American Studies Minor

The minor in American Studies consists of six courses.

• AMST 103 JT Intro to American Cultures , a prerequisite course that is team-taught by members of the intercollegiate faculty in the spring semester to introduce the themes, concerns and methodologies of American Studies (one course).
• Two U.S. history courses, at least one of which must contain significant pre-1900 content such as HIST070A SC United States History to 1865, or equivalent course: HIST020 PO, HIST 025 PZ  , HIST 050A AF  , HIST090 CM, HIST114 CM, HIST120 CM, HIST 125 CM   AMST 180 SC Seminar in American Studies
• AMST 180 SC American Studies Seminar  
• Two additional American Studies approved courses selected in consultation with student’s adviser.

American Studies Courses

American Studies

• •  AMST 012 PZ -Intro Race, Ethn & Am Cltrl Stud
• •  AMST 103 PZ -Intro to American Cultures
• •  AMST 103 JT -Intro to American Cultures
• •  AMST 180 PZ -American Studies Seminar
• •  AMST 180 SC -American Studies Seminar
• •  AMST 190 JT -Senior Thesis Seminar
• •  AMST 190 PZ -Senior Thesis Seminar
• •  AMST 191 PZ -Senior Thesis

Anthropology

• •  ANTH 012 PZ -Native Americans & Environments

Asian American Studies

• •  ASAM 082 PZ -Racial Politics of Teaching
• •  ASAM 090 PZ -Community Studies
• •  ASAM 102 PZ -Social Responsibility Praxis
• •  ASAM 105 PZ -Zines, Creativity, Community
• •  ASAM 128 PZ -Body Art in the Diaspora
• •  ASAM 135 PZ -Race Empire Filipinx America

Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies

• •  CHLT 153 CH -Rural & Urban Social Movements
• •  CHLT 166 CH -Chicana Feminist Epistemology

English and World Literature

• •  ENGL 011A PZ -Survey Amer Lit before 1865
• •  ENGL 012A AF -Intr to Afr Amer Lit Before 1865

Environmental Analysis

• •  EA 086 PZ -Environmental Justice

History

• •  HIST 025 PZ -US History Before 1877
• •  HIST 026 PZ -Modern US History Since 1877

Political Studies

• •  POST 101 PZ -US Campaigns and Elections
• •  POST 105 PZ -Nat’lism Populism & Social Media
• •  POST 107 CH -Latino Politics
• •  POST 131 PZ -US Foreign Policy
• •  POST 174 PZ -US Immigration Policy

Sociology

• •  SOC 109 PZ -Wokeness:Afri Amer Social Theory
• •  SOC 157 PZ -Gender in American Society