 credits each class
ANTH 305G—Contemporary Native Americans ANTH 306G—Peoples of Latin America ANTH 312—The Ancient Maya ANTH 313—Ancient Mexico ANTH 316—Archaeology of the American Southwest ANTH 361G—Social Issues in the Rural Americas (Same as SOC 361G)
ART 310—Native American Art ART 320—Art and Architecture in Pre-Columbian Meso-America ECON 324G—Developing Nations ECON 325G—Economic Development of Latin America ECON 330G—The Business Economy of Mexico ECON 450G—International Economics
ENGL 338G—Latino Literature ENGL 339G—Chicano Literature ENGL 361--—Southwest Folklore ENGL 394G—Southwestern Literature
GOVT 360—International Relations GOVT 446—New Mexico Government and Politics GOVT 463—International Relations GOVT 473—Latin American Politics GOVT 479—Mexican Politics HIST 261—New Mexico HIST 367—Mexican-Americans in the United States HIST 416—History of Latinos in the United States HIST 451—Colonial Mexico HIST 452—National Mexico HIST 457—The Mexican Revolution
IB 351—International Business
SOC 270—Sociology of the Chicano Community I SOC 342—Sociology of New Mexico SOC 360G—Introduction to Population Studies SOC 470—Sociology of Latinos/as in the United States SOC 478—Sociology of Development and the World system (Same as GOVT 477)
SOC 489—Globalization (Same as GOVT 469)
SPAN 350—Introducción a Estudios Chicanos SPAN 353—Spanglish and Bilingualism in the United States SPAN 364G—Culture and Civilization of Mexico SPAN 385—Introduction to Chicano Literature SPAN 467—Chicano Literature
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ADVISERS:
Dr. Neil Harvey, Department of Government Office: Nason House Center for Latin American and Border Studies 2nd Floor #201 Telephone: 646-6816 Fax: 646-6819 Email: nharvey@nmsu.edu
Dr. Richard V. Adkisson Office: Guthrie Hall #403 Telephone: 646-4988 Email: radkisso@nmsu.edu
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