Current American Studies Course Offerings
Fall 2024/Summer 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:
Business
- MGMT 263 Business Law I
English
- ENGL 111 Diversity, Pluralism, and Power in American Literature and Culture: Expulsion and the Housing Crisis
- ENGL 329 American Visions: Filming the Seventies
- ENGL 431 Conversations: Environmental Justice
- ENGL 439 American Ways: Captivity Narratives
- ENGL 467 Topics in Modern Literature: Women and the Civil War
Film Studies
- FMST 369 Connections in Film: Black Queer Cinema
Geography
- GEOG 201 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
History
Note: HIST 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: American Populism
- HIST 204 U.S. Since 1945
- HIST 249 Studies in American History: Black Lives Matter: Past and Present
- HIST 261 Native American History
- HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America
History (Continued)
- HIST 302 Research in History: Indian Boarding Schools
- HIST 302 Research in History: US Women's History
- HIST 410 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1918
- HIST 415 Environmental History of Modern America
- HIST 430 Advanced Studies in American History: Intersectional Early America
Interdepartmental
- INTD 203 Social Foundations of Education in the United States
Music
- MUSC 100 Understanding Music: Woody Guthrie
- MUSC 100 Understanding Music: History of Rock-n-Roll
- MUSC 217 Jazz in America
Performance as Social Change
- PASC 105 Performance as Social Change I
Political Science
- PLSC 110 American Politics
- PLSC 373 Presidential Politics
- PLSC 415 Legislative Process
- PLSC 418 Constitutional Law
Sociology
- SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
- SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine
- SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
- SOCL 310 Sociology of Law
AMST Cultural Intersections
Courses that fulfill the AMST Cultural Intersections requirement:
Black Studies
- BLKS 200 Introduction to Black Studies
English
- ENGL 111 Diversity. Pluralism, and Power in American Literature and Culture: Expulsion and the Housing Crisis
- ENGL 329 American Visions: Filming the Seventies
- ENGL 431 Conversations: Environmental Justice
- ENGL 439 American Ways: Captivity Narratives
- ENGL 467 Topics in Modern Literature: Women and the Civil War
Film Studies
- FMST 369 Connections in Film: Black Queer Cinema
History
Note: HIST 302 is restricted to History majors, minors & concentrators, sophomore standing or higher OR permission of History Department.
- HIST 249 Studies in American History: Black Lives Matter: Past and Present
- HIST 261 Native American History
- HIST 266 Civil Rights Movement in America
- HIST 302 Research in History: Indian Boarding Schools
History (Continued)
- HIST 302 Research in History: U.S. Women's History
- HIST 415 Environmental History of Modern America
- HIST 430 Advanced Studies in American History: Intersectional Early America
Music
- MUSC 217 Jazz in America
Sociology
- SOCL 210 Sociology of Families
- SOCL 230 Race and Ethnicity
AMST Transnational
Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement:
Anthropology
- ANTH 226 Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
- ANTH 318 Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- ANTH 319 Cross-Cultural Politics of Reproduction
Business
Note: Courses have prerequisites and are restricted to School of Business majors and minors. Others may seek permission from the School of Business.
- FNCE 316 International Finance
- MGMT 370 International Business
Communication
- COMN 317 Culture and Communication
English
- ENGL 203 Reader and Text: Canadian Literature
- ENGL 424 The Novel: Novels of the Caribbean
Film Studies
- FMST 369 Connections in Film: Black Queer Cinema
History
- HIST 270 History of Latin America to 1825
Philosophy
- PHIL 202 World Religions and Contemporary Issues
Political Science
- PLSC 120 Comparative Politics
- PLSC 140 International Politics
Sociology
- SOCL 105 Introduction to Global Social Change
- SOCL 325 Global Social Change
Summer 2024 Course Offerings in American Studies
American Studies Electives
Courses that may be taken as American Studies electives:
Black Studies
- BLKS 225 Black Cinema
History
- HIST 163 African American History to 1877
Interdepartmental
- INTD 203 Social Foundations of American Education
Women's and Gender Studies
- WGST 202 Topics in Representation in the Humanities and the Arts: Dismantling Disney & Pixar: Race, Gender, Sexuality, & Class in Animations
AMST Cultural Intersections
Courses that fulfill the AMST Cultural Intersections requirement:
Black Studies
- BLKS 225 Black Cinema
History
- HIST 163 African American History to 1877
Women's and Gender Studies
- WGST 202 Topics in Representation in the Humanities and the Arts: Dismantling Disney and Pixar: Race, Gender, Sexuality, & Class in Animations
AMST Transnational
Courses that fulfill the AMST transnational requirement:
Communications
- COMN 317 Culture and Communication
Political Science
- PLSC 120 Comparative Politics
Anthropology
- ANTH 326 Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism in the Americas
English
- ENGL 431 Conversations: Poem/Border/Citizen