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School of American and International Studies 
American Studies (B.A.) 
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American Studies (B.A.) 
Requirements of the Major

Subject Course # Title
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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
AIID 101

FIRST YEAR TOPICS:  LIBERAL STUDIES
FOUNDATIONS I AND
FOUNDATIONS II AND
INTERMEDIATE I OR
PROFICIENCY TEST
(SEE AIS WORLD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT)
AMERICAN STUDIES MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
AMER 125 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES
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) *:
American Literature (AMR 1)
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 255 LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS
LITR 280 HARLEM RENAISSANCE
LITR 287 AMERICAN DRAMA
American History (AMR 2)
AMER 250 PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM
AMER 235 THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT
ECON 253 AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
HIST 211 COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA
HIST 212 ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HIST 213 EARLY AMERICAN NATION
HIST 215 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
HIST 217 AMERICA IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA
HIST 218

HISTORY OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
HIST 219 HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
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
LAWS 233 AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY
American Politics (AMR 3)
ENST 207 PUBLIC POLICY
POLI 223 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
POLI 225 AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
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 (AMR 4)
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 (AMR 5)
AMER 241 AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
ARHT 241 AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART
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 205 MUSIC AND DANCE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA:  NORTH AMERICA
MUSI 233 HISTORY OF HIP-HOP AND RAP 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 (AMR 6)
AMER 206 ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS
AMER 214 NATIVE AMERICANS
ANTH 238 URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
ARHT 241 AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART
COMM 234 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
HIST 232 IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
IBUS 202 CANADA-U.S. ECONOMIC/POLITICAL RELATIONS
LITR 252 MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
MUSI 205 MUSIC AND DANCE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA:  NORTH AMERICA
MUSI 232 HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
MUSI 249

AMERICAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS
POLI 234 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NORTH AMERICA
POLI 257 ETHNIC POLITICS IN AMERICA
SOCI 215 SOCIOLOGY OF RACE RELATIONS
One Course from each of the following Advanced Categories (300-400 Level)*
American Regionalism (AMR 7)
AMER 305 INSIDE AMERICA
ENST 320 GEOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN WEST
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 (AMR 8)
AMER 310 U.S. RELATIONS TOWARD AFRICA
AMER 330 MUTUAL IMAGES: U.S. AND RUSSIA
HIST 326

20TH CENTURY AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY         
HIST 386 U.S. AND LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
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 (AMR 9)
AIID 311 DISABILITY STUDIES
AMER 307 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA
AMER 309 HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA
AMER 315 CLASS IN AMERICA
CNTP 310

BLACK EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA

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
HIST 331 AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY
HIST 332

READINGS IN AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
POLI 308

CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POLITICS         
POLI 309 CIVIL RIGHTS
POLI 317 AMERICAN PARTY POLITICS
POLI 318 POLITICS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POLI 321 SUPREME COURT AND HUMAN FREEDOMS
POLI 323 CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
POLI 340 AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
POLI 355 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
POLI 360 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SOSC 308 AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
SOSC 352 POLITICAL LEGACY OF MALCOLM X
American Artistic Expression (AMR A)
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
CNTP 347 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
CNTP 348

LATINO IMAGES IN HOLLYWOOD
COMM 347 THE NEW TV CRITICISM
LITR 305 TRANSATLANTIC 19TH CENTURY POETRY
LITR 308 COMIC AMERICAN NOVEL
LITR 320 BLACK ODYSSEY
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
THEA 334 THEATER AND SOCIETY II
One additional course from the advanced categories (AMR B)
AIID 311 DISABILITY STUDIES
AMER 305 INSIDE AMERICA
AMER 307 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA
AMER 309 HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA
AMER 310 U.S. RELATIONS TOWARD AFRICA
AMER 311 AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE
AMER 315 CLASS IN AMERICA
AMER 317 AMERICAN CRIME FICTION AND FILM
AMER 330 MUTUAL IMAGES: U.S. AND RUSSIA
ARHT 301 AMERICAN ART AFTER 1940
ARHT 320 NORTH AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE 1700-1900
BADM 316 WORLD POLITICAL ECONOMY
CNTP 310

BLACK EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA

CNTP 347 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
CNTP 348

LATINO IMAGES IN HOLLYWOOD
COMM 347 THE NEW TV CRITICISM
ECON 304 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
ENST 320 GEOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN WEST
ENST 358 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA
ENST 365 THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
HIST 302 PUBLIC HISTORY
HIST 311 THE AMERICAN WEST
HIST 322 AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS
HIST 323 AMERICA SINCE 1945
HIST 324 AGE OF SEGREGATION
HIST 325 THE BLACK POWER YEARS
HIST 326 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
HIST 331 AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY
HIST 332

READINGS IN AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
HIST 386 U.S. AND LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
INTL 310 CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTL 335 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
LITR 305 TRANSATLANTIC 19TH CENTURY POETRY
LITR 308 COMIC AMERICAN NOVEL
LITR 320 BLACK ODYSSEY
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 308 CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
POLI 309 CIVIL RIGHTS
POLI 312 UNITED NATIONS IN WORLD POLITICS
POLI 315 AMERICA'S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
POLI 317 AMERICAN PARTY POLITICS
POLI 318 POLITICS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POLI 321 SUPREME COURT AND HUMAN FREEDOMS
POLI 323 CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
POLI 340 AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
POLI 349 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI 355 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
POLI 360 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SOSC 308 AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
SOSC 352 POLITICAL LEGACY OF MALCOLM X
THEA 331 THEATER AND SOCIETY I
THEA 334 THEATER AND SOCIETY II
400 level course or Independent Study or AMER 401 Internship
Please see your advisor.
*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
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