American Studies Minor

One Course in Historical Methods

• HIS 209 - Native American History
• HIS 281 - American Nation I (History Cornerstone)
• HIS 282 - American Nation II (History Cornerstone)
• HIS 285 - Women in Early America: 1630-1865 (History Cornerstone)
• HIS 287 - Women in Modern America: 1865-1975
• HIS 289 - African American History

One Course in Sociological Methods

• SOC 205 - Sociology of Marriage and Family
• SOC 212 - A Great Society?
• SOC 216 - Native Americans in the 21st Century
• SOC 234 - Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• SOC 237 - Sociology of Gender

One Course in Cultural/Literary Studies/Representational Methods

• AMS 100/112 - Native Voices in American Culture (LIT Core/First-Year Seminar)
• COM 207 - Media Criticism
• COM 220 - Understanding Film
• ENG 272 - Film History
• ENG 273 - Hitchcock

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• Note: Some of the classes taught under ENG 200: Introductory Studies and ENG 220: Introductory Topics in Literature may also fulfill this requirement.  Contact the Program Director for more information.

Complete Two Elective Courses

Courses from pre-approved list.  At least one has to be at the upper (300 or 400) level.

• AMS 290 - The Italian American Experience
• AMS 320 - Topics in American Studies
• COM 313 - Gender and Communication
• COM 318 - Persuasion and Social Movements
• COM 319 - Political Communication
• COM 323 - Topics in Film
• CRM 224 - Juvenile Delinquency
• CRM 322 - Violent Crime and Federal Initiatives
• ECO 205 - Economics of Social Issues and Public Policy
• ECO 206 - United States Economic History
• ECO 211 - Economics of Labor Unions
• ECO 217 - Economic History of the 20th Century American Family
• ECO 244 - The Economics of Sports
• EDU 208 - Planning for Multicultural Learning
• ENG 300 - Topics in Literary and Cultural Theory
• ENG 324 - Topics in Television Studies
• ENG 326 - Topics in American Cinema
• ENG 360 - American Literature to 1865
• ENG 362 - Topics in Poetry
• ENG 366 - Topics in Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENG 367 - Topics in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (WID)
• ENG 368 - Race, Ethnicity, and American Culture
• ENG 369 - African American Literature
• ENG 380 - Modern Poetry
• ENG 382 - American Drama
• ENG 394 - Sexuality and Textuality
• HIS 301 - Colonial America
• HIS 303 - From Depression to Dominance
• HIS 304 - U.S. Popular Culture
• HIS 305 - U.S. Popular Music
• HIS 306 - Topics in U.S. Cultural History
• HIS 307 - From the New Frontier to a New Century
• HIS 308 - The Early Republic
• HIS 324 - From Jackson to Lincoln
• HIS 325 - Lincoln and His America
• HIS 327 - American Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIS 328 - Revolutionary America
• HIS 329 - The Vietnam Era and Its Legacy
• HIS 330 - United States Seminar: Topical
• HIS 335 - Abolitionist and Proslavery Thought
• HIS 337 - The Electric Guitar in American Culture
• HIS 380 - Public History
• HIS 385 - Topics in U.S. Women’s History
• JRN 222 - Development of American News Media
• PHL 267 - Race and Racism
• POL 245 - US Foreign Policy
• POL 247 - Elections in America
• POL 255 - Environmental Policy and Politics
• POL 332 - The American Presidency
• POL 334 - Man, Woman, War: Gender and Defining (In)Security
• POL 336 - Constitutional Law and Politics
• POL 337 - Public Administration
• POL 341 - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• POL 346 - Immigration and the American Ideal
• POL 358 - Massachusetts State Politics
• POL 360 - The United States Congress
• POL 382 - Parties and Interest Groups in American Politics
• POL 390 - Politics in Washington, D.C.
• RST 233 - American Catholic Social History
• RST 238 - Migrants, Immigrants, Refugees: Justice Issues and Catholic Responses
• RST 262 - Religion in America
• SOC 328 - Community Organizing: People, Power & Change
• SOC 415 - Seminar: American Inequality
• SOC 425 - Seminar: Critical Topics in Contemporary Society