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Minor

American Studies, Minor

Arizona State University New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences 44 courses 18 total credits

About This Program

The minor program in American studies helps you analyze American history, literature, politics and culture, enabling you to better understand the nation's evolving identity. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches, it encourages critical thinking and cultural literacy --- skills that are relevant to law, education, government, media and other fields.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 18 credits

Program Requirements

The minor in American studies consists of 18 credit hours of coursework, of which 12 hours must be upper division. A minimum of six upper-division credit hours must be earned through courses offered by the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Credit hours may not be shared between major and minor requirements. All courses used to satisfy requirements for the minor must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better.

Code Course Title Credits
AMS 201 Introduction to American Studies 3
HRC 200 Introduction to Social and Cultural Analysis 3
Total Program Requirements 6 credits

Program Requirements - Upper Division American Studies Electives:

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Code Course Title Credits
AMS 326 Popular Culture
AMS 330 American Lives
AMS 332 Studies in Race and Ethnicity
AMS 334 Class In America 3
ETH 333 Class In America 3
WST 334 Class in America
AMS 336 The American Southwest In Literature And Film 3
ENG 334 The American Southwest in Literature and Film
ETH 334 The American Southwest in Literature and Film
AMS 353 African American Literature: Beginnings Through The Harlem Renaissance 3
ENG 353 African American Literature: Beginnings through the Harlem Renaissance
ETH 353 African American Literature: Beginnings through the Harlem Renaissance
AMS 354 African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance To The Present 3
ENG 354 African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to the Present
ETH 354 African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to the Present
AMS 380 Race, Gender, And Class 3
ETH 380 Race, Gender, And Class 3
WST 380 Race, Gender, and Class
AMS 412 Studies in American Politics and Law
AMS 428 Peoples and Cultures of the American West, to 1848
ETH 428 Peoples and Cultures of the American West, to 1848
LAS 428 Peoples and Cultures of the American West, to 1848
AMS 449 Hate Speech, Manifestos, And Radical Writings 3
ETH 449 Hate Speech, Manifestos, And Radical Writings 3
WST 449 Hate Speech, Manifestos, and Radical Writings
AMS 450 Latina/os, Schooling And Social Inequality 3
ETH 450 Latina/os, Schooling and Social Inequality
LAS 450 Latina/os, Schooling and Social Inequality
AMS 469 Trash Talk 3
ETH 469 Trash Talk 3
WST 469 Trash Talk
ENG 337 Major American Novels
FOR 454 History Of Genocide 3
HST 454 History of Genocide 3
REL 454 History of Genocide
SIF 454 History of Genocide
HST 320 U.S. Urban History since 1850
HST 337 American Indian History to 1900
HST 413 Contemporary America
HST 419 20th Century Chicano/a History
LAS 419 20th Century Chicano/a History
REL 321 Religion in America
Total 12 credits

Program Requirements

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