American Studies

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American studies is the oldest and most established interdisciplinary field in the humanities. It helps students ask and answer critical questions about American society and culture. American studies is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding a multicultural society. The major prepares students for careers in education, law, politics, public service, urban planning, cultural institutions, journalism, and social work.

Programs

• American Studies, B.A.

• American Studies Minor

Courses

• AMST 110 - Introduction to Sociology
• AMST 143 - History of the American People to 1877
• AMST 144 - History of the American People from 1877
• AMST 170 - American Government
• AMST 200 - Introduction to American Studies
• AMST 207 - Contemporary American Film
• AMST 215 - American Political Thought
• AMST 222 - Mass Media and Society
• AMST 223 - The Road in American Culture
• AMST 224 - The American Century 1940-1990
• AMST 225 - Changing America: The Gilded Age through the New Deal
• AMST 226 - Colonial American Experience
• AMST 266 - The American Cinema
• AMST 273 - Theatre: The American Scene
• AMST 279 - Public Administration
• AMST 286 - State and Local Government
• AMST 292 - Film Noir
• AMST 294 - American Mass Media History
• AMST 305 - The Chicago Scene in Literature
• AMST 311 - History and Philosophy of American Education
• AMST 315 - Family in America
• AMST 317 - American Intellectual History
• AMST 320 - African-American Experience to 1877
• AMST 321 - The African-American Experience Since 1877
• AMST 328 - Latin American and United States Relations
• AMST 333 - 19th Century American Popular Culture
• AMST 334 - 20th Century American Popular Culture
• AMST 336 - American Working-Class History
• AMST 337 - The American West
• AMST 338 - Gender and Urban Life
• AMST 343 - 19th-Century America
• AMST 344 - Historical Experience of Women in the United States
• AMST 345 - The Urban Experience in the United States since 1800
• AMST 348 - Race and Ethnicity in America
• AMST 366 - American Economic History
• AMST 378 - Native American History
• AMST 411 - American Studies Seminar
• AMST 451 - Inventing Victory: The United States in World War I
• AMST 452 - War on the Two Fronts: Combat in Vietnam and Upheaval in the United States

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