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Minor Requirements

 

American Studies Minor (18 semester hours)
AMS 200 Introduction to American Studies 3
AMS 400 Seminar in American Studies I 3
AMS 401 Seminar in American Studies II 3

Three approved courses from one of the following three areas:

American Studies

  • AMS 210 Growing Up American
  • AMS 211 Sports in American Life
  • AMS 212 American Ethnic Groups: Irish, Jewish, and Italian Americans
  • AMS 213 The American Myth in Literature, Landscape, and Music
  • AMS 214 Special Topics in American Studies
  • AMS 225 American Folklore
  • AMS 226 The New South in Literature, Music, and Film
  • AMS 227 The Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr
  • AMS 228 Studies in American Jewish Culture
  • AMS 229 American Popular Culture
  • AMS 250 America and the Future
  • AMS 304 Technology and Science in America
  • AMS 305 Religion in America
  • AMS 310 The American Identity in the Arts
  • AMS 311 Radicalism in 20th-century America
  • AMS 312 American Photography
  • AMS 338 The Social Impact of Rock and Roll

Humanities

  • ART 214 American Art
  • AMS 215 Alfred Hitchcock in America
  • AMS 306 Poetry in American Culture
  • PHL 120 American Philosophy
  • THE 306 American Theatre History
  • Others with a preponderance of American material

Social Sciences

  • HIS 300 Economic History of the United States
  • American History courses
  • American political science courses
  • American sociology courses
  • American economic courses
  • Others with a preponderance of American material.
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These requirements are in addition to the Core Curriculum RequirementsPlease see the Academic Catalogs for more information, including course descriptions.

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