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2011-2012 CATALOG
Diversity Studies Minor Checklist
BGS Degree
This checklist is for advising purposes only. Consult your undergraduate catalog or
official degree audit for degree requirements.
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Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required.
A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for the BGS degree.
18 Hours
_____ DVST 3301(WI) - Introduction to Diversity Studies
Choose 3 courses from:
_____ ANTH 3314 - Latin American Cultures
_____ ANTH 3315 - Archaeology of the Southwest
_____ ANTH 3324 - Mexican American Culture
_____ ANTH 3332 - Myths and Moundbuilders
_____ ANTH 3333 - North American Indians
(Prerequisite: ANTH 1312)
_____ ANTH 3334 - Indians of the Southwest
_____ ANTH 3345 - Archaeology of Mexico
_____ ENG 3331 (WI) - Literature of Black America
_____ ENG 3344 (WI) - Chicano/a Narrative and Social History
_____ HIST 3320 (WI) - History of Mexico
_____ HIST 3327 (WI) - History of Mexico to 1848
_____ HIST 3329 (WI) - Spanish Borderlands (1521-1821)
_____ HIST 3359 (WI) – African American History
_____ HIST 3369Z (WI) - Immigration and Ethnicity
_____ HIST 4371 (WI) - Introduction to American Indian History
_____ HIST 4372 (WI) – Mexican American History
_____ MU 3375 - History of Jazz
_____ POSI 4331 (WI) - Minority Politics
(May be repeated once with different emphasis.)
_____ SPAN 3305 (WI) - Survey of Spanish-American Literature: Colonial Period - 1880
(Prerequisites: SPAN 1410-2320, SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 3306 (WI)- Survey of Spanish-American Literature: 1880 - Present
(Prerequisites: SPAN 1410-2320, SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 3371 (WI) - Spanish-American Civilization
(Prerequisites: SPAN 1410-2320, SPAN 3308 with a grade of “C” or higher)
_____ SPAN 4370 - Hispanic Literature of the Southwest: Space & Images
(Prerequisites: SPAN 1410-2320, SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
Updated 3/12
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Choose 2 courses from:
_____ ANTH 1312 - Cultural Anthropology
_____ ARTH 4301 (WI) - Issues in Contemporary Art
_____ COMM 3329 - Intercultural Communication
(Prerequisites: COMM 2315, COMM 2330 or COMM 2338)
_____ COMM 4322 - Rhetoric of Protest Movements
(Prerequisite: COMM 2338)
_____ ENG 3345 (WI) - Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region
_____ ENG 3346 (WI) - Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region
_____ FCD 4351 (WI) - Cultural Diversity of Families
(Prerequisite: FCD 3355 or consent of the instructor)
_____ GEO 3308 - Latin America
_____ GEO 3329 - Geography of Texas
_____ GEO 3353 - American Ethnic Geography
_____ HIST 3353 (WI) - The Greater Southwest
_____ HIST 3372 (WI)- Texas History: A Survey
_____ HIST 3375A (WI) - Topics in American Labor History, 1877-1945
_____ HIST 3380 (WI) - The Desegregation of the South from 1944-1970
_____ HIST 4337 (WI) - Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945
_____ HIST 4376 (WI) - The History of Texas Music
_____ HON 3392E (WI)- Silver Screen Texas
_____ MC 4308 - Women and Minorities in the Media
_____ POSI 3319 (WI) - Metropolitan Politics
_____ POSI 3395 (WI) - Ethnicity and Nation Building
_____ PSY 3334 - Psychology of Human Diversity
(Prerequisite: PSY 1300)
_____ SOWK 4310 – Diversity and Social Justice in Social Work
_____ SOCI 3327 - Multicultural Relations
_____ SOCI 3366 (WI) - Folkways and Folklore: An Introduction
_____ SOCI 3375 - Special Topics in Sociology
(Repeatable for credit with different emphasis.)
_____ SPAN 4330 (WI) - The Spanish-American Novel
(Prerequisites: SPAN 1410-2320, 3309 with a grade of “C” or higher)
Updated 3/12