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

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Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

66 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tucson, United States

Disciplines

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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.
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

23400 USD / year

≈ 23400 USD / year
Out-of-State

23400 USD / year

≈ 23400 USD / year
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In-State

12700 USD / year

≈ 12700 USD / year

Living costs

Tucson

United States

830 - 1140 USD / month

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