Current American Studies Course Offerings
Spring 2024 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:
American Studies
- AMST 200 Race, Prisons, and Policing
- AMST 262 American Indian Law & Public Policy (cross-listed as HIST 262)
Art History
- ARTH 160 African American Art History Survey
Business
- MGMT 263 Business Law I
- MGMT 264 Business Law II
English
- ENGL 111 Diversity, Pluralism, and Power in American Literature and Culture: N.K. Jemisin, Justice, & Love
- ENGL 114 Sustainability & Literature: Ecomedia
- ENGL 203 Reader and Text: Climate Fiction
- ENGL 336 Native American Literature
- ENGL 337 African-American Literature
History
Note: HIST 301/302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of History Department.
- HIST 120 Military History of the U.S.A
- HIST 161 Issues in American History: Early American History
- HIST 204 U.S. Since 1945
- HIST 249 Studies in American History: History of Black Joy
- HIST 262 American Indian Law and Public Policy
- HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Early American Intersectionality
History (Continued)
- HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Reconstruction
- HIST 302 Research in History: 20th-Century Rural America
- HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
- HIST 304 Teaching in History: U.S. History
- HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
- HIST 420 The U.S. & Vietnam
- HIST 465 Iroquois History from Precontact to Present
Interdepartmental
- INTD 203 Social Foundations of Education in the United States
Music
- MUSC 232 Folk Music in America
- MUSC 336 Music, Gender, and Sexuality: Black Women in Opera
Political Science
- PLSC 110 American Politics
- PLSC 375 Politics of Judicial Process
Sociology
- SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
- SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine
- SOCL 217 Urban Sociology
- SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
Women's and Gender Studies
- WGST 205 Topics in Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies: Art & Politics of Drag
AMST Cultural Intersections
Courses that fulfill the AMST Cultural Intersections requirement:
American Studies
- AMST 200 Race, Prisons, and Policing
- AMST 262 American Indian Law & Public Policy (cross-listed as HIST 262)
Art History
- ARTH 160 African American Art History Survey
English
- ENGL 111 Diversity. Pluralism, and Power in American Literature and Culture: N.K. Jemisin, Justice, & Love
- ENGL 336 Native American Literature
- ENGL 337 African-American Literature
History
Note: HIST 301/302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of History Department.
- HIST 249 Studies in American History: History of Black Joy
- HIST 262 American Indian Law and Public Policy
- HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Early American Intersectionality
History (Continued)
- HIST 301 Interpretations in History: Reconstruction
- HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
- HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
- Hist 465 Iroquois History from Precontact to Present
Music
- MUSC 336 Music, Gender, and Sexuality: Black Women in Opera
Sociology
- SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
- SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
Women's and Gender Studies
- WGST 205 Topics in Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies: Art & Politics of Drag
AMST Transnational
Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement:
Anthropology
- ANTH 313 Global Health Issues
Business
Note: Courses have prerequisites and are restricted to School of Business majors and minors. Others may seek permission from the School of Business.
- ECON 365 International Macroeconomics
- MKTG 339 International Marketing
History
- HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
- HIST 470 History of Modern Mexico
Humanities
- HUMN 222 Black Humanities
Political Science
- PLSC 120 Comparative Politics
- PLSC 140 International Politics
- PLSC 441 Democracy and International Relations
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PLSC 442 Human Rights in a Global Perspective