American Studies B.A.

52 credit hours

Requirements

All students must complete the following core courses:

AST 20100The American Promise

3

AST 20200Public History

3

AST 20300Fundamentals of Interpretation

3

AST 40000Senior Seminar

3

HIS 20300Historical Methods

3

Along with the core requirements, students must complete 37 credit hours from the following courses:

ANT 21000Native North American Indians

3

ART 35900American Art

3

AST 12100Muzzle Loading

1

AST 12200Dutch Oven Cooking

1

AST 12300Blacksmithing

1

AST 21200History of American Sports

3

AST 23000Immigrants to America

3

AST 38103American Nature Writing

3

COM 37000History of Film

3

HIS 31400Economic History of America

3

ENG 27600African-American Literature

3

ENG 27800Latino Literature

3

ENG 33700Survey of American Literature

3

ENG 34700Topics in American Literature

3

ENG 38000Advanced Topics in Literature

3

ENG 38100Advanced Topics in Literature (GE-Lit/CrsClt)

3

HIS 10500America: Colony to Civil War

3

HIS 10600America: Civil War to World Power

3

HIS 20700American Military History though World War Two

3

HIS 21400American Military History Since 1941

3

HIS 21500American History to 1865 Advanced Survey

3

HIS 21600American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey

3

HIS 30800The Origins of the United States to 1800

3

HIS 30900The Age of Jackson

3

HIS 31000The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIS 31200The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914

3

HIS 31400Economic History of America

3

HIS 31500History of Gender in America

3

HIS 31600A Biography of the Constitution

3

HIS 31700The Westward Movement

3

HIS 31800History of Race in America

3

HIS 32000The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War

3

HIS 32100The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

HIS 35000Applied History

3-6

MUS 15000Music in America

3

PS 15600American Government: The States

3

PS 31100American Constitutional Law

3

PS 35100American Foreign Policy

3

PS 36000Civil Liberties

3

and approved AST Special Topics courses.

In addition, all American studies majors must take the following courses to fulfill their general education requirements:

ANT 11200Cultural Anthropology

3

ENG 23500American Literature I

3

ENG 23600American Literature II

3

MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3

REL 20200Religion in America

3

One of the following:

HIS 15500U.S. Government: Politics and History

3

PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3