Apr 25, 2024

2020-2021 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2020/Spring 2021)

2020-2021 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2020/Spring 2021) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

American Studies Minor

The American Studies minors offers a solid foundation in American literature and history, accompanied by a study of related areas such as American politics or religion, the arts in America, or the sociology or economics of American life. Drawing on the offerings of several departments, the minor provides considerable flexibility, allowing special interests to be explored in depth.

Requirements for the Minor (20 credits)

I. English (4 credits)

II. History (4 credits)

HIST 101 - History of the United States, From Contact to 1877
HIST 102 - History of the United States, 1876-Present
HIST 211 - African-American History: African Origins to 1877
HIST 212 - The Struggle for Equality: African-American History from 1860 to The Present
HIST 300 - Independent Study in History
HIST 301 - Selected Topics in History
HIST 305 - Colonial America
HIST 306 - The American Revolution
HIST 308 - The American Civil War
HIST 312 - The United States Since World War II
HIST 319 - The History of Work in America
HIST 321 - American Women’s History
HIST 323 - African-American Intellectual and Social History
HIST 327 - Presidents and the Presidency in the United States, 1787-Present

III. Additional Area (4 credits)

ANTH 205 - Native North American Cultures
ARTH 307 - American Art
ARTH 319 - Special Topics in Art History (when topic appropriate)
ARTH 375 - Museum Studies and Cultural Management Practicum
ECON 250 - Selected Topics in Economics (when topic appropriate)
ECON 281 - Wall Street Program: Wall Street and the Economy
ECON 314 - American Economic Development
ECON 315 - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender
ECON 350 - Selected Topics in Economics (when topic appropriate)
MUS 234 - History of Jazz
MUS 240 - Music in the American Century
PHIL 304 - Ethics and Society
PSCI 103 - American Government and Politics
PSCI 212 - Public Policy and Administration
PSCI 213 - Congress
PSCI 214 - American Political Campaigns
PSCI 215 - The American Presidency
PSCI 216 - Urban Politics
PSCI 240 - United States Foreign Policy
PSCI 285 - Internship Project in Washington
PSCI 300 - Independent Study in Political Science (when topic appropriate)
PSCI 301 - Civil Liberties
PSCI 302 - Criminal Justice
PSCI 303 - Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
PSCI 305 - Political Sociology
PSCI 306 - American Political Parties and Interest Groups
PSCI 308 - Urban Policy Research
PSCI 311 - Seminar on American Political Participation
PSCI 313 - Gender and U.S. Politics
PSCI 314 - American Political Economy
PSCI 317 - Education Policy and Politics
PSCI 318 - Race and Politics
PSCI 319 - Selected Studies in American Politics and Administration (when topic appropriate)
PSCI 361 - Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy
PSCI 385 - Elections and Policy Making in Washington
PSCI 386 - Research Practicum in Washington
REL 204 - Native American Religions
REL 214 - Business Ethics
REL 248 - Contemporary American Catholicism
REL 304 - Religion in America
REL 390 - Seminar in the Study of Religion (when topic appropriate)
SOC 201 - Contemporary Social Problems
SOC 202 - Sociology of Inequality
SOC 217 - The Sociology of Management
SOC 225 - Sociology of Gender
SOC 226 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOC 227 - Sociology of Families
SOC 229 - The Sociology of Aging
SOC 234 - Introduction to Social Welfare
SOC 249 - Sociology of Work
SOC 250 - Sociology of Childhood and Youth
SOC 290 - Contemporary Issues in Sociology (when topic appropriate)
SOC 302 - Urban Sociology
SOC 304 - Sociology of Immigration
SOC 307 - Criminology
SOC 308 - Sociology of Population
SOC 309 - Sociology of Mass Communications
SOC 311 - Sociology of Health and Illness
SOC 315 - Political Sociology
SOC 318 - Sociology of Education
SPAN 333 - Colonial/Postcolonial Encounters: Europe, Africa and the Americas

IV. Electives (8 credits)

Chosen from the above courses in sections I, II and III.

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