Fall 2022 Course Offerings in American Studies

For more information, please contact American Studies Coordinator Caroline Woidat.

American Studies Electives

Courses that may be taken as American Studies electives:

Art History

  • ARTH 160 African American Art History Survey

Black Studies

  • BLKS 200 Introduction to Black Studies

Business

  • MGMT 263 Business Law I

English

  • ENGL 101 Black Ecopoetics
  • ENGL 101 Expulsion & the Housing Crisis
  • ENGL 203 Reader & Text: The Black Poetry Book
  • ENGL 203 Reader & Text: Percival Everett & Intertextuality  
  • ENGL 329 American Visions: Black Apocalyptic Fiction
  • ENGL 336 Native American Literature
  • ENGL 439 American Ways: Unplugged
  • ENGL 443 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature: The Queer 19th Century

Geography

  • GEOG 201 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning

History

  • HIST 120 Military History of the U.S.A 
  • HIST 161 S/U/ Issues in American History: American Populism
  • HIST 204 S/U/United States Since 1945

History (cont.)

  • HIST 249 S/U/Studies in American History: Local & Public History
  • HIST 266 S/U/Civil Rights Movement in America
  • HIST 302 Research in History: Rural History
  • HIST 302 Research in History: Civil Rights Movement
  • HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
  • HIST 406 The Age of the American Revolution

Interdepartmental

  • INTD 203 U/Social Foundations of American Education in the United States

Political Science

  • PLSC 110 S/U/American Politics
  • PLSC 371 Political Participation and American National Elections
  • PLSC 373 Presidential Politics
  • PLSC 375 Politics of Judicial Process
  • PLSC 382 U.S. Foreign Policy
  • PLSC 415 Legislative Process
  • PLSC 418 Constitutional Law

Sociology

  • SOCL 210 Sociology of the Families
  • SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine       
  • SOCL 230 S/U/Race & Ethnicity        
  • SOCL 310 Sociology of Law

AMST Cultural Intersections

Courses that fulfill the AMST cultural intersections requirement:

Art History

  • ARTH 160 African American Art History Survey

Black Studies

  • BLKS 200 Introduction to Black Studies

English

  • ENGL 101 Black Ecopoetics
  • ENGL 101 Expulsion & the Housing Crisis
  • ENGL 203 Reader & Text: The Black Poetry Book
  • ENGL 203 Reader & Text: Percival Everett & Intertextuality
  • ENGL 329 American Visions: Black Apocalyptic Fiction
  • ENGL 336 Native American Literature
  • ENGL 443 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature: The Queer 19th Century 

History

  • HIST 266 S/U/Civil Rights Movement in America
  • HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Historiography of Slavery
  • HIST 302 Research in History: Civil Rights Movement
  • HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History

Sociology

  • SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
  • SOCL 230 S/U/Race and Ethnicity

Women's and Gender Studies

  • WGST 100 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

AMST Transnational

Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement:

Business

NOTE: Courses have prerequisites and are restricted to School of Business majors and minors. Others may seek permission from the School of Business.

  • MGMT 370 International Business

Black Studies

  • BLKS 200 Introduction to Black Studies

English

  • ENGL 203 Reader & Text: Canadian Literature 

History

  • HIST 270 S/M/History of Latin America to 1825

Political Science

  • PLSC 120 S/Comparative Politics
  • PLSC 140 S/International Politics

Sociology

  • SOCL 105 S/M/Introduction to Global Social Change
  • SOCL 325 Global Social Change