American Studies Minor
This 15-credit interdisciplinary minor embraces American history, philosophy, literature, sociology, communication, and political science. This concentration is ideally suited for students seeking a deeper understanding of American culture and society, as well as an appreciation for the role, place, and perception of the United States in the world.
Choose any five courses from the following list that count toward the American Studies minor:
- COMM/ENGL3409 Glory and Shame: America on Film
- ECON/HIST2206 Economic History of the United States
- ENGL3049 Major American Writers I
- ENGL3050 Major American Writers II
- ENGL3131 20th Century American Worker in Literature
- ENGL3369 American Literature I
- ENGL3370 American Literature II
- ENGL3383 Ethnic Literature in the United States
- ENGL3388 Regionalism in American Literature
- ENVR1205 The Great Pacific Northwest: Environmental Issues and Cultural Perspectives
- ENVR1215 The Great Pacific Northwest: Environmental Issues and Cultural Perspectives Laboratory
- HIST1114 United States History I
- HIST1115 United States History II
- HIST2102 Sports in America
- HIST2103 New Jersey History
- HIST2104 United States Social and Cultural History
- HIST2107 U.S. Economic History
- HIST2189 Special Topics in U.S. History
- HIST3101 American Immigration
- HIST3102 Race in America
- HIST3103 Gender in America
- HIST3104 U.S. Diplomatic History
- HIST3105 U.S. Environmental History
- HIST3106 Culture and Technology in U.S. History
- HIST3107 U.S. Constitutional History
- HIST3120 Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST3121 Age of Jefferson and Jackson
- HIST3123 The U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST3129 20th-Century American History I
- HIST3130 20th-Century American History II
- HIST3134 America in the 1950s
- HIST3137 Vietnam Conflict
- HIST3189 Selected Studies in U.S. History
- HIST3311/ POLS3311 The American Presidency
- HUMN/PHIL2443 African-American Political Thought
- HUMN/PHIL2445 Democracy in America
- HUMN2455 American Jazz and the Movement for Civil Rights
- HUMN/PHIL2545 The American Mind