Southwestern Studies
6th Floor, Central Library • Box 19497 • 817-272-3997

The Southwestern Studies minor fosters an interdisciplinary examination of an historically and culturally significant region—the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The program offers opportunities for students to explore important topics in a regional context, including multicultural diversity, economic development, political and social change, art and literature, environment, cultural and historical geography, historical cartography, and architectural and urban history. The minor is supported by faculty from seven departments and is sponsored by the University’s Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography, which promotes the use of the U.T. Arlington Special Collections and the Minority Cultures Collection in the Central Library.

With the permission of their departmental advisor, students enroll in 18 hours selected primarily from the courses listed below. These hours must be distributed among at least three different departments.
Some of the following courses change content from offering to offering and might not be relevant to the minor during a particular year. In addition, special topics courses and/or courses taught outside the College of Liberal Arts may also be used to fulfill the Southwestern Studies minor with the permission of the Director of Southwestern Studies. For these reasons it is important that students consult with the Southwestern Studies faculty advisor before registering each semester.

Southwestern Studies
Director
Professor Francaviglia

Course fee information is published in the online student Schedule of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule. Please refer to this Web site for a detailed listing of specific course fees.

Anthropology
ANTH 3333. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS (3-0) 3 hours credit. North American Indian cultures and their development both before and after European contact. Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2322 or permission of instructor.

ANTH 3346. CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. The ethnography, prehistory, and culture contacts of Native Americans of Arizona, New Mexico, Southwestern Colorado, Southeastern Utah, and West Texas. Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2322 or permission of the instructor.

ANTH 3350. NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Prehistoric cultural adaptations in North America from human arrival to European contact. Topics include the question of when and how humans entered the New World; the domestication of native plants and animals; and the evolution of complex civilizations in Mexico and Central America. Prerequisite: ANTH 1306 or 2339 or permission of the instructor.

Architecture
ARCH 4308. HISTORY OF URBAN FORM (3-0) 3 hours credit. The history of cities as physical form, influenced by political, economic, and social forces.

Art History
ART 3320. MESOAMERICAN ART (3-0) 3 hours credit. Art and architecture of the Aztec, Maya, and other selected cultures of Mexico and Central America.

English
ENGL 3300. SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. May include topics on Utopian literature, the American short story, Southwestern American literature, and modern British fiction. May be repeated for credit when content changes.

ENGL 3343. TOPICS IN AMERICAN ETHNIC LITERATURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examination of African-American, native-American, Mexican-American or other ethnic literatures. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

ENGL 3375. LITERARY WRITING (3-0) 3 hours credit. The craft of narrative, poetic, and dramatic discourses. Attention to figurative language, characterization, dialogue, point of view, and poetic structure as well as other elements of the craft. Assignments may include the writing of character sketches, short stories, poetry in various forms, and one-act play.

ENGL 4336. SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Important themes, movements, regions, genres, or crosscultural relationships. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Geography
GEOG 3371. IMAGES OF THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the changing culture, architecture, and landscapes of the American Southwest as depicted in literature, art, film, television, and advertising, including the role of popular culture and commerce in creating and marketing a regional “Southwestern style.” Also listed as HIST 3371; credit will be granted only once.

GEOG 4301. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. An introduction to cultural and historical geography with an emphasis on cartography and the use of maps in research and teaching. Also listed as HIST 4301; credit will be granted only once.

GEOG 4310. GEOGRAPHY OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. The geography of the Greater Southwest to include Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico. In particular, the course will examine how the natural environment, cultural environment, and space itself have affected the history and development of the Southwest.

GEOG 4350. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MODERN GEOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected topics in an identified area of geography. The course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

GEOG 4391, 4291, 4191. UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE COURSE (Variable credit as arranged). Topics assigned on an individual basis covering personal research or study in designated areas. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

History
HIST 3351. HISTORY OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX (3-0) 3 hours credit. The growth and development of Dallas and Fort Worth from competitive 19th-century trade centers in a rural setting to cooperative high-tech cities in a rapidly urbanizing metroplex. Political, economic, cultural, and spatial changes of this area are explored within a national urban context.

HIST 3352. THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. A multicultural history of the southwestern United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. Cultural adaptation to environment; cultural contact and conflict; political, social, and economic change.

HIST 3357. THE EARLY FRONTIER (3-0) 3 hours credit. The clash of empires and the patterns of exploration and settlement from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River. Indian-white relations and the development of cultural, social, and political life on the early frontier.

HIST 3358. THE LATER FRONTIER (3-0) 3 hours credit. American settlement west of the Mississippi River through the close of the frontier. Exploration, the fur trade, mining, the cattle industry, Indian relations, and the role of the West in U.S. foreign affairs.

HIST 3363. TEXAS TO 1850 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Multicultural heritage of Texas from pre-Colombian period to early statehood. Cultural contact; social, economic, and political change. Completion of either HIST 3363 or 3364 is recommended for those planning to teach in Texas schools.

HIST 3364. TEXAS SINCE 1845 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The state of Texas since its annexation. Social development, political events, and the rise of industry and labor. Completion of either HIST 3363 or 3364 is recommended for those planning to teach history in Texas secondary schools.

HIST 3367. AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Representative Indian tribes within the continental limits of the United States from pre-history to the contemporary period. Special topics: tribal cultures, the impact of European contact, and the colonial and United States Indian policies.

HIST 3368. THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN (3-0) 3 hours credit. The role of the Mexican American in the cultural and historical development of the United States with special emphasis on the Southwest.

HIST 3370. THE IMAGE OF THE AMERICAN WEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. The way the American West has been portrayed and the part the Western myth has played in a search for a national identity. First impressions of the new world; the West in colonial literature; fiction in the 19th and 20th Centuries; art, music and film; Western themes in politics; recent variations of the Western myth; the way such developments have reflected changes in popular values and a sense of national purpose.

HIST 3371. IMAGES OF THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the changing culture, architecture, and landscapes of the American Southwest as depicted in literature, art, film, television, and advertising, including the role of popular culture and commerce in creating and marketing a regional “Southwestern style.” Also listed as GEOG 3371; credit will be granted only once.

HIST 4365. HISTORY OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL (3-0) 3 hours credit. The cultural, political and economic history of the Iberian peninsula from ancient times. The medieval epoch; the Catholic Church; the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal, and their artistic achievements. The monarchist ideal, as well as political ideologies such as liberalism, Marxism, anarchism, and fascism.

HIST 4366. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: ORIGINS THROUGH INDEPENDENCE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Latin America during the colonial period of Spanish and Portuguese rule. Pre-European civilizations; Iberian backgrounds; conquest of indigenous peoples; development of colonial institutions, economic patterns, social structures, and race relations; independence from Europe.

HIST 4367. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: POST-INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The evolution of six Latin American nations during the 19th and 20th Centuries. The social, economic, and political development of three social groups in three regions: the Europeanized southern cone area of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay; the indigenous culture of the Andean mountains in Peru; the African background of Brazil and Cuba.

HIST 4368. HISTORY OF MEXICO (3-0) 3 hours credit. Mexican history from its pre-Colonial Indian heritage to the current scene. A social and economic analysis of the major events in Mexican history with emphasis on the Mexican Revolution for an understanding of the present situation in Mexico.

Spanish
SPAN 3312. SPANISH-AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. The evolution of Spanish-American society and culture as a background for its contemporary problems. Prerequisite: SPAN 2314 with a grade of C or better, or a knowledge of the language and consent of the department.

SPAN 4313. TOPICS IN HISPANIC CULTURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Among the topics are Spanish music, television, radio, film, and literature as culture. May be repeated for credit. Credit cannot be given for both
SPAN 3304 and 4313.

SPAN 4317. CHICANO LITERATURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Mexican-American literature, with special attention to its social, cultural, and linguistic background.

SPAN 4326. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY HISPANIC ESSAY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Major essayists and their contributions to the understanding of modern Hispanic problems. Includes the literary criticism of Ortega and Unamuno, and the Spanish-Americans Borges, Mallea, Paz, Alfonso Reyes, or others.

Political Science
POLS 3316. LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The political development of Latin American nations and various explanations for trends and differences in Latin American politics. Strategies of development; Latin America’s relationship with the United States; and contemporary events in Latin America.

POLS 3317. MEXICAN POLITICS AND U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Current economic and political systems of Mexico and relevant issues in U.S.-Mexico relations. Trade, immigration, economic dependency, energy, contraband, and other topics.

POLS 4319. POLITICS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The influence of Mexican-American politics on United States government and policies with special attention given to organizational development, participation in political parties, leadership, ideology, the Chicano Movement, current issues, and relations with other ethnic groups.

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