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Minor in American Studies (6 courses/18 credits)

The minor in American Studies allows students to explore the social, historical, material, and aesthetic aspects of American culture from an interdisciplinary perspective integrating the humanities and the social sciences. Students electing the American Studies minor will designate a focus area by topic, by time period, or by discipline, and will choose courses to address this area in consultation with an advisor. Minimum grade of C is required. Only six transfer credits will be accepted toward the minor.

The minor consists of six courses to be selected as follows:

Required course

To be taken in the first year of the minor, if possible (one course/three credits):

ENGL 263/HIST 263

Honors American Studies*

Specialization (5 courses/15 credits):

Students may choose between two tracks, the Humanities track and the Social Sciences track. Students opting for the Humanities track will select three courses from the Humanities and two from the Social Sciences, with no more than two courses chosen from any one academic discipline. Students opting for the social sciences track will select three courses from the Social Sciences and two from the Humanities, with no more than two courses chosen from any one academic discipline.

Humanities Courses

ENGL 203	American Literature I	3
ENGL 204	American Literature II	3
HIST 203	American History to 1820	3
HIST 204	American History 1820 to 1920	3
HIST 205	American History since 1920	3
HIST 304	Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy	3
HIST 312	American Immigration History	3
HIST 313	Women in America	3
HIST 315	History of Pennsylvania	3
HIST 316	American Foreign Policy	3
HIST 317	Revolutionary America	3
HIST 318	Atlantic Worlds	3
PHIL 307	Social Ethics	3
RELS 213	History Catholic Church US	3
RELS 215	Religion in America	3

Social Sciences Courses


POLS 204	American National Government	3
POLS 204	American National Government	3
POLS 206	The Presidency	3
POLS 308	American Political Parties	3
POLS 316	Constitutional Law	3
POLS 335	Issues Contemporary American Foreign Policy	3
SOCO 206	Marriage & Family	3
SOCO 305	Aging in America	3

*Permission required of the School of Arts and Sciences.

All prerequisites must be met for the course to be taken in the minor.

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