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Master of Advanced Studies in Transborder Studies (MAS) Program

Master of Advanced Studies in Transborder Studies (MAS) Program. School of Transborder Studies. Officially became a school o n September 2010 An academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Minor in Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies

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Master of Advanced Studies in Transborder Studies (MAS) Program

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  1. Master of Advanced Studies in Transborder Studies (MAS) Program

  2. School of Transborder Studies • Officially became a school on September 2010 • An academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences • Minor in Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies • B.A. in TransborderChicana/o and Latina/o Studies: • Media and Expressive Culture • U.S. and Mexican Regional Immigration Policy and Economy • Transborder Community Development and Health • Culture, Language and Learning (under development)

  3. M.A.S. Program • The Master of Advanced Study in Transborder Studies is designed for professionals who work closely with Mexican-origin and other Latino populations. It enhances the knowledge and skills of such professionals and other interested students in order to make them more proficient in their work in those communities. • The degree accomplishes this through a course of study that provides the highest level of training in the areas of health practices, cultural production, educational attainment, media representation, migration and immigration patterns, and community development. Our internships are the vehicles through which this learning is applied in practical projects. • Transborder Migration, Health, and Applied Social Policy (TMHASP) • Transborder Media and Expressive Culture (TMEC) • Transborder Culture, Language, and Learning (TCLL)

  4. Faculty • María Luz Cruz-Torres • Edward Escobar • Matthew Garcia • Hilda García-Pérez • Francisco Lara-Valencia • Lisa Magaña • Eileen Díaz McConnell • Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez • Cordelia Candelaria, Regent’s Emeritus Professor • María Luz Cruz-Torres • Marivel Danielson • Paul Espinosa • Desirée Garcia • Marta Sanchez • Expertise in the area of Migration, Health and Applied Social Policy: Expertise in the area of Transborder Media and Expressive Culture: Expertise in the area of Transborder Culture, Language and Learning: • Gustavo Fischman • Eugene Garcia, Emeritus Professor • Miguel Montiel, Emeritus Professor • Carlos Ovando • Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez Collaborating faculty from across disciplines from ASU

  5. Admission requirements • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) or a graduate degree from a regionally accredited College or University. • Bachelor’s degree must be in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, health, education and business or professional field. • Minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.0=A) in the last 60 hours of a student’s bachelor’s degree program. • GRE required. • TOEFL required for applicants from a country whose native language is not English. • http://graduate.asu.edu/admissions/international/english_proficiency

  6. Degree requirements • 30 credit hours: 18 credit hours of coursework, 9 credit hours (3 semesters) internship, 3 credit hours capstone experience. • Written examination and oral examination through portfolio and performance assessment. • Foreign language examination: Students will be required to demonstrate sufficient communicative proficiency to function in field settings where Spanish is spoken and to read the literature in the original language, whether English or Spanish. Sufficient proficiency will be defined as intermediate level. Students’ Spanish language proficiency will be assessed through an oral and written assessment developed and administered by the School.

  7. Courses • Coursework • TSS 502 A Deep History of the United States/Mexico Borderlands II (3) • TSS 503 Epistemologies and Transborder Thought (3) • TSS 504 Tools for Transborder Research (3) • TSS 691 Seminar (6) • One of the following: • TSS 505 Theories and Methods of Migration, Health, and Applied Social Policy in Transborder Context (3) • TSS 506 Theory and Methods of Transborder Media and Expressive Culture (3) • TSS 507 Theory and Methods of Transborder Cultural Acquisition, Language Development, and Learning (3)

  8. internship • TSS 601 Internship (9) • An innovative, yearlong, three-part internship (placement in summer, fall, and spring semesters) • students will focus their attention on achieving concrete goals for their internships, set and agreed upon in consultation with internship faculty and site supervisor before the beginning of each internship

  9. capstone • TSS 608 Transmitting Transborder Studies to Publics and Institutions (3) • students will integrate all they have learned as it relates to their specific area of interest in transborder studies through a trio of presentations in which students will demonstrate the ability to communicate research on a transborder issue of their choice to three different constituencies: academics, community members, and policymakers

  10. Program sequence (plan of study and course sequence may be subject to change) • Fall 2012: • TSS 502 A Deep History of the United States/Mexico Borderlands II (3) • TSS 503 Epistemologies and Transborder Thought (3) • Spring 2013: • TSS 504 Tools for Transborder Research (3) • Select one of the following: • TSS 505 Theories and Methods of Migration, Health and Applied Social Policy (3) • TSS 506 Theory and Methods of TransborderMedia and Expressive Culture (3) • TSS 507 Theory and Methods of TransborderCultural Acquisition, Language Development, and Learning (3)

  11. Summer 2013: • TSS 691 Seminar (3) • TSS 601 Internship (3) • Fall 2013: • TSS 691 Seminar (3) • TSS 601 Internship (3) • Spring 2014: • TSS 608 Capstone Course: Transmitting TransborderStudies to Publics and Institutions (3) • TSS 601 Internship (3)

  12. Application Process Go to http://sts.asu.edu/ and under the “Graduate Studies” tab click on “M.A.S”; For questions, inquiry, to apply or for the program guide

  13. When you click on “apply” it will take you to this page where you can start your application

  14. Program highlights • Late Afternoon Classes • 71⁄2-week Classes • Innovative Internships • Academically Enriched Environment • Convenient ASU Location • Multidisciplinary Faculty • Academic Support • Access to First Class Facilities and Services • Community partners and collaborators

  15. Arizona State University • School of Transborder Studies • Interdisciplinary Building B, Suite B165 • Tempe, AZ 85287-6303 • (480) 965-5091 • http://sts.asu.edu/

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