Ramapo College of New Jersey || College Catalog (2006-007)

American Studies (B.A.)
Requirements of the Major

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
INTD	101	FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
ENGL	180	COLLEGE ENGLISH
SELECT	*ONE*	BADM 115 BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES
		OR SOSC 101 SOCIAL ISSUES
SELECT	*ONE*	GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT CATEGORY
SELECT	*ONE*	GE-MATHEMATICS CATEGORY:
		MATH 101 thru 121
AIID	201	READINGS IN HUMANITIES
SELECT	*ONE*	GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY
SELECT	*ONE*	GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY
SELECT	*ONE*	GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CATEGORY

SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
REQUIREMENTS
AMER	125	INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES
INTL	127	INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
		World History Requirement:
HIST	105	WESTERN STUDIES I or
HIST	106	WESTERN STUDIES II or
HIST	109	WORLD CIVILIZATIONS I or
HIST	110	WORLD CIVILIZATIONS II

AMERICAN STUDIES MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
		U.S. History Requirement:
HIST	101	INTRODUCTION TO US HISTORY I
HIST	102	INTRODUCTION TO US HISTORY II
		One Course from each of the following Intermediate Categories (200 level)I:
		American Literature
AMER	220	COMICS AND AMERICAN CULTURE
LITR	202	SURVEY AMERICAN LITERATURE I
LITR	204	AMERICAN SHORT STORY
LITR	214	AMERICAN POETRY
LITR	217	CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	218	SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II
LITR	221	CONTINUITY OF AMERICAN POETRY
LITR	224	20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	225	19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN AUTHORS
LITR	226	SURVEY CHINESE/AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	227	19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	230	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	242	COLONIAL AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	252	MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
LITR	280	HARLEM RENAISSANCE
LITR	287	AMERICAN DRAMA
		American History
AMER	250	PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM
ECON	253	AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
HIST	211	COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA
HIST	213	EARLY AMERICAN NATION
HIST	215	CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
HIST	217	AMERICA IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA
HIST	220	20TH CENTURY US SOCIAL HISTORY
HIST	221	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I
HIST	222	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II
HIST	225	DECADE OF THE 1950S
HIST	231	U.S. WOMENS AND GENDER HISTORY
HIST	232	IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
HIST	233	AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY
		American Politics
ENST	207	PUBLIC POLICY
POLI	223	AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
POLI	231	BLACK AMERICA AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLI	239	CONGRESS AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
POLI	257	ETHNIC POLITICS IN AMERICA
POLI	261	LIBERALISM AND ITS CRITICS
		Gender Issues
HIST	231	U.S. WOMENS AND GENDER HISTORY
LITR	225	19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN AUTHORS
SOSC	217	MINORITY WOMENS ISSUES
SOSC	223	WOMEN WRITERS: MEDLEY OF VOICES
SOSC	280	WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
		African-American Studies
AMER	241	AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILTIZATION
CNTP	210	BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEATRE
HIST	221	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I
HIST	222	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II
LITR	230	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITR	280	HARLEM RENAISSANCE
MUSI	202	THE BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH MUSIC
MUSI	237	HISTORY OF JAZZ
POLI	231	BLACK AMERICANS AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
SOCI	240	THE BLACK FAMILY
SOSC	215	AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FILM
		Multicultural Studies
AMER	206	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS
AMER	214	NATIVE AMERICANS
COMM	234	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS
HIST	232	IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
IBUS	202	CANADA-U.S. ECONOMIC/POLITICAL RELATIONS
LITR	252	MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
POLI	234	POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NORTH AMERICAN
POLI	257	ETHNIC POLITICS IN AMERICA
		One Course from each of the following Advanced Categories (300-400 Level)*
		American Regionalism
AMER	305	INSIDE AMERICA
ENST	358	GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA
ENST	365	THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
HIST	311	THE AMERICAN WEST
LITR	331	AMERICAN ROMANTICISM
LITR	333	SOUTHERN AMERICAN WRITERS
		America in the World
AMER	330	MUTUAL IMAGES: U.S. AND RUSSIA
INTL	310	CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTL	335	CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
POLI	312	UNITED NATIONS IN WORLD POLITICS
POLI	315	AMERICA'S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
POLI	349	AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
BADM	316	WORLD POLITICAL ECONOMY
MKTG	350	INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
ECON	304	THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
		American Thought and Values
AIID	311	DISABILITY STUDIES
AMER	307	TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA
AMER	309	HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA
AMER	315	CLASS IN AMERICA
HIST	302	PUBLIC HISTORY
HIST	322	AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS
HIST	323	AMERICA SINCE 1945
HIST	324	AGE OF SEGREGATION
HIST	325	THE BLACK POWER YEARS
PHIL	301	ETHICS IN BUSINESS
POLI	321	SUPREME COURT AND HUMAN FREEDOMS
POLI	340	AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
POLI	360	CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SOSC	308	AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
SOSC	352	POLITICAL LEGACY OF MALCOLM X
		American Artistic Expression
AMER	311	AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE
AMER	317	AMERICAN CRIME FICTION AND FILM
ARHT	301	AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940
ARHT	320	NORTH AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE 1700-1900
LITR	308	COMIC AMERICAN NOVEL
LITR	321	MODERN AMERICAN POETRY
LITR	331	AMERICAN ROMANTICISM
LITR	333	SOUTHERN AMERICAN WRITERS
LITR	334	AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
LITR	341	LATINO LITERATURE OF U.S.A.
THEA	331	THEATER AND SOCIETY I
		One additional course from the advanced categories
AMER	305	INSIDE AMERICA
AMER	307	TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA
AMER	309	HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA
AMER	315	CLASS IN AMERICA
AMER	317	AMERICAN CRIME FICTION AND FILM
ARHT	320	NORTH AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE 1700-1900
ENST	358	GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA
ENST	365	THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
ARHT	301	AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940
BADM	316	WORLD POLITICAL ECONOMY
ECON	304	THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
HIST	302	PUBLIC HISTORY
HIST	311	THE AMERICAN WEST
HIST	322	AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS
HIST	323	AMERICA SINCE 1945
INTL	310	CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTL	335	CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
LITR	321	MODERN AMERICAN POETRY
LITR	331	AMERICAN ROMANTICISM
LITR	333	SOUTHERN AMERICAN WRITERS
LITR	334	AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
LITR	341	LATINO LITERATURE OF U.S.A.
MKTG	350	INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
POLI	312	U.N.: WORLD POLITICS
POLI	315	AMERICA'S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
POLI	321	SUPREME COURT AND HUMAN FREEDOMS
POLI	340	AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
POLI	349	AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI	360	CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SOSC	308	AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
SOSC	352	POLITICAL LEGACY OF MALCOLM X
THEA	331	THEATER AND SOCIETY I
400 level course or Independent Study or AAMR 401 Internship

*NOTE: double counting between categories is not permitted;
some courses may count toward General Education – see your advisor

Related Information:
American Studies Home Page
General Education Requirements
Graduation Requirements