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American Studies

Minor in American Studies

The field of American studies extends across a broad spectrum of disciplines to offer integrating perspectives on American experience, thought, and expression. In this respect, American studies is decidedly interdisciplinary in its approaches, but at the same time it is very much a field unto itself, generating its own lines of inquiry concerning the American cultural mosaic. The minor in American studies offers students the opportunity to understand the American experience in a broader context than is usually possible through the study of a single discipline. More specifically, it provides students with courses that focus on matters that have been traditionally at issue in the study of American civilization and culture.

A minor in American Studies (AMST) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:

  • completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school,
  • completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course,
  • to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form: https://liberalarts.iupui.edu/updatemajor/

Prerequisite for the minor is HIST-H 105 and H 106: American History I and II, or else evidence of historical knowledge of American cultures (consult the department regarding what counts as acceptable evidence).

Minor Requirements:

  • AMST-A 101: Introduction to American Studies (3 cr.)
  • AMST-A 301: The Question of American Identity (3 cr.)
  • AMST-A 302: The Question of American Community (3 cr.)

Two additional courses at the 300 or 400 level offered under the American Studies rubric or cross-listed in American Studies (6 cr.)-- see list below

  • AMST-A 499: Senior Tutorial in American Studies (3 cr.)

Choose from the following courses:

Africana Studies

All AFRO courses at 300-level or higher

Anthropology

  • ANTH–A 337: African American Health Care (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 316: Prehistory of North America (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 320: Indians of North America (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 336: African American Culture (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 354: Popular Culture (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 384: The African Diaspora (3 cr.)
  • ANTH–E 403: Women of Color in the US (3 cr.)

English

  • ENG–L 351: Critical and Historical Study of American Literature I (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 352: Critical and Historical Study of American Literature II (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 354: Critical and Historical Study of American Literature III (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 355: American Novel: Cooper to Dreiser (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 358: Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 363: American Drama (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 370: Black American Writing (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 372: Contemporary American Fiction (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 373: Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature I
  • ENG–L 374: Interdisciplinary Approaches to English and American Literature II
  • ENG–L 379: American Ethnic and Minority Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 406: Topics in African American Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG–L 431: Topics in Literary Study (3 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)
  • ENG–L 440: Senior Seminar in English and American Literature (3 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)
  • ENG–L 495: Individual Readings in English (1-3 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)

Film

  • FILM–C 393: History of European and American Films I (3 cr.)
  • FILM–C 394: History of European and American Films II (3 cr.)

Folklore

  • FOLK–F 354: African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.)
  • FOLK–F 356: Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.)
  • FOLK–F 360: Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.)

Geography

  • GEOG–G 314: Urban Geography (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 323: Geography of Latin America (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 324: Geography of the Caribbean (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 326: Geography of North America (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 327: Geography of Indiana (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 328: Rural Landscapes of North America (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 330: North American House Types (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 334: Field Geography of North America (3 cr.)
  • GEOG–G 363: Landscapes and Cultures of the Caribbean (3 cr.)

History

  • HIST–A 301: Colonial and Revolutionary America I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 302: Colonial and Revolutionary America II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 303: United States, 1789–1865 I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 304: United States, 1789–1865 II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 312: The North and South at Peace and War (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 313: Origins of Modern America, 1865–1917 (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 314: United States History, 1917–1945 (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 315: United States History since World War II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 317: American Social History, 1865 to Present (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 321: History of American Thought I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 322: History of American Thought II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 325: American Constitutional History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 326: American Constitutional History II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 327: American Legal History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 328: History of Work in America (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 337: American Frontier I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 338: American Frontier II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 341: United States Women's History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 342: United States Women's History II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 345: American Diplomatic History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 346: American Diplomatic History II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 347: American Urban History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 348: Civil War and Reconstruction (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 352: History of Latinos in the United States (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 355: African-American History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 356: African-American History II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 363: Survey of Indiana History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 364: History of Black Americans (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 371: History of Indiana I (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 372: History of Indiana II (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 390: Representative Americans (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 402: Readings in American Environmental History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 410: American Environmental History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–A 421: Topics in United States History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 341: Latin America: Conquest and Empire (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 342: Latin America: Evolution and Revolution since Independence (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 346: Modern Mexico (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 347: History of United States–Latin American Relations (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 431: Nineteenth-Century Latin American Intellectual History (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 432: Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions (3 cr.)
  • HIST–F 444: History of Mexico (3 cr.)
  • HIST–H 306: Sex Roles and Society in American History (3 cr.)

Philosophy

  • PHIL–P 356: American Indian Philosophies (3 cr.)
  • PHIL–P 448: Seminar in American Philosophy (3 cr.)
  • PHIL–P 458: American Philosophy (3 cr.)

Political Science

  • POLS–Y 301: Political Parties and Interest Groups (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 303: Policy-Making in the US (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 304: Constitutional Law, and Constitutional Rights and Liberties (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 305: Constitutional Law, and Constitutional Rights and Liberties (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 306: State Politics in the United States (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 307: Indiana State Government and Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 308: Urban Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 309: American Politics through Film and Fiction (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 310: Political Behavior (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 318: The American Presidency (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 319: The United States Congress (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 320: Judicial Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 321: The Media and Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 337: Latin American Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 360: U.S. Foreign Policy (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 377: Globalization (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 383: Foundations of American Political Thought (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 384: Development of American Political Thought (3 cr.)
  • POLS–Y 480: Undergraduate Readings in Political Science (1-6 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)
  • POLS–Y 481: Field Experience in Political Science (3-6 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)

Religious Studies

  • REL–R 312: American Religious Lives (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 313: Religion and American Ideas (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 314: Religion and Racism (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 328: Afro-Diasporic Religions (TBD cr.)
  • REL–R 339: Varieties of American Religion (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 363: African-American Religions (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 367: American Indian Religions (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 370: Islam in America (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 383: Religions, Ethics, U.S. Society (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 384: Religions, Ethics, and Health (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 386: The Ethics of Consumption (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 398: Women in American Indian Religions (3 cr.)
  • REL–R 400: Studies in Religion (3 cr.) (subject to approval of AMST advisor)

Sociology

  • SOC–R 325: Gender and Society (3 cr.)
  • SOC–R 329: Urban Sociology (3 cr.)
  • SOC–R 430: Families and Social Policy (3 cr.)
  • SOC–R 476: Social Movements (3 cr.)

World Languages and Cultures

  • GER–G 401: Deutsche Kultur in Amerika (3 cr.)
  • SPAN–S 231: Spanish-American Fiction in Translation (3 cr.)

Additional variable topics courses not listed here may be counted toward the American studies major. Please check with the American studies advisor about the eligibility of particular courses to count as an American studies elective.