American Studies Minor

The minor consists of the introductory course; one course either in the study of race and ethnicity or the study of gender and sexuality from the lists below; and at least four other American Studies or cross-listed courses. The four electives must come from a single area of concentration and from at least two different departments.

Required Courses

AMS 201D/AMS 201G/AMS 201S/CRE 201A/ENG 201D/HIS 201	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
	or
AMS 201K/CRE 201	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4
	or
	or
AMS 201S/CRE 201A/HIS 201/AMS 201D/AMS 201G	INTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES	4

Courses in the study of race and ethnicity

AMS 206/CRE 206/HIS 209	THEOR, RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
ANT 202/ES 203/AMS 202	ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA	4
ANT 320/CRE 324/GWS 320	ANTHRO OF SEXUALITY & GENDER	4
ANT 350	WORLDS OF FOOD	4
ANT 356/AHI 356/CRE 356	IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR	4
ANT 482/AMS 482/ES 482	ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY	4
AMS 356/ENG 356/ES 345	RADICAL DIETS IN US LITERATURE	4
CRE 223/SOC 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
DAN 266	WORLD DANCE OF SELECT CULT	4
DAN 434/GWS 434	MAPPING BODIES	4
EDU 223	INTRO TO EDUCATIONAL STUDIES	4
EDU 313	READING FOR JOY AND JUSTICE	4
ENG 242	RACE AND LITERARY CRITICISM	4
ENG 326	BLACK GENRE FICTION	4
ENG 336/AMS 336/ES 336	HUMANS/OTHER ANIMALS IN US LIT	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
ENG 360	RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM	4
ENG 493H/GWS 418	TONI MORRISON	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
GOV 231	POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
SPA 324/AMS 324	HISPANICS IN THE U.S.	4
SPA 329	CARIBB COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.	4
HIS 204/AMS 204	AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA	4
HIS 205/AFR 205	HISTORY OF THE SOUTH	4
HIS 120	CC: THE AMERICAN WEST	4
HIS 214/AMS 214	POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945	4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215	POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945	4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225/AFR 225	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT	4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227	AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865	4
HIS 248/AMS 248	NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS	4
HIS 253/AFR 253	AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS	4
HIS 304	HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330	HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450	LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION	4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458	CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975	4
HIS 460/AMS 460/AFR 460	BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE	4
HIS 299/AFR 299	CASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY	4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309	HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER	4
HIS 313	THE AMERICAN WEST SINCE 1890	4
HIS 457/AMS 457	NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA	4
HMD 304/GWS 304	CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY	4
HMD 306/CRE 306	LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE, AND SELF	4
HMD 314/AFR 315	MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY	4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321	CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC	4
HMD 415/GWS 415	SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER	4
REL 102	INTRO GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES
REL 221	NAT AMER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
REL 252/AMS 252/GIS 252/ANT 252	ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES	4
REL 255	RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
SOC 203/CRE 203	IMMIGRATION IN URBAN CONTEXT	4
SOC 208/AFR 208/CRE 208/GWS 209	RACE/GENDER AND THE MASS MEDIA	4
SOC 215	DRUGS AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 223/CRE 223	ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS	4
SOC 293	SOCIOLOGY OF INEQUALITY	4
SOC 310/CRE 310/AFR 310	RACIAL IDENTITY IN AMERICA	4
SOC 364	URBAN PROBLEMS	4
SOC 408	MIDDLE CLASS MINORITIES	4
THE 241	THEATER AND CULTURE I	4

Courses in the study of gender and sexuality

AMS 270/HIS 270/GWS 270	HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE US	4
EDU 316/GWS 315	QUEER PEDAGOGY	4
ENG 337/GWS 337	THE LITERATURE OF PASSING	4
FLM 311/GWS 313	REPRESENTING GENDER	4
FLM 395H	SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES	4
GWS 103/ANT 103/CRE 103	GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND INTESEC	4
GWS 203	INTRO TO QUEER STUDIES	4
GWS 207/AT 207	BODY NARRATIVES, TECH, & MEDIA	4
GWS 221/SOC 221	SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES	4
GWS 224/CRE 224	TRANSNATNL WOMEN'S MOVEMNTS	4
GWS 260/GER 260	CC: GLOBAL CREATIVITIES	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206	THEOR, RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY	4
HIS 218/AMS 218	GLOBAL QUEER HISTORIES	4
HIS 341/AMS 341	CRIME & PUNISHMNT IN U.S. HIST	4
PSY 203	PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN	4
SOC 210	GENDER AND MEDIA	4
SOC 212/GWS 211	SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY	4
SOC 213	GENDER THEORY	4
SOC 324/GWS 324	GENDER, CULTURE, AND THE BODY	4
	or a different course as approved by the adviser or director