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 - 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 - 457. American Immigration in Historical Perspective 3 credit(s)
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)
POSC - 100. Contemporary U.S. Politics 3 credit(s)
POSC - 205. State and Local Government 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 - 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
SOCI - 120. Global Social Problems 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 130. The Family 3 credit(s)
SOCI - 210. Race and Ethnic Relations 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 - 220. Democracy and Pluralism in American Education 3 credit(s)
ENGL - 213. Survey of American Literature 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 - 272. Literature of the War in Vietnam 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. Latino/a Literature 3 credit(s)
PHIL - 420. Classic 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)