Suggested Concentrations for Major or Minor
Unless otherwise indicated, choose any four of the courses in a subject area listed below to create a topical concentration. Background courses, where identified, are prerequisite to work in the concentration; enrollment does not satisfy concentration requirements. Please note that this is only a small selection of the possible concentrations available in American Studies.
American Art History
Background Course: ARTH 105 Art: The Historical Experience
ARTH 331 Visual Arts in the U.S.:1700-1910
ARTH 332 Visual Arts in the U.S.:1900-1950
ARTH 333 Visual Arts Since 1940
ARTH 335 Twentieth Century Women Artists of the Americas
Internship/Independent Study
America and the Media
Background Course: COMM 270 Media and History
COMM 327 The PR Presidency
COMM 534 Race, Gender, and the Media
COMM 558 Survey of American Cinema
Internship/Independent Study
America, Rich and Poor
Background course: AMST 240 Poverty and Culture
Choose any four:
ECON 319 US Economic History
ECON 383 Washington Economic Policy Seminar
ECON 358 Economics of World Regions: North America
SIS 396 Economics of North America
GOVT 423 Rich and Poor: Income Distribution Policy
Transgressive Sexualities in America
Background course: ANTH 215/215G Sex, Gender and Culture
ANTH 544 Transgressive Sexuality
COMM 396/516 Gay and Lesbian Documentary
WGST 350 Lesbian and Gay cultures
LIT 354 Literature of AIDS
Internship/Independent Study
Women in America
Background Course: HIST 220G Women in America
HIST 372 African American Women: Nineteenth Century American Voice
HIST 358 Women in American to 1850
HIST 359 Women in American 1850 to the Present
GOVT 485 Women, Law & Legal Process
GOVT 581 Women and Politics
GOVT 582 Women, Politics, and Public Policy
WGST 350 Lesbian and Gay Cultures
Internship/Independent Study
