American Studies Program

Requirements for Major

Majors take a minimum of 37 credit hours, of which at least 24 must be in courses numbered 300 and above, in approved courses on American topics distributed among the following areas:

1. AMST 201, 202, 203, or 204 (4 credits);
2. at least 6 approved credits in History;
3. at least 9 approved credits from English, Art and Art History, Kinesiology, Modern Languages, Music, and Theater, Speech, and Dance (AMST 343, 350, 421, 422, 445, 451 may be used to fulfill this area);
4. at least 6 approved credits from Anthropology, Economics, Government, Philosophy, Religion and Sociology (AMST , 341, 423, 434, and 435 may be used to fulfill this area);
5. AMST 370 (4 credits);
6. two topics courses, AMST 470 (6 credits);
7. one semester of independent study or a two semester honors project (2-6 credits) or AMST 410.

The major computing requirement will be fulfilled by AMST 370. The major writing requirement may be fulfilled through satisfactory completion of two of the following courses: AMST 370, 423, 435, 445, 470.

Requirements for Minor

A minor in American Studies requires a minimum of 20 credit hours, 14 credit hours of which need to be at the 300 level or above. Students will take AMST 201, 202, 203, or 204 (4 credits), AMST 370 (4 credits; this course fulfills the computing requirement and half of the writing requirement), and one topics course (AMST 470, which fills the other half o f the writing requirement). They will also take at least 3 credit hours each from approved courses in requirements b, c, and d above.