American Studies Courses
Any course carrying the AMS prefix can be counted toward the major or minor.
AMS courses regularly offered include:
AMS 1000 | THE AMERICAN DREAM | 3 |
AMS 1050 | American Voices | 3 |
AMS 2041 | Americans Abroad | 3 |
AMS 2021 | American Places I: Cities on a Hill | 3 |
AMS 2022 | American Places II: Frontier Nation | 3 |
AMS 2040 | THE AMERICAN HERO IN TEXT AND IMAGE | 3 |
AMS 3998
| SENIOR EVALUATION | 3 |
AMS 4495
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | 3 |
Courses approved for credit in the American Studies major or minor
Many courses that do not carry the AMS prefix (i.e. courses offered in other departments and programs at Manhattanville) can be fully counted as electives in American Studies.
Any liberal arts course the content material of which is at least 80% focused on North American society and culture may be approved for American Studies major or minor credit by the Program Director.