The Undergraduate Program in American Studies

The American Studies Curriculum offers students a number of academic options. A major in American Studies is described below; students choose from courses offered by the Curriculum and also courses from a variety of departments. In addition to the regular American Studies major, we offer two concentrations: a major in American Studies with a concentration in Southern Studies, and a major in American Studies with a concentration in Native American Studies. Details of the requirements follow.

A student may choose to minor in American Studies, and requirements are described below.

American Studies is also the home for a minor in Native American Studies. Requirements are listed below.

Major in American Studies (Regular Concentration)

The major in American Studies consists of nine courses, with one from each of the following categories (courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category):

Introduction (one of the following): AMST 20, AMST 34H, or AMST 35H

Approaches: AMST 40

Topics (one of the following): AMST 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 76, 77, 150

Seminar (one of the following): AMST 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

Literature (one of the following): AMST 56, 57, 63, ENGL 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 184, RELI 68

Ideas and Traditions (one of the following): AFAM 62, 63, 88, 150, AMST 69, ECON 135, 193, EDUC 41, JOMC 160, HIST 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 172, 181, PHIL 55, 59, POLI 62, 65, 155, 157, RELI 71, 72, 73, 140, 148, 149, 158, WMST 75

Expressive Arts and Popular Culture (one of the following): AFAM 45, 59, 75, 76, 77, 178, AMST 66, 68, 150, ART 43, 73, 178, COMM 174, ENGL 146, 147, 187, 189, FOLK 188, 190, HIST 156, MUSC 43, 44, 45, 81, 86, 135, RECR 111

Regionalism, Transnationalism, and the Public Sphere (one of the following): AFAM 74, 78, 81, 174, AMST 59, 64, 65, 77, 94, 94L, 98, ANTH 105, COMM 173, ENGL 94A, 196B, FOLK 40, GEOG 60, 62, 154, 161, HIST 66, 67, 72B, 74, 78, 152, 153A, 163, 164, 167, 168, 171, 180, JOMC 142, POLI 46, 87, 122, 134, 136, 144,174, SOCI 15, 168

Ethnicity and Diversity (one of the following): AFAM 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 90, 92, 128, AMST 58,70, 72A, 72C, 72E, ANTH 130, 150, ASIA 89, HIST 72B, 72D, 165, 166,169, JOMC 112, POLI 44, 72, 73, 171, RELI 44, 45, 46, 74, 152, 155, 156

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Southern Studies Concentration

The major in American Studies with a concentration in Southern Studies consists of nine courses, with one from each of the following categories (courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category):

Introduction (one of the following):AMST 20, 34H, or 35H

Approaches: AMST 40

Topics (one of the following): AMST 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 76, 77, 150

Seminar (one of the following): AMST 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

Southern Literature and Language (one of the following): COMM 74, ENGL 84, 87, 88

History of the South ( one of the following): AFAM 58, HIST 72B, 148, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171

Expressive Arts and Popular Culture of the South (one of the following): AFAM 90, ENGL 187, 189, FOLK 188, 190, MUSC 44, 45, 86

State and Local Culture (one of the following): AFAM 71, AMST 94, ENGL 88B, GEOG 62, HIST 66, 67, POLI 134

Southern Society (one of the following): AFAM 150, AMST 98, ANTH 105, 130, 150, FOLK 40, GEOG 161, POLI 46, 136, SOCI 15

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Native American Studies Concentration

The major in American Studies with a concentration in Native American Studies consists of nine courses from the following categories (courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category):

Introduction (one of the following): AMST 20, 34H, or 35H

Approaches: AMST 40

Topics (one of the following): AMST 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 76, 77, 150

Seminar (one of the following): AMST 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

Native American Studies: AMST 10

Native American History (three of the following): AMST 72A, 72C, 72E, HIST 72B, HIST 72D

Native American Culture (one of the following): ANTH 130, 150

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Minor in American Studies

The undergraduate minor in American Studies consists of five courses in American Studies, with one from the following categories (courses listed more than once can be counted for only one category):

Introduction (one of the following): AMST 20, 34H, or 35H

Approaches: AMST 40

Topics (one of the following): AMST 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 61, 63, 64-65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 76, 77, 150

Seminar (one of the following): AMST 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

Elective (one of the following): One AMST course above AMST 40

In addition, students are required to fulfill four of five Arts and Sciences Perspectives requirements.

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Minor in Native American Studies

The minor in Native American Studies consists of five courses. AMST 10/HIST 10: Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America is required.

Students should select four additional courses from those currently available:

AMST 72A/HIST 72A: Native America: The East

AMST 72C/HIST 72C: Native America: The West

AMST 72E/HIST 72E: Native America in the Twentieth Century

AMST 70: Native Americans in Film

ANTH 130: Native North American Cultures

ANTH 150: Archaeology of North American Indians

ART 81-006: Native American Contemporary Art

HIST 72B: History of the Native Americans of the Southeast

HIST 151A/WMST 151A: Ethnohistory of Native American Women

In addition, students are required to fulfill four of five Arts and Sciences Perspective requirements.

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