American Studies Minor

Required Courses for the American Studies minor (9 credit hours total)

• Select one course in historical or literary methodology:

• ENGL 2999 - Approaches to English Studies 3 cr. or
• HIST 2022 - Constructing History 3 cr.

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• Select one survey course in American Literature:

• ENGL 2000 - American Literature I: Legends/Massacres and Slavery/Freedom 3 cr. or
• ENGL 2100 - American Literature II: Making and Remaking America 3 cr.

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• Select one course in United States history:

• HIST 1400 - United States History I 3 cr. or
• HIST 1500 - United States History II 3 cr.

Elective Courses (9 credit hours total)

The minor also includes three elective courses from the following list:

• African American Studies

• AAST 2300 - African-American History 3 cr.
• AAST 2650 - Ethnic American Literature 3 cr.
• AAST 2660 - 19th Century African American Literature 3 cr.
• AAST 2670 - 20th Century African-American Literature 3 cr.
• AAST 3160 - The Civil Rights Movement 3 cr.
• AAST 3800 - History of Jazz 3 cr.

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• American Studies

• AMST 1800 - Introduction to American Studies I 3 cr.
• AMST 1900 - Introduction to American Studies II 3 cr.
• AMST 3160 - The Civil Rights Movement 3 cr.
• AMST 4400 - American Studies Seminar 3 cr.

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• Art

• ART 2350 - American Art I: Colonial to 1900 3 cr.
• ART 2360 - American Art II: 1900 to Present 3 cr.

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• English Studies

• ENGL 2350 - American Political Film and Literature: Conspiracies & Controversies 3 cr.
• ENGL 2650 - Ethnic American Literature 3 cr.
• ENGL 2660 - 19th Century African American Literature 3 cr.
• ENGL 2670 - 20th Century African American Literature 3 cr.
• ENGL 3010 - American Drama 3 cr.
• ENGL 3061 - Jewish American Literature & Culture 3 cr.
• ENGL 3210 - Major American Writers of the 20th Century 3 cr.
• ENGL 3220 - American Novel to 1950 3 cr.
• ENGL 3460 - Rebels in American Film and Literature: Race, Gender, and Class Outsiders 3 cr.
• ENGL 3880 - Folklore in America 3 cr.
• ENGL 4150 - The American Comic Tradition 3 cr.
• ENGL 4200 - The Romantic Movement in U.S. Literature 1810–1860 3 cr.
• ENGL 4230 - American Novel Since World War II 3 cr.

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• History

• HIST 2015 - Immigration and American Identity 3 cr.
• HIST 2021 - Reading Historical Landscapes 3 cr.
• HIST 2140 - U.S. Economic History 3 cr.
• HIST 2300 - African-American History 3 cr.
• HIST 2420 - Italian American History: Immigration and Identity 3 cr.
• HIST 3040 - America in the Nuclear Era: 1945-1968 3 cr.
• HIST 3050 - America Since 1968 3 cr.
• HIST 3160 - The Civil Rights Movement 3 cr.
• HIST 3500 - American Colonial History 3 cr.
• HIST 3600 - U.S. Civil War 3 cr.
• HIST 3700 - America in Crisis 1920-1945 3 cr.
• HIST 3850 - U.S. In World Affairs: 1898 to the Present 3 cr.

• Music

• MUSC 3450 - Appreciating the American Musical 3 cr.
• MUSC 3500 - American Music 3 cr.
• MUSC 3800 - History of Jazz 3 cr.

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• Philosophy

• PHIL 2440 - American Philosophy 3 cr.

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• Political Science

• POLS 1000 - United States Government 3 cr.
• POLS 2550 - Sex, Race and the Constitution 3 cr.
• POLS 2600 - The First Amendment 3 cr.
• POLS 3160 - The Civil Rights Movement 3 cr.

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• Sociology

• SOC 3770 - Women in American Society 3 cr.

Additional Information

Independent Study, Directed Study, or Topics courses that are pertinent to the minor can be selected in consultation with the IDIS Minors coordinator, the American Studies Minor advisor, or the English Studies department chair.