Overview
The Department of Mexican American Studies (MAS) at the The University of Arizona offers interdisciplinary degree programs designed to study, recover and disseminate knowledge of the history, culture, and intellectual legacy of Chicanx, Mexican, Indigenous, and Latinx peoples in the United States and across the Américas. The Mexican American Studies program from University of Arizona does this through decolonial epistemologies, pedagogies, and scholarship located at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. We consider social change imperative for the empowerment of Chicanx, Mexican, Indigenous, and Latinx populations who are disproportionately impacted by legacies of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, and their contemporary manifestations.
Key Features
As the leading intellectual and advocacy institution in Arizona, the Department of Mexican American Studies contributes to the knowledge about, and produced by Chicanx, Mexican, Indigenous, and Latinx populations, while engaging, sharing, and recommending public policy positions that are relevant to these communities, such as issues related to public health/wellness, (im)migration, the U.S.-Mexico border, education, social justice, transborder organizing, Latinx urbanization, Indigenous systems of healing, environmental and food justice, criminal justice and judicial system to educators, students, communities, elected officials, policy makers, media, and other stakeholders as a process of undoing systemic racism and exclusion.
MAS at the University of Arizona is active in the Mexican American Studies struggle and is firmly committed to training future generations of scholars whose research is rooted in social justice. The department works collaboratively with community organizations to address issues and produce knowledge benefiting historically marginalized communities in the U.S. and transnationally.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Mexican Traditional Medicine: An Overview of Indigenous Curing Cultures
- Medical Anthropology
- Ethnomedicine
- Applied Medical Anthropology in Western Contexts
- Contemporary Health Issues and Research
- Multicultural Health Beliefs
- Issues and Trends in Pubic Health
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
- GPA: 3
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 110
- TOEFL® iBT: 79
- PTE Academic: 60
- IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Statement of Intent: Upload a single-spaced, 2-3 page document including professional plans, statement of interest in the Ph.D. program, and background in Mexican American Studies.
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Preferably from former professors or professionals directly acquainted with your work and scholarship. Letters of recommendation from outside the academics may be given less weight in the final analysis). These letters should be current (no more than six months old). They must be on official letterhead.
- Writing Sample: Upload a 10-20 page scholarly paper that demonstrates your mastery of the subject and a clear, cogent writing style.
- Transcripts from all colleges and universities you have attended or are currently attending. Unofficial transcripts must be uploaded with your application. You must submit official transcripts, later on, before you can be officially admitted by the Graduate College
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International (applies to students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the study country): Non-residents — 33,011 AUD / year (≈ 23,400 USD / year); Out-of-State — 33,011 AUD / year (≈ 23,400 USD / year)
- Domestic (tuition fee for domestic students): In-State — 17,916 AUD / year (≈ 12,700 USD / year)
Living costs
Tucson, United States: 1,171-1,608 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships for PhD opportunities in Mexican American Studies are available from a range of independent providers and government organizations.
