American Studies

Minor in American Studies
Minor Requirements : Core = 5 units, Collateral = 0 units, Total = 5 units

One AMST unit at the 100 or 200 level1
One upper-level research course chosen from the list below:1
Africana Studies
Advanced Studies in African American Film
Soul Food African Diaspora (Junior Seminar)
AMST/HIST
American Women's History
Southern History and Culture in the United States, 1800-Present
Communication and Media Studies
Rhetoric, Culture, and Identity
Gender in Communication
Food, Communication and Culture
Media, Nation, and (Im)Migration
English
Literature and Mental Health (Neurodivergent Literature)
19th Century Literature in the U.S.
Author Studies
Ethnic American Literature
History
American Feminism(s) (Junior Seminar)
The American Revolution
Political Science
American Health Care Policy
Environmental Politics
The American Presidency
Voters, Campaigns and Elections
Congress
Religious Studies
Religion and the American Experience
Religion and Disney: Imagineering Worlds and Myths
Sociology
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Theatre Arts
The Comedienne: Female Comics (Junior Seminar)
One other unit with AMST prefix or AMST attribution: American Studies in Advanced Search for Courses. 11
Minor Focus Area of two units related to a common theme chosen by the student from at least two academic areas. Can include non-AMST-Prefix courses, and must be approved by the program director. 12
Total Units5
1

Of the one other AMST unit and the two Focus Area units, at least one should be at the 300-level or above.