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Approved Courses

Courses from other departments approved for the AMST major

This list is intended for use as a general guide for course selection. It is not to be considered definitive, as course offerings arc constantly reevaluated. If you have questions about whether or not a specific course applies to the concentration, please see the [[iaknig, Director of Undergraduate Studies]]. Courses marked with an * are approved only when the topics covered are substantially relevant to American Studies and are subject to approval by the DUS. There may be courses which you encounter across campus which are not listed here but which you may feel are relevant to an American Studies major; you are invited to bring these course syllabi to the DUS for major/minor credit consideration.

In choosing your courses, note that no more than 13 credits in courses numbered below 300 may be applied to the concentration.

Courses that meet the History requirement (6 credits required).

Courses that meet Requirement C (9 credits required).

Courses that meet Requirement D (6 credits required).

Other Recommended Courses - with permission from the department's [[iaknig, undergraduate director]], these may meet requirements for major.

Courses that Meet the History Requirement (Requirement B) for American Studies

HIST 121-122. American History

HIST 211-212. Topics in History*

HIST 215. The World of Thomas Jefferson

HIST 216. American History and Historic Sites

HIST 220. Williamsburg Colonial and Revolutionary

HIST 221-222. U.S. Women's History, 1600 -Present

HIST 223. Pacific War

HIST 224. Southern Cultures: Field Holler to Nascar

HIST 226. The American West since 1890

HIST 228. The United States, 1945-1975: Society, Thought, and Culture

HIST 231. The Global Color Line: U.S. Civil Rights and South African Anti-Apartheid Politics

HIST 235-236. Introduction to African-American History

HIST 237-238. American Indian History

HIST 310. African Americas and Africa

HIST 313. Topics in Women’s History*

HIST 330. America and China: U.S.-China Relations Since 1784

HIST 340. Maroon Societies

HIST 345. Exploring the Afro-American Past

HIST 400. Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia

HIST 411-412. Early American History

HIST 415. Antebellum America

HIST 416. The Civil War Era

HlST 417. The Old South

HIST 418. US Gilded Age

HIST 426. Invasion of North America

HIST 428. US Military History, 1860-1975

HIST 431. US Immigration History

HIST 433-434. History of American Foreign Policy

HIST 435. America and Vietnam

HIST 437-438. American Cultural & Intellectual History: Beginnings through Early 20th Century

HlST 452. Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Old South

HIST 479C. The New South

HIST 487C. The Age of Exploration, 1450-1600

HIST 490-491/ 490C-491C. Topics in History*

Courses that Meet Requirement C for the American Studies Major

Art and Art History

ARTH 330. Topics in Art History*

ARTH 370. Nineteenth-Century Art

ARTH 371. Twentieth Century Art

ARTH 372. Modern Architecture and Town Planning

ARTH 375. Contemporary Art and Art Criticism*

ARTH 381. Nineteenth-Century American Art

ARTH 382. Twentieth-Century American Art

ARTH 385. Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts in Britain and America.

ARTH 386. Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts in Britain and America

ARTH 460. Seminar Topics in Art History*

ARTH 470. Colonial American Architecture and Town Planning

ARTH 474. Topics in American Art

ARTH 481. Historic Preservation

English

ENG 207. American Literature: themes and Issues

ENG 210. Topics in Literature*

ENG 351. Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies*

ENG 355. Modern Fiction

ENG 356. Modern Poetry to 1930

ENG 357. Modern Poetry since 1930

ENG 360. Contemporary Literature*

ENG 361. American Literature to 1836

ENG 362. The American Renaissance

ENG 363. American literature, 1865-1920

ENG 364. American Literature, 1912-1960s

ENG 365. Early Black American Literature

ENG 366. Modern Black American Literature

ENG 371. Topics in American Literature*

ENG 380. Topics in a Literary Period *

ENG 401. Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies*

ENG 411. Topics in Literary Theory*

ENG 412. Topics in Literature and Other Arts *

ENG 414. Topics in Women Writers *

ENG 414A. Major African American Women Writers

ENG 416. Topics in Gender and Sexuality*

ENG 416A. Literature and the Formation of Sexual identity

ENG 417. Topics in Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality*

ENG 417A. Literatures of the Americas

ENG 417B. Harlem in Vogue

ENG 419. Study of a Single Author or Auteur*

ENG 465. Topics in English*

ENG 475. Research Seminar in English*

Music

MU 241. Worlds of Music

MU 271. American Popular Music

MU 273. Jazz

MU 363. Interdisciplinary Topics in Music*

MU 365. Topics in Music*

MU 367. Ethnomusicology*

MU 373. Music in the US

MU 375. Music and Film*

MU 385. The Romantic Period

MU 387. Music of the Twentieth Century

MU 465. Seminar in Music*

MU 467. Seminar in Ethnomusicology*

Theatre, Speech, and Dance

THEA 332. Sex, Race, Plays & Films, Dramatizing Diversity*

THEA 340. Asian Pacific American History in Theatre and Film

THEA 410/410W. Theatre and Society in 20 th-Century America

THEA 461. Topics in Theatre History, Theory and Criticism*

SPCH 410. Special Topics in History and Criticism of American Public Address*

DANC 220. History of Modern Dance

DANC 230. History of American Vernacular Dance

DANC 460. Topics in Dance*

Courses that Meet Requirement D for the American Studies Major

Anthropology

ANTH 312. Comparative Colonial Archaeology

ANTH 314. Archaeology of Mesoamerica

ANTH 322. Archaeology of North America

ANTH 323. Indians of North America

ANTH 324. Indians of the Southwest

ANTH 325. Sun Dance People

ANTH 329. Native History and Colonial Encounters

ANTH 330. Caribbean Cultures

ANTH 338. Native Cultures of Latin America

ANTH 350. Special Topics in Anthropology*

ANTH 371. The Idea of Race

ANTH 427. Native People of Eastern North America

ANTH 429. Exploring the Afro-American Past

ANTH 430. Material Life in African America

ANTH 432. Maroon Societies

ANTH 457. Archaeology of Colonial Williamsburg and Tidewater Virginia

ANTH 458. Caribbean Archaeology

ANTH 459. Tsenacomoco: Native Archaeology of the Chesapeake

ANTH 472. Ethnographic History*

ANTH 482. Arts of the African Diaspora

ANTH 484. Collecting and Exhibiting Cultures

ANTH 486. Cultural Politics of Art*

ANTH 490. Writing & Reading Culture*

Economics

ECON 341. American Economic History

ECON 400. Topics in Economics*

ECON 422. Applied Environmental Economics*

Government

GOVT 201. Introduction to American Government and Politics

GOVT 306. Political Parties

GOVT 324. U.S. Foreign Policy

GOVT 350. Introduction to Public Policy

GOVT 353. The Politics of States and Localities

GOVT 355. Southern Politics

GOVT 360. The American Welfare State

GOVT 370. The Legislative Process

GOVT 371. The Presidency

GOVT 372. American Legal Process

GOVT 373. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

GOVT 455. Seminar: Education Policy and Politics in the U.S.

GOVT 470. Seminar: Congress and the President

Philosophy

322. American Philosophy

Religious Studies

REL 308. Topics in Religious Studies*

REL326. Judaism in America

REL 327. Sexuality, Women, and Family in Judaism*

REL345. Religion in American Life and Thought to 1840

REL346. Religion in American Life and Thought: 1840 to the Present

REL347. Sects, Cults, and Small Denominations in America

REL348. African-American Religion

Sociology

SOC 203. American Society

SOC 302. Criminology*

SOC 304. Gender in Society*

SOC 306. Urban Sociology

SOC 307. Sociology of Education*

SOC 308. Environmental Sociology*

SOC 309. Media and Society*

SOC 332. Families and Kinship*

SOC 337. Immigration, Assimilation and Ethnicity

SOC 361. Social Movements and Social Change*

SOC 362. Medical Sociology

SOC 363. Sociology of Religion*

SOC 364. Sociology of Work

SOC 365. Economy and Society

SOC 366. Asian American Studies

SOC 425. Blacks in American Society

SOC 428. Technology, Science and Power*

SOC 430. Comparative Studies in Gender and Work

SOC 433. Crime and Justice in America

Other Recommended Courses

Africana Studies

AFST205. Introduction to Africana Studies

AFST 306. Topics in Africana Studies*

AFST 425. Blacks in American Society

HISP 489. Seminar in Hispanic Studies*

Italian

ITAL 377. Italian America

Women's Studies

WMST360. Feminist Writings and Women's Movements*

WMST221-222. U.S. Women's History, 1600 -Present

WMST320. Sites of Southern Memory

WMST 380. Rhymes with Witch

WMST390. Topics in Women's Studies*

WMST 414. Major African American Women Writers

WMST 416. Literature and the Formation of Sexual Identity *

WMST 420. Women and Popular Culture

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