American Studies - Requirements

For a 30-credit major in American studies, students complete the following:

• 12 credits in a discipline concentration in visual and performing arts, history, English, politics, or sociology
• 12 credits selected from American-oriented courses in at least 3 disciplines that differ from the chosen discipline concentration
• 3 credits in AS 201, The American Intellectual Tradition, taken during junior year
• 3 credits in a research/theme course, AS 300, taken during senior year

For a 15-credit minor in American studies, students complete the following:

• AS 201 The American Intellectual Tradition (3 credits)
• 3 American studies elective courses in one of the following disciplines: English, history, politics, sociology, or visual and performing arts (9 credits)
• 1 American studies elective course outside the concentration (3 credits)