Dear All, Please see attached flyers for upper division MAS courses offered this fall. These courses are great for upper division free electives. The majority of these MAS courses have no prerequisites and are open to all majors. Thank you again for sharing with interested students. Sylvia (I apologize for sending two e-mails about the UD MAS course - attachments are just too big for one e-mail) From: Lilliana Saldana <Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu<mailto:Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 3:18 PM To: Sylvia Mansour <Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu<mailto:Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu>> Cc: Derek Kubacki <derek.kubacki@utsa.edu<mailto:derek.kubacki@utsa.edu>>; Alejandra Elenes <Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu<mailto:Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu>>; Kianna Castillo <kianna.castillo@utsa.edu<mailto:kianna.castillo@utsa.edu>> Subject: Fall 2023 MAS Courses Hello Sylvia and Derek, I want to share flyers for our upcoming Fall 2023 semester courses! As you can see, we have a great constellation of courses that we'll be offering next semester -- courses that can serve as electives for students in various disciplines. We are particularly excited about our new MAS 3423 Mexican American Foodways class which will be offered for the first time at UTSA. This course may be of interest to students in the Nutrition and Dietetics undergraduate program. We will also be offering a cross-disciplinary / co-taught course MAS 4953 Environmental Justice Research: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and Culture. This course is cross-listed with Environmental Sciences, English, and MAS so please feel free to encourage undergrad students from these disciplines to take this course. We will also be offering two music related courses --- MAS 2053 Performance Practicum and MAS 2063 Latinx Songwriting. These courses should be of interest to music majors. We would greatly appreciate you sharing our flyers with all of the advisors in your office. Thank you so much for your support in promoting our courses! Lilliana Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Ph.D. she/her/ella Associate Professor Mexican American Studies Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César Chávez San Antonio, Texas 78207 Mexican American Studies<https://education.utsa.edu/departments/race-ethnicity-gender-s...;, Program Coordinator MAS Teachers' Academy<http://education.utsa.edu/mas/social_studies_teachers_academy/>;, Co-Director Democratizing Racial Justice<https://racialjustice.utsa.edu/>;, MAS Site Coordinator Dreamers Resource Center<https://www.utsa.edu/dreamers/>;, Faculty Ally Esperanza Peace and Justice Center<http://esperanzacenter.org/>;, Board of Directors Mexican American Civil Rights Institute<https://www.somosmacri.org/?fbclid=IwAR2cl8gcDng-Muj1WvyDlMs...;, Board of Directors ________________________________ From: Lilliana Saldana <Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu<mailto:Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 3:49 PM To: Sylvia Mansour <Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu<mailto:Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu>> Cc: Derek Kubacki <derek.kubacki@utsa.edu<mailto:derek.kubacki@utsa.edu>>; Alejandra Elenes <Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu<mailto:Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu>> Subject: MAS Low Enrollment Courses Hello Sylvia, I know this is an incredibly busy time of the semester with advising and registration. I wanted to share flyers for some of our Spring 2023 MAS classes that have low enrollment. As you know, our program is working hard to enroll students in our intermediate and upper-division courses. We're mostly concerned about the following courses: MAS 3063 Historical Legacies: Chicanas/xs/os in Education, with Dr. Sonya Alemán, which only has two students enrolled MAS 4053 Special Topics: Mexican American labor, with Dr. José Villarreal, which only has two students enrolled MAS 4053 Special Topics: MAS Fitness and Wellness, with Prof. Alessandra Sanchez, which only has two students enrolled MAS 2053 MAS Corazon de San Antonio (Ensemble), with Dr. Rachel Cruz, which only has two students enrolled (perhaps music majors can take this as an elective) I'm attaching flyers that you can share with our colleagues in the Office of Advising. Hopefully, they can print out / post and share with students. We appreciate all of your efforts in encouraging students to enroll in our MAS classes! Have a great mini-break, Lilliana Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Ph.D. she/her/ella Associate Professor Mexican American Studies Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César Chávez San Antonio, Texas 78207 Mexican American Studies<https://education.utsa.edu/departments/race-ethnicity-gender-s...;, Program Coordinator MAS Teachers' Academy<http://education.utsa.edu/mas/social_studies_teachers_academy/>;, Co-Director Democratizing Racial Justice<https://racialjustice.utsa.edu/>;, MAS Site Coordinator Dreamers Resource Center<https://www.utsa.edu/dreamers/>;, Faculty Ally Esperanza Peace and Justice Center<http://esperanzacenter.org/>;, Board of Directors Mexican American Civil Rights Institute<https://www.somosmacri.org/?fbclid=IwAR2cl8gcDng-Muj1WvyDlMs...;, Board of Directors ________________________________ From: Lilliana Saldana <Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu<mailto:Lilliana.Saldana@utsa.edu>> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2022 12:15 PM To: Sylvia Mansour <Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu<mailto:Sylvia.Mansour@utsa.edu>> Cc: Derek Kubacki <derek.kubacki@utsa.edu<mailto:derek.kubacki@utsa.edu>>; Alejandra Elenes <Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu<mailto:Alejandra.Elenes@utsa.edu>> Subject: MAS Spring 2023 flyers Dear Sylvia, I hope you're having a great semester. I'd like to share flyers for our upcoming Spring 2023 classes. As you can see, we'll be offering our two core curriculum courses virtually and at both campuses. We'll also be offering two new special topics courses -- a Mexican American Labor course with Dr. José Villagran, and a MAS Fitness and Wellness course with Professor Alessandra Sánchez. We're also offering two courses for the MAS Music emphases -- a Latinx Music Production and Industry class and our MAS Corazon Practicum which have had low enrollment. We would appreciate if you could share our flyers with your advisors so they can encourage students to take our classes. Thanks so much for all of your support in sustaining MAS at UTSA, and please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. with much appreciation! Lilliana Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Ph.D. she/her/ella Associate Professor Mexican American Studies Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César Chávez Boulevard San Antonio, Texas 78207 Mexican American Studies<https://education.utsa.edu/departments/race-ethnicity-gender-s...;, Program Coordinator MAS Teachers' Academy<http://education.utsa.edu/mas/social_studies_teachers_academy/>;, Co-Director Dreamers Resource Center<https://www.utsa.edu/dreamers/>;, Faculty Ally Esperanza Peace and Justice Center<http://esperanzacenter.org/>;, Board of Directors Mexican American Civil Rights Institute<https://www.somosmacri.org/?fbclid=IwAR2cl8gcDng-Muj1WvyDlMs...;, Board of Directors