American Studies - B.A.

Required Courses:

• AMST 200 - Introduction to American Studies
• AMST 411 - American Studies Seminar
• SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology

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• Complete one of the following two courses:

• HIST 143 - History of the American People to 1877
• HIST 144 - History of the American People From 1877

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• Complete the following: 

• One 200-level English elective
• One 300-level English elective taken after AMST 200  and with the consent of the English department
• Two courses chosen from sociology, geography, and political science electives
• Two courses chosen from art history, philosophy, theology, and communication arts and sciences electives
• One 200-level history elective
• One 300-level history elective
• One course chosen from all electives.

Additional Requirements:

A minimum of 20 hours in the major field must be completed at Dominican.

Students seeking elementary education certification must choose three courses from either U.S. history or English electives and should take POSC 170  as one of their electives.

Electives:

• Art History

• ARTH 265 - History of 20th-Century Photography
• ARTH 267 - History of Graphic Design
• ARTH 354 - Writing Arts Criticism Practicum
• ARTH 355 - Museum Studies Practicum
• ARTH 356-359 - Special Topics in Museum Studies (with the approval of the director of American studies)
• ARTH 386 - Issues in American Art: Vietnam War-Era Art and Culture
• ARTH 395 - Special Topics in Art History (with the approval of the director of American studies)

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• Communication Arts and Sciences

• CAS 207 - Contemporary American Film
• CAS 208 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture
• CAS 219 - The Road in American Culture
• CAS 220 - Film Criticism
• CAS 222 - Mass Media and Society
• CAS 226 - Introduction to Film Studies
• CAS 227 - Discovering Disney
• CAS 266 - The American Cinema
• CAS 277 - Women and Film
• CAS 291 - Film Noir
• CAS 294 - American Mass Media History
• CAS 353 - Film and Fairytales
• CAS 358 - Gender and Media
• CAS 373 - Film Comedy

• (CAS 420 - Special Topics in Journalism  with permission of the director of American Studies)

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• Economics

• ECON 366 - American Economic History

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• Education

• EDUC 310 - History and Philosophy of American Education

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• English

• ENGL 222 - Black Women Writers
• ENGL 277 - Women, Gender, and Literature
• ENGL 285 - The American Novel
• ENGL 286 - American Short Story
• ENGL 287 - Contemporary Multiethnic U.S. Literature
• ENGL 289 - U.S. Latino/a Literature
• ENGL 291 - Modern American Fiction
• ENGL 294 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 295 - The Chicago Scene in Literature
• ENGL 342 - American Native/Colonial and Revolutionary Literature
• ENGL 343 - American Romantic and Realist Literature
• ENGL 344 - American Modern and Postmodern Literature
• ENGL 425 - Multilingualism and Contemporary Multiethnic U.S. Literature

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• Geography

• GEOG 250 - World Regional Geography
• GEOG 320 - Global Economic Geography

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• History

• HIST 221 - American Encounters: The Colonial Age
• HIST 222 - Building a Nation: The U.S. From Revolution to Reconstruction
• HIST 223 - Changing America: The Gilded Age Through the New Deal
• HIST 224 - The American Century, 1940-1990
• HIST 296 - American Mass Media History
• HIST 312 - American Intellectual History
• HIST 317 - Family in America
• HIST 319 - From Jim Crow to the White House: The African-American Experience Since 1877
• HIST 320 - From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Experience From 1619 to 1877
• HIST 333 - 19th Century American Popular Culture
• HIST 334 - 20th Century American Popular Culture
• HIST 344 - Historical Experience of Women in the United States
• HIST 345 - From Crossroads to Metropolis: U.S. Urban History Since 1800
• HIST 346 - Making a Living: U.S. Working-Class History
• HIST 348 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
• HIST 367 - The American West
• HIST 368 - Gender and Urban Life
• HIST 378 - Native American History
• HIST 379 - The United States in World War I
• HIST 440 - The American Civil War
• HIST 453 - The Military in the United States
• HIST 460 - Topics in United States History

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• Italian

• ITAL 260 - Italian-American Culture

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• Philosophy

• PHIL 221 - Gender Issues
• PHIL 246 - Ethics in Politics
• PHIL 275 - Introduction to Political Philosophy
• PHIL 284 - Law, Freedom, and Justice
• PHIL 290 - Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 400 - Interdisciplinary Frameworks for the Analysis of Women and Gender

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• Political Science

• POSC 170 - American Government
• POSC 215 - American Political Thought
• POSC 278 - American Indian Treaties, Laws, and Indian Policies
• POSC 280 - Public Administration
• POSC 282 - Environmental Administration and Law
• POSC 286 - State and Local Government
• POSC 290 - Political Parties and Voting Behavior
• POSC 291 - Congress and Congressional Elections
• POSC 295 - Politics and Environment
• POSC 297 - Women in Politics
• POSC 373 - American Democracy
• POSC 374 - Public Opinion and Polling
• POSC 375 - The Presidency and the Electoral College
• POSC 376 - Introduction to Methodology in Political Science
• POSC 380 - Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers
• POSC 381 - Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties
• POSC 382 - Constitutional Law III: Gender and Race

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• Sociology

• SOC 203 - Race and Race Relations in the U.S.
• SOC 205 - Latina/o Sociology
• SOC 222 - Mass Media and Society
• SOC 230 - Sociology of Gender
• SOC 240 - Self and Society
• SOC 245 - Contemporary Social Problems
• SOC 250 - Urban Sociology
• SOC 268 - Cultural Anthropology
• SOC 280 - Discrimination and Society
• SOC 281 - Native American Culture and Spirituality
• SOC 285 - The Racial and Musical Legacy of Memphis and the Mississippi Delta
• SOC 286 - Blues and the Spirit: A Seminar and Service Learning Experience on Chicago Blues and Gospel Music
• SOC 320 - Gender and Violence
• SOC 330 - Sociology of Sexuality
• SOC 380 - Social Inequality
• SOC 385 - Critical Theoretical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity

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• Theatre

• THEA 270 - Theatre: The American Scene

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• Theology

• THEO 277 - African-American Religious Experience and Theology
• THEO 381 - Native American Culture and Spirituality