2023-2024 Undergraduate General Catalog

American Studies Minor

24 Credit Hours

Required Courses: 12 credit hours

HIST 120Becoming a Nation: America's Story to 1877 (US)

3

HIST 121America Engages the World: US History Since 1877 (US)

3

ENGL 240Introduction to American Literary History (US)

3

GOVT 200American Government (US)

3

At least one course from each of the following areas: 12 credit hours

American Cultures: 3 credit hours

ART 313/HIST 313Art Since 1945 (W)(US)

3

MDST 220History of Electronic Media (US)

3

ENGL 150American Cinema (US)

3

ENGL 320Seminar in Earlier American Literature

3

ENGL 330Seminar in Later American Literature

3

ENGL 340Seminar in Global Literature (NW)

3

JOUR 290/HIST 290History of The American Press (W)

3

PHIL 280American Philosophy (E) (US)

3

PHIL 282Ethics in America (E) (US)

3

American Histories: 3 credit hours

ANTH 376Archaeological Perspectives of the Northern Plains

3

HIST 218The Search for Equality: The United States since World War II (US)

3

HIST 300Revolutionary America (W)

3

HIST 303History of The American West (US) (W)

3

American Politics and Society: 3 credit hours

GOVT 210Congress

3

GOVT 220The American Presidency

3

GOVT 235American Foreign Policy

3

GOVT 305Theories of American Democracy

3

GOVT 335/COMM 335/JOUR 335Elections, Public Opinion and The Media

3

SOCI 340Social Inequality

4

Peoples of the Americas: 3 credit hours

HIST 397Topics:

3

HIST 261History of Latin America 1450-2010 (PW)

3

HIST 230Cultural History of Mexico (PW)

3

NAST 180/HIST 180The People of Early America: Red, White, and Black (PW)

3

NAST 320/SOCI 320Native American Social Systems (PW)

3

NAST 252/HIST 252History of the Lakota/Dakota (PW)

3

SPAN 341Latin American Civilization and Culture

3

SPAN 362History of the Literature of Latin America (LT)

3

SPAN 370Modern Latin American Novel

3