I Writing Emphasis Course. P, at least 15 units of core MAS courses. A critical examination of Mexican American culture as portrayed in the social sciences. An assessment of the social, political, and economic factors influencing representations of Mexican Americans. The course focuses on current immigration issues such as the economic assimilation of immigrants, as well as other social issues.
Issues covered include earnings, unionism, labor force participation, etc.
For a description of course topics see MAS 425. May be convened with MAS 425. May be convened with MAS 429. This is a course in the historical writing on the ethnic Mexican experience. It is designed to encourage students to understand and to challenge past and present historians and to reflect upon their own ideas of history.