American Studies Minor

18 credit hours

Requirements

A minor in American Studies requires the following course:

AST 20001Introduction to American Studies

3

Students ideally should take AST 20001 early in their course progression.

One of the following:

HIST 11100US History: Colony to New Republic

3

HIST 11200US History: New Republic to World Power

3

HIST 11300US History: The American Century

3

HIST 11400US History: America through Business and Labor

3

HIST 11500US History: America through Gender

3

HIST 11600US History: America through the History of Race

3

HIST 11700US History: American Military History through World War II

3

HIST 11701US History: American Military History since 1941

3

HIST 11900US History: The History of Death and Mourning

3

HIST 12000US History: America through Sport

3

HIST 15500US Government: Politics and History

3

HIST 32100The Origins of the United States to 1800

3

HIST 32200The Age of Jackson

3

HIST 32300The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIST 32400The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914

3

HIST 32500The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War

3

HIST 32600The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

HIST 33100History of Gender in America

3

HIST 33200A Biography of the Constitution

3

HIST 33300The American West 1830-1960

3

HIST 33400History of Race in America

3

HIST 36200The Atlantic World

3

One of the following:

ENGL 23500American Literature: Slavery and War

3

ENGL 35200Early American Literature

3

ENGL 35300Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

Three additional electives from the following:

ANT 21000Native North American Indians

3

ANT 31800/SOC 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3

CCJ 30000Policing in America

3

CCJ 31100The Juvenile Justice System

3

ENGL 23500American Literature: Slavery and War

3

ENGL 37600African-American Literature

3

ENGL 34400/SPA 34400LatinX Literature

3

ENGL 34700-34799Topics in American Literature

3

ENGL 35200Early American Literature

3

ENGL 35300Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

GS 20101A Global Introduction to Gender Studies

3

HIST 11100US History: Colony to New Republic

3

HIST 11200US History: New Republic to World Power

3

HIST 11300US History: The American Century

3

HIST 11400US History: America through Business and Labor

3

HIST 11500US History: America through Gender

3

HIST 11600US History: America through the History of Race

3

HIST 11700US History: American Military History through World War II

3

HIST 11701US History: American Military History since 1941

3

HIST 12000US History: America through Sport

3

HIST 15500US Government: Politics and History

3

HIST 26300History of Latin America

3

HIST 32100The Origins of the United States to 1800

3

HIST 32200The Age of Jackson

3

HIST 32300The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIST 32400The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914

3

HIST 32500The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War

3

HIST 32600The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

HIST 33100History of Gender in America

3

HIST 33200A Biography of the Constitution

3

HIST 33300The American West 1830-1960

3

HIST 33400History of Race in America

3

HIST 36200The Atlantic World

3

IR 35100American Foreign Policy

3

MUS 15000Music in America

3

MUS 15500Jazz History

3

MUS 17000History of Rock

3

NUR 35000Healthcare Policy and Finance

3

PARA 42100Healthcare Law and Ethics

3

PHRL 20200Religion in America

3

PHRL 20600Jesus

3

PHRL 31400New Religious Movements in America

3

PHRL 31601Islam and the West

3

PHS 31000Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System

3

PHS 34000Health Policy

3

PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3

PS 15600American Government: The States

3

PS 31000Congress, the Presidency, and the Party System

3

PS 31100American Constitutional Law

3

PS 34500Campaigns and Elections

3

PS 36000Civil Liberties

3

REC 20600Leisure in Contemporary Society

3

REC 31200Sports and Society

3

SOC 21400The Family

3

SOC 32600/CCJ 32600Alcohol, Drugs, and Society

3

SOC 31800/ANT 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3

SOC 32100Urban Sociology

3

SOC 33500Sociology of Sport

3

SPA 36400Latin American History in Film

3

SPA 42000The Novel of the Mexican Revolution

3

SW 24000Human Diversity and Social Justice

3

SW 30000Child Welfare

3

TA 30303History of the American Musical

3

TA 33700Seminar in American Drama

3

No duplication of coursework allowed.