Graduate Studies
Proposed Graduate Programs: Under Review
The Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o studies does not have a graduate program at this time. However, our proposed Ph.D. in Transborder Studies and Masters in Advanced Study in Transborder Studies will soon be submitted for review which upon approval may be implemented for the Fall of 2010. All graduate programs are administered through the Graduate College.
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Ph.D in Transborder Studies
The Doctorate in Transborder Studies is designed to develop superior students in the scholarship and/or application of Transborder Studies. The department bases itself on the premise that it is necessary to pursue interdisciplinary research across regional and national boundaries of the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. Students will begin with formal course work and move toward the development of independent research. Depending on their academic focus, they will study the central concepts, issues, and processes of transborder economy, polity, ecology, literature, artistic media, and social organization. Given the massive increases in global and transnational environments, a doctoral program devoted to transborder scholarship and training is an imperative.
Ph.D program proposal - Final Draft
Masters of Advanced Study in Transborder Studies
The Master of Advanced Study in Transborder Studies is designed for the post-baccalaureate professional who seeks training in the areas of 1. Transborder Media and Expressive Culture (TMEC) which provides students with an interdisciplinary understanding of how representation, interpretation and language shape, and are shaped by, Chicana/o, Mexican, and Latina/o culture in a transborder context; 2. Transborder Migration, Health and Applied Social Policy (TMHASP) which provides students with theoretical and applied frameworks for understanding border communities in the areas of migration, health, education, environment, and other areas affecting social development There is no comparable Masters degree offered in any Arizona institution and complements our Ph.D. program to be instituted. The Masters degree may be applied in educational institutions as part of graduate studies for advancement; NGO administration and management; public sector organizations, and private concerns such as electronic and media outlets. The degree will be offered as brick and mortar and online.
Masters program proposal - Final Draft
The Dual Ph.D. in Tranborder Studies
The department with its prestigious partner--El Colegio de la Frontera Norte is designing a dual degree Ph.D to be implemented for the Fall of 2012. This initiative will entail successful graduate students to be awarded degrees from both institutions upon completion of their program of instruction at both institutions. It will be designed to bring to bear the most important and timely theoretical, methodological, and technical approaches to the seamless study and policy development of the region and its political economy, culture, creative and media expression, and health ecology.