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Minor in American Studies

Minor in American Studies

Requirements (15 cr.)

Courses may be chosen from three of the following departments. Additional courses may be approved by the faculty committee based on content relevant to the United States.

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.


African American Studies
  • AFAM-A 150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 323 Indians of Indiana
  • ANTH-P 360 North American Archaeology
Education
  • EDUC-H 340 Education in American Culture
English
  • ENG-C 200 Introduction to Mass Communications
  • ENG-L 207 Women and Literature
    VT: Protest Literature
  • ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
  • ENG-L 351 American Literature 1800-1865
  • ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914
  • ENG-L 354 American Literature since 1914
  • ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900
  • ENG-L 358 American Literature, 1914-1960
  • ENG-L 369 Studies in British and American Authors
  • ENG-L 370 Recent Black American Writing
  • ENG-L 379 American Ethnic and Minority Literature
  • ENG-W 250 Writing in Context
    VT: Women in United States Films
Film Studies
  • CMLT-C 253 Third World and Black American Films
Fine Arts
  • FINA-A 343 American Art
  • FINA-A 345 American Art to 1913
Geography
  • GEOG-G 313 Place and Politics
History
  • HIST-A XXX Select any American History courses with HIST-A prefix
  • HIST-H 105 American History I; OR
    HIST-S 105 American History: Honors Survey I
  • HIST-H 106 American History II; OR
    HIST-S 106 American History: Honors Survey II
  • HIST-H 260 History of Women in the United States
  • HIST-H 425 Topics in History
    VT: American Constitutional History
    VT: United States Women and Social Change
    VT: Freedom Summer Study Tour of the Civil Rights Movement in the South
Journalism
  • JOUR-J 410 Media as Social Institutions
Labor Studies
  • LSTU-L 100 Survey of Unions and Collective Bargaining
  • LSTU-L 101 American Labor History
  • LSTU-L 203 Labor and the Political System
  • LSTU-L 385 Class, Race, Gender, and Work
Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 358 American Philosophy
Political Science
  • POLS-Y 100 American Political Controversies
  • POLS-Y 103 Introduction to American Politics
  • POLS-Y 201 Controversies in United States Politics
  • POLS-Y 301 Political Parties and Interest Groups
  • POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law
  • POLS-Y 311 Democracy and National Security
  • POLS-Y 316 Public Opinion and Political Participation
  • POLS-Y 318 The American Presidency
  • POLS-Y 319 The United States Congress
  • POLS-Y 327 Gender Politics in the United States
  • POLS-Y 329 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States
  • POLS-Y 383 Foundations of American Political Thought
  • POLS-Y 507 Public Law
Psychology
  • PSY-P 391 Psychology of Gender and Ethnicity
  • PSY-P 460 The Psychology of Women
Religious Studies
  • REL-R 160 Introduction to Religion in America
  • REL-R 335 Religion in the United States, 1600-1850
  • REL-R 336 Religion in the United States, 1850-Present
Sociology
  • SOC-S 163 Social Problems
  • SOC-S 164 Marital Relations and Sexuality
  • SOC-S 306 Urban Society
  • SOC-S 310 The Sociology of Women in America
  • SOC-S 315 Work and Occupations
  • SOC-S 316 The Family
  • SOC-S 317 Social Stratification
  • SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SOC-S 338 Gender Roles
  • SOC-S 410 Advanced Topics in Social Organization
    VT: Work, Gender, and Race
    VT: Race and Civil Rights
Speech
  • SPCH-S 450 Gender and Communication
Women's and Gender Studies
  • WGS-H 260 History of American Women
  • WGS-P 391 Psychology of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
  • WGS-P 460 Women: A Psychological Perspective
  • WGS-S 338 Sociology of Gender Roles
  • WGS-S 410 Topics: Gender Inequality in Work
  • WGS-W 100 Gender Studies
  • WGS-W 200 Women in Society—Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
  • WGS-W 201 Women in Culture—Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
  • WGS-W 240 Topics in Feminism: Social Science Perspective
  • WGS-Y 327 Gender Politics

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