Minor Requirements

The American Studies Minor consists of five courses for a total of 20 units.  AMST 101 is required along with one elective in the "Cultural Productions" category and one elective in the "Historical Perspectives" category and two additional electives from any category. 

COURSEWORK

Introduction to American Studies

AMST 101

Introduction to American Studies

4 units

Cultural Productions

Students must select one course from the list below:

AMST 115	American Literary Culture	4 units
AMST 215	Discipline and Desire: The History of Sexuality in the United States	4 units
AMST 260/LLAS 260	United States Latino Literature and Cultural Studies	4 units
AMST 265/WRD 265	Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change	4 units
AMST 270	Asian American Literature	4 units
AMST 320	Graphic Narratives: From Pulp Fiction to Comix Literature	4 units
BLST 252/MAC 252	African-American Film: 1967-Present	4 units
ENGL 189	The American Experience in Literature	4 units
ENGL 289	The American Experience in Literature	4 units

Historical Perspectives

Students must select one course from the list below:

AMST 202/LLAS 202	Latina/o Cultural and Intellectual History	4 units
AMST 242/BLST 242	The Great Migration	4 units
AMST 256/BLST 256	Race Women: African American Women's Protest Culture	4 units
AMST 268/BLST 268	Style Politics: Beauty and Fashion in Black Women's History	4 units
AMST 272/EASN 272	Asian Immigrants in American Society	4 units
AMST 280/DWA 246	The United States and East Asia	4 units
AMST 376/BLST 376	Slavery, Freedom, and American Memory	4 units
HIST 101	United States Culture and Society I	4 units
HIST 102	United States Culture and Society II	4 units

Students may also apply AMST 295 to the Historical Perspectives cluster if they have enrolled in the "Origins of the New Right" section of the course.

Additional Electives

Students must select two additional electives, either from the list of approved electives below or one of the thematic clusters above.

AMST 200/POLS 200	Democratic Socialism, American Style	4 units
AMST 295	Topics in American Studies	4 units
ARTH 285	Nineteenth Century Art: Culture, Politics, and National Identity	4 units
BLST 101	Introduction to Black Studies	4 units
HIST 312/BLST 312	Race, Rights, and Revolution in the Atlantic World	4 units
LLAS 385/PSYC 385	Chicanx Identities and Social Institutions: Education, Health, Politics	4 units
POLS 208	Movements for Social Justice	4 units
RELS 245/BLST 245	African American Religious Traditions	4 units