Feb 17, 2025

2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

American Studies Major

Required for the American Studies Major

AM 101 - Introduction to American Studies Full course
AM 350 - Locating American Studies: Theory and Methodology Full course
EN 251 - American Literature I Full course
EN 253 - American Literature II Full course
HI 101 - U.S. History to 1865 Full course
HI 103 - U.S. History since 1865 Full course

Choose three electives from the following:

At least two of the three electives must be 300- or 400-level courses.

AR 361 - Visual Culture of the United States Full course
EN 312 - American Naturalism Full course
EN 322 - Caribbean Literature Full course
EN 375 - The Middle Passage Full course
EN 395 - Major American Writers Full course
EN 407 - African-American Literature Full course
EN 410 - Senior Seminar Full course
(when offered as an American Studies topic)
EN 413 - Special Topics in Literature Full course
(when offered as an American Studies topic)
FS 115 - The American Environmental Imagination Full course
GG 201 - Urban Geography Full course
HI 161 - Early Latin America Full course
HI 163 - Modern Latin America Full course
HI 215 - Women in American Society Full course
HI 216 - Native Peoples of North America Full course
HI 310 - American Society and Culture to 1865 Full course
HI 330 - The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1815 Full course
HI 374 - The Roots of American Society, 1607-1763 Full course
HI 395 - Topics in Women’s History and the History of Gender Full course
HI 422 - Topics in American History Full course
HI 427 - The Age of FDR, 1932-1945 Full course
MJD 243 - Media and American Politics Full course
MU 349 - Topics in American and Popular Music Full course
PH 350 - Special Topics in Philosophy Full course
(when offered as an American Studies topic)
PO 120 - Introduction to American National Politics Full course
PO 332 - American Constitutional Law Full course
PO 334 - Civil Liberties Full course
PO 338 - Criminal Justice Full course
PO 348 - American Foreign Policy Full course
PO 420 - Special Topics in Politics Full course
(when offered as an American Studies topic)

And take:

A senior seminar in one of the departments contributing to American Studies, which also fulfills the writing intensive requirement, as approved by the program coordinator.