墨西哥裔美国人研究文学学士学位是一个跨学科课程，将墨西哥裔美国人研究与特定的文理学科相结合。专业要求学生完成规定的学习计划的39个学期学分，其中必须包括以下9个集中课程之一的18个学期学分：人类学，社区，家庭和儿童，历史，跨学科研究，文学和文化研究，非营利组织管理，政治学，社会学或西班牙语。
The Mexican American Studies degree cultivates transformative spaces that allow students to draw on their conocimiento to produce salient applied research to effect positive social change in their comunidades. The MAS curricula address the structural and historical context of the life, history, and culture of Mexican-origin people in the United States. UTSA's signature courses help develop a new generation of educated public citizens empowered to improve the quality of life of Mexican-American and Chicana/o/x communities in San Antonio, Texas, and across the nation.<br>The College of Education and Human Development remain committed to preparing our students to act as agents of social change in academic, legal, and non-profit fields. Our Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies (REGSS) remain devoted to helping our students navigate within the university to work towards a more equal and just world. These areas provide opportunities for intellectual growth with an emphasis on diasporic, decolonial, and intersectional approaches towards race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality studies in education.<br>The Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in African American Studies, a B.A. degree in Mexican American Studies, and a B.A. degree in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, as well as minors in African American Studies, Mexican American Studies, and Women's Studies. The B.A. in Mexican American Studies prepares students to enter graduate school or pursue a career as an educator, researcher, community leader, or community advocate. The Department also offers courses that may be used to fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements or that may be taken as support courses for programs within the University or as electives.