American Studies Track


The American Studies track requires a minimum of 60 credits at the upper level, in addition to 28 credits of lower level courses. In common with all Interdisciplinary Studies majors, students must submit a statement of their educational objectives an d a list of proposed courses to the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies for approval, usually before the completion of 90 credits. As with other IS majors, the requirement for a minor is waived.

Lower Division (28)

Three courses from the following:

AmS 1060 - Am Im Heritage (4)
Ams 1040 - Fr Heritage (4)
AmS 1030 - Landscapes, Am Cult(4)
AmIn 1120 - Am Indian 20th Cent (4)

Remaining credits should be selected from the following:

Hist 1304 - American Heritage (4)
Hist 1305 - American Challenges (4)
Engl 1563, 1564 - American Literature (4 ea)
Span 1501, 1502, 1503 - College Span I, II, III (4 cr ea)
Span 1580 - Hispanic Cultures (4)
AmIn 1105 - Sur No Am Ind Art (4)
AmIn 1106 - Am Ind Prose, Poetry (3)
Anth 1604 - Cultur Anthropology (5)
FA 1405 - Hist Am Arch (3)
Jour 1101 - Intro Mass Comm (4)
Mu 1270 - Survey of Am Music (4)
Mu 1209 - Jazz Studies (4)
Pol 1011 - American Govt, Pol (4)
SW 1601 - Social Welfare, US (4)
SW 1619 - Race, Class, Gen, US (4)
WS 1000 - Intro Women's Studies (5)

Upper Division (Minimum 60)

IS 3001 -- Interdis Methods Sem (3)
IS 3050 -- Senior Project (2 -15)

Remaining courses should be selected from the following, choosing courses from a minimum of two categories. Directed Study and Special Topics courses may be applied to any appropriate category. In addition, students may select other classes, as approved by their adviser.

Category I: Historical

AmIn 3106 - Indian-White Relat (4)
AmIn 3410 - Fur Trade Can, U.S. (4)
Anth 3618 - Ancient Mid Amer (4)
Anth 3624 - Arch North America (4)
Geog 3103 - Hist Geog: Unite St (4)
Hist 3314, 3315 - 19th Century Am (4 ea)
Hist 3330 - Am Reform Movements (4)
Hist 3357 - Women in Am Hist (4)
Hist 3364 - Soc Hist in America(4)

Category II: Literary and Cultural

AmIn 3630 - Am Ind, Media (3)
Engl 3480 - Am Realism, Nat (4)
Engl 5574 - T: Authors (4)
Engl 5585 - Am Women Authors (4)
Span 3580 - Hispan Am Civ, Cult (4)
HmCl 3023 - U.S. Folklore (4)
HmCl 3081 - Black Heritage (4)
HmCl 3220 - Science Fiction (4)
HmCl 3250 - Great Depress'n Art (4)
HmCl 3260 - Southern Culture (4)
HmCl 3270 - The Sixties (4)
HmCl 3280 - Civil Rights (4)
HmCl 3290 - Am Fiction to Film (4)
ArtH 5511 - Art of U.S. (4)
ArtH 5512 - American Art (4)

Category III: Social Issues

Anth 3616 - Cultures of Arctic North America (4)
Geog 3112 - Am Ind U S, Canada (4)
Geog 3142 - Ethnic Geog Am Immi (4)
Geog 3701 - Geography of United States and Canada
Hist 3367 - Civil Rights Movements, Recent America (4)
Phil 3110 - American Philosophy (4)
Pol 3140 - Amer Pol Part, Elec (4)
Pol 3402 - Am For, Def Policy
WS 3100 - Women, Race, Class (4)

Additional Course:

AmS 5102 - Directed Study (2 - 4)

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