Examples of thematic concentrations for American Studies major, Interdepartmental major or minor, and possible courses:
* Designates course that fulfills race & gender program requirement for major, ID & minor
The Colonial Era
AAH-260 Art of the United States
EGL-209 American Literature in Historical Context: Beginnings to 1800
HST-101 History of the United States to the Civil War
HST-114 The American Revolution
HST-212 Women in Colonial and Victorian America (WGS) *
HST-216 The Writing and Ratification of the Constitution
HST-218 Death in America
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
PSC-332 American Political Thought to World War I
American Revolution through the Civil War
AAH-250T The Architecture of the Federal Capital
AAH-260 Art of the United States
EGL-209 American Literature in Historical Context: Beginnings to 1800
EGL-215 American Literature in Historical Context: The 19th Century
EGL-304 Seminar on Charles Brockden Brown
HST-118 Civil War and Reconstruction
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
HST-216 The Writing and Ratification of the Constitution
HST-218 Death in America
19th Century America
AMU-130 American Music
EGL-215 American Literature in Historical Context: The 19th Century
EGL-228 The American Renaissance
EGL-319 Junior Seminar: Emily Dickinson
HST-118 Civil War and Reconstruction
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
HST-218 Death in America
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
PSC-332 American Political Thought to World War I
American Modernism
AAH-222 History of Photography
AAH-260 Art of the United States
AAH-363 Early American Modernism, 1900-1945
EGL-217 American Literature in Historical Context: 1900-1960
EGL-233 New York Modern
EGL-270 Modern Poetry
EGL-304 Junior Seminar: Harlem Renaissance *
HST-120 The Progressive Era and the Great War, 1890-1920
HST-129 History of Sports in America
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
HST-218 Death in America
HST-223 Twentieth Century American Intellectual History
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PSC-283 Social and Political Movements (SOC 270)
Contemporary America: c. 1960-present.
AAH-366 Contemporary Art and Theory
AAH-460 Seminar: Visual Culture, Race & Gender *
AMU-130 American Music
AMU-131 Music of Black America *
AMU-132 The History of Jazz
ECO-233 Public Policy and American Industry
EGL-218 American Literature in Historical Context: 1960-Present
EGL-255 Discourses on the Vietnam War
EGL-234 The Beats and Contemporary Culture
EGL-261 American Fiction Since 1960
EGL-272 American Poetry Since 1960
EGL-393 Studies in a Major Film Director: David Lynch
EGL-304/5 Junior Seminars:
- Bob Dylan
- The Independent Press and Contemporary Poetry
HST-125 Coming Apart? America in the Sixties (WGS) *
HST-126 Since Yesterday: United States History, 1974-2000 (WGS) *
HST-127 America in the Vietnam War
HST-129 History of Sports in America
HST-218 Death in America
HST-331 Representing America: United States History in Film
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PHL-341 Twentieth Century Philosophy
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
Latino/as in the US History & Culture
AAH-460 Seminar: Visual Culture, Race & Gender (WGS)*
HST-135 Latinos(as) in U.S. History *
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
MLT-282 North/South Relations and Diasporic Politics *
MLT-285 From Virgin to Sex Goddess: Re-Envisioning the Chicana Experience Through Art & Literature *
MLT-289 Literature of the Mexican-American Border *
PSC-267 Race and the American Political System *
SOC-233 Race, Class, and Gender in American Society (WGS) *
SPN-350 Vision and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter (WGS) *
African American History & Culture **
AAH-460 Seminar: Visual Culture, Race & Gender *
AMU-131 Music of Black America *
AMU-132 The History of Jazz
EGL-216 African-American Literature in Historical Context: Beginnings to 1900: Vision and Re-Vision *
EGL-219 African-American Literature in Historical Context: 1900-Present *
EGL-240 Black Women Writers *
EGL-274 Introduction to Black Poetry
EGL-304 Junior Seminar: Harlem Renaissance
EGL-405 Senior Seminar: Hughes and Hurston
HST-131 African-American History I *
HST-132 African-American History II *
HST-231 The Civil Rights Movement *
HST-322 Slavery and Freedom *
PSC-267 Race and the American Political System *
SOC-230 African-Americans in Contemporary Society *
SOC-233 Race, Class, and Gender in American Society (WGS) *
* *Note: Minor in this area done through Africana Studies Program
Comparative American Ethnic Studies
ANT-180 North American Indians *
ECO-234 Japanese-American Finance & Trade Relations *
EGL-254 Literary Hauntings
EGL-255 Discourses on the Viet Nam War: Literature, Film and History on the Conflict in Viet Nam *
EGL-239 American Indian Women Writers *
EGL-243 Introduction to American Indian Literature and Film *
EGL-244 Asian American Literature and Film *
EGL-405 Senior Seminar: Hughes and Hurston
HST-128 The American Jewish Experience *
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
HST-332 Transnational America
AMU-131 Music of Black America *
AMU-132 The History of Jazz
MLT-203 Asian American Film and Performance (EAS & WGS) *
MLT-282 North/South Relations and Diasporic Politics *
MLT-285 From Virgin to Sex Goddess: Re-Envisioning the Chicana Experience Through Art & Literature *
MLT-289 Literature of the Mexican-American Border *
MLT-203 Asian American Film and Performance (EAS & WGS) *
SPN-350 Vision and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter (WGS) *
PSC-240(R) Comparative Ethnic and Racial Politics
PSC-267 Race and the American Political System *
SOC-230 African-Americans in Contemporary Society *
SOC-233 Race, Class, and Gender in American Society (WGS) *
SOC-346 African American Women: Unheard Voices and Contemporary Lifestyles (WGS) *
America in the World
EGL-255 Discourses on the Viet Nam War: Literature, Film and History on the Conflict in Viet Nam *
ECO-234 Japanese-American Finance & Trade Relations *
HST-127 America in the Vietnam War
HST-332 Transnational America
PSC-240(R) Comparative Ethnic and Racial Politics
PSC-241(R) Religion and Politics
PSC-251 American Foreign Policy
PSC-257 (R) U.S. Empire in Crisis
PSC-355(R) Defense Policy
PSC-362 CIA and the Art of Intelligence
American Identity: Race, Class & Gender
AMU-131 Music of Black America *
AMU-132 The History of Jazz
EGL-304 Junior Seminar: Feminist Literary Study *
EGL-405 Senior Seminar: Hughes and Hurston
HST-312 History of Women’s Rights in the United States (WGS) *
HST-212 Women in Colonial and Victorian America (WGS) *
HST-213 Women in Modern America (WGS) *
HST-222 Other Voices: Women in the History of American Ideas (WGS) *
HST-231 The Civil Rights Movement *
MLT-203 Asian American Film and Performance (EAS & WGS) *
MLT-285 From Virgin to Sex Goddess: Re-Envisioning the Chicana Experience Through Art & Literature *
PSC-263 The Politics of Poverty and Welfare
PSC-240(R) Comparative Ethnic and Racial Politics
PSC-241(R) Religion and Politics
PSC-267 Race and the American Political System *
PSC-371 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties *
PSC-385 Women and Politics (WGS) *
PSC-434 Feminist Film (WGS-495) *
SOC-230 African-Americans in Contemporary Society *
SOC-231 Sex and Gender in American Society (WGS) *
SOC-233 Race, Class, and Gender in American Society (WGS) *
SOC-284 Sociology of Women & Health (WGS) *
SPN-350 Vision and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter (WGS) *
The Cold War Era
EGL-218 American Literature in Historical Context: 1960-Present
HST-123 Postwar America and the Origins of the Cold War
HST-125 Coming Apart? America in the Sixties (WGS)
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
HST-218 Death in America
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
PSC-283 Social and Political Movements (SOC 270)
PSC-369 Seminar: U.S. Politics
American Creativity in the 20th Century
AAH-260 Art of the United States
AAH-222 History of Photography
AAH-363 Early American Modernism, 1900-1945
AAH-366 Contemporary Art and Theory
AAH-460 Seminar: Visual Culture, Race & Gender *
ADA-052 Dance in America
ADA-140 American Musical Theatre and Dance (ATH-140)
ATH-140 American Musical Theatre and Dance (ADA-140)
EGL-217 American Literature in Historical Context: 1900-1960
EGL-218 American Literature in Historical Context: 1960-Present
EGL-219 African-American Literature in Historical Context: 1900-Present *
EGL-229 American Realism and Naturalism
EGL-233 New York Modern
EGL-234 The Beats and Contemporary Culture
EGL-239 American Indian Women Writers *
EGL-240 Black Women Writers *
EGL-243 Introduction to American Indian Literature and Film *
EGL-244 Asian American Literature and Film *
EGL-254 Literary Hauntings
EGL-255 Discourses on the Viet Nam War: Literature, Film and History on the Conflict in Viet Nam *
EGL-286 Film: The American Western
EGL-287 Science Fiction
EGL-260 Modern American Novel
EGL-261 American Fiction Since 1960
EGL-262 American Regionalism
EGL-270 Modern Poetry
EGL-274 Introduction to Black Poetry *
EGL-285 Film as Fictive Art: American and European Films
EGL-304/5 Junior Seminars:
- Bob Dylan
- Harlem Renaissance *
- Feminist Literary Study *
- The Independent Press and Contemporary Poetry
- Literature of the American South
- Hughes and Hurston *
HST-223 Twentieth Century American Intellectual History
Progressive America: Civil Rights and Social Justice
AAH-460 Seminar: Visual Culture, Race & Gender (WGS)*
ECO-345 Nonprofits, Cooperatives, and Other Non-Traditional Firms
EGL-274 Introduction to Black Poetry *
HST-213 Women in Modern America (WGS) *
HST-312 History of Women’s Rights in the United States (WGS) *
HST-231 The Civil Rights Movement *
HST-217 American Folk Music/American History
HST-411 Seminar in US History: Socialist Tradition
HST-222 Other Voices:Women in the History of American Ideas (WGS)*
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
PSC-246 Contentious Politics
PSC-261 Public Opinion
PSC-283 Social and Political Movements (SOC 270)
PSC-371 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties *
PSC-385 Women and Politics (WGS) *
American Industrialization: The Environment, Society and Labor
ANT-241 Environmental Anthropology
ECO-225 Economics of Sin
ECO-228 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ECO-233 Public Policy and American Industry
ECO-237 Gender Issues in Economics *
ECO-339 Public Finance
ECO-344 Economics of Education
ECO-345 Nonprofits, Cooperatives, and Other Non-Traditional Firms
ECO-387 Seminar in Labor
EGL-210 Nuclear Technology in War and Peace: A Study of Issues and Choices
EGL-229 American Realism and Naturalism
ENS-209 Renewable Energy Systems
HST-121 The Depression and New Deal
HST-335 American Environmental History
HST-215 Revolutions in Americans’ Lives
PHL-264 Philosophy of American Education
PHL-273 Environmental Ethics
PSC-111 Introduction to U.S. Politics
PSC-272 The Environment, Energy, and U.S. Politics
PSC-263 The Politics of Poverty and Welfare
SOC-270 Social Movements, the Environment, and Society
American Media & Popular Culture
ANT-236 Youth and Popular Cultures
AAH-366 Contemporary Art and Theory
EGL-234 The Beats and Contemporary Culture
EGL-287 Science Fiction
EGL-286 Film: The American Western
EGL-285 Film as Fictive Art: American and European Films
HST-333 Hollywood Film: An American History
HST-129 History of Sports in America
HST-331 Representing America: United States History in Film
AMU-130 American Music
AMU-131 Music of Black America *
AMU-132 The History of Jazz
PSC-269 Media and Politics
Rural America and Regional Traditions
EGL-318 Junior Seminar: Literature of the American South
HST-217 American Folk Music/American History
HST-311 Frontiers in the Americas
PSC-263 The Politics of Poverty and Welfare