American Studies Areas

This is a partial listing of courses that satisfy American Studies Areas A, B and C. New courses may not appear here. Please contact the Program Director about courses that you think may qualify for American Studies. Course descriptions for the following areas may be found under the appropriate department.

Area A

AMST - 485. Topics in Revolutionary Era Studies 3 credit(s)
HIST - 236. American Immigration in Historical Perspective 3 credit(s)
HIST - 264. U.S. Military History 3 credit(s)
HIST - 266. New York State History 3 credit(s)
HIST - 271. The Westward Movement, 1750-1890 3 credit(s)
HIST - 273. United States Women’s History 3 credit(s)
HIST - 275. African-American History 3 credit(s)
HIST - 311. American Colonies, 1558-1763 3 credit(s)
HIST - 312. American Revolution, 1763-1815 3 credit(s)
HIST - 313. Antebellum America, 1815-1854 3 credit(s)
HIST - 315. The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 3 credit(s)
HIST - 320. Industrial America 1877-1920 3 credit(s)
HIST - 321. New Deals: US 1920-1945 3 credit(s)
HIST - 322. American Century: US Since 1945 3 credit(s)
HIST - 401. Colloquium in History 3 credit(s) (when topic is appropriate)
HIST - 465. Spanish Borderlands 3 credit(s)
HIST - 390. Honors Seminar: Selected Research Topics
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HIST - 490. Honors Seminar: Selected Research Topics
(when topic is appropriate)

Area B

ECON - 230. U.S. Economic History 3 credit(s)
JOUR - 320. Special Topics in Journalism 1-3 credit(s) (First Amendment in the Digital Age Topic Only)
POSC - 100. Contemporary U.S. Politics 3 credit(s)
POSC - 205. State and Local Government 3 credit(s)
POSC - 229. Special Topics in American Politics & Justice 3 credit(s)
POSC - 313. American Political Parties 3 credit(s)
POSC - 315. U.S. Congress 3 credit(s)
POSC - 320. The American Presidency 3 credit(s)
POSC - 327. Race & Minority Politics 3 credit(s)
POSC - 329. Special Studies in American Politics 3 credit(s)
POSC - 351. U.S. Foreign Policy 3 credit(s)
POSC - 370. Civil Liberties I
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POSC - 372. Civil Liberties II
POSC - 374. Introduction to Criminal Law 3 credit(s)
POSC - 376. The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments 3 credit(s)
POSC - 790. Washington Semester I - American Politics: National Government I 4 credit(s)
POSC - 791. Washington Semester II - American Politics: National Government II 4 credit(s)
SOCI - 120. Global Social Problems 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 130. The Family 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 190. Crime and Justice 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 210. Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit(s)
SWRK - 100. Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work 3 credit(s)
SWRK - 250. Death, Diversity & Pop Culture 3 credit(s)

Area C

ATDV - 105. Topics in Film 3 credit(s) (when topic is appropriate)
CREA - 255. American Art 3 credit(s)
CREA - 256. American Music 3 credit(s)
CREA - 258. Diversity in American Theatre 3 credit(s)
EDUC - 210. Issues in Contemporary American Education 3 credit(s)
EDUC - 216. Gender, Culture and Schooling 3 credit(s)
EDUC - 220. Democracy and Pluralism in American Education 3 credit(s)
EDUC - 225. Sociology of Education 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 213. Survey of American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 262. African American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 265. Native American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 268. Asian American Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 271. Latinx Literature 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 272. Literature of the War in Vietnam 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 345. Early American Literature: Encounters, Enlightenment and Election (1500-1820) 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 350. American Renaissance Literature: Solitude and Society (1820-1865) 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 355. Realistic Movements in American Literature: Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism (1865-1915) 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 360. American Literature of the Jazz Age 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 365. Cold War Literature and Culture 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 384. Advanced Topics in English 3 credit(s) (Disease & Disability in Early American Lit. Topic Only)
PHIL - 420. American Philosophy 3 credit(s)
RELG - 305. Religion in America 3 credit(s)
RELG - 310. The American Evangelical Tradition 3 credit(s)
RELG - 315. American Catholicism 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 225. Sociology of Education 3 credit(s)
WRIT - 350. Rhetoric(s) of Hip-Hop Culture 3 credit(s)