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American Studies Courses

Required Courses

The following courses are required for completion of the American Studies major.

American Civilization I, II, III and Prerequisites

AMST-203 American Civilization: 1607-1876

AMST-204 American Civilization: 1607-1876

AMST-205-01 American Civilization III: Documentary

AMST-205-02 American Civilization III

American Civilization IV

The following are recommended Civ IV courses. They may also be taken to fulfill the AMST Concentration requirements.

AMST-207-01 Re-Imagined Communities

HIST-383 What Is an American? Cultural Identity in the United States

Thesis Seminar in American Studies

American Studies are required to complete the two-semester Thesis Seminar in order to fulfill their core requirements.

AMST-304-01 Senior Seminar in American Studies

History Requirements

Majors are required to take two History survey courses. The following courses are recommended. Other courses may be substituted with the permission of the director.

HIST-180 United States History to 1865

HIST-181 The U.S. since the Civil War

Electives and Upper Level Courses

AMST-157 Civic Engagement & Education

AMST-206 American Civilization: 1876 to the Present

AMST-207-01 Re-Imagined Communities

AMST-301-01 Tutorial: American Studies

AMST-320-01 Gender/Media/Culture

AMST-353-01 Energy in America: From Black Gold to Green Power

AMST-361-01 American Gothic

AMST-378-01 20th Century American Trickster

AMST-379-01 Sports Personalities of the 20th Century

AMST-380-01 American Opinion Journalism: From Tom Paine to the Blogs

AMST-381 American Science Fiction and the Twentieth Century

AMST-382-01 Advertising and Social Change

AMST-388-01 Media & American Elections

Cross listed courses

CCTP-669-01 Cultural Politics of Television

CCTP-704-01 Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

CCTP-803-01 Media and Politics

ENGL-176-01 American Top Ten

ENGL-209-01 New York Stories

ENGL-211-01 Appalachian Literature

ENGL-232-01 Reading Toni Morrison

ENGL-243 Jewish American Literature

ENGL-250 Eliot's Waste Land

ENGL-317-01 Young Adult Literature

ENGL-343-01 Revolution/Respect: Writing for a Cause

HIST-181 The U.S. since the Civil War

HIST-254 Making North America: Mexico & the US

HIST-283-01 American Diplomatic History II

HIST-286 North American Slavery

HIST-380 History of New Orleans

HIST-381 Military History of NATO

HIST-389 Conservatism

HIST-398 American Foreign Policy in the Age of Jefferson

PSYC-372 Multiculturalism, Democracy, and Intergroup Relations

THEO-046 Religion in America

THEO-061 Judaism in America

THEO-099 Secular-Religious Divide (USA)

THEO-122 The Church and the Poor

THEO-171 An American Liberation Theology

TPST-134 Performance of Identity in Contemporary US Political Life

TPST-345 Race, Gender & Performance Seminar

WGST-200-01 Feminist Theory

WGST-220-01 Gender and the Welfare State

WGST-224-01 Labor, Sexuality, Globalization

WGST-230-01 Athletics and Gender

WGST-251-01 Women and the Law

WGST-266-01 Women and American Politics

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