Bachelor degrees in American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.
The American studies major, by examining the development of a national culture
from several perspectives, provides students whose interests transcend the offerings
of single departments a wide cultural background in American life. The student
is helped to arrive at an interdisciplinary perspective and to explore historical
and ideological relationships through thematic motif and typological study.
The major offers an excellent...
The concentration in American civilization offers a framework for those students who wish to take an interdisciplinary approach to American culture. As it developed in the years following World War II, the American studies movement here and abroad included literary scholars who gave new weight to the historical context of the texts they read, as well as historians eager to move beyond the main lines of political and economic historiography into other...
The concentration in American civilization offers a framework for those students who wish to take an interdisciplinary approach to American culture. As it developed in the years following World War II, the American studies movement here and abroad included literary scholars who gave new weight to the historical context of the texts they read, as well as historians eager to move beyond the main lines of political and economic historiography into other...
Culture is a complex system. It is shaped by its history, its arts, its social, religious, economic and political structures, its environment and its technologies. The American Studies minor allows students to explore the many dimensions of the American experience by bringing together the tools from a variety of disciplines.
The program is designed to expose students to a variety of different disciplinary perspectives on American culture, yet allows...
The American Studies Program offers a major to students who desire an interdisciplinary preparation for careers that will demand a broad yet in-depth knowledge of American society, including an understanding of its economics, socio-cultural patterns, political traditions, and historical heritage, especially as it fits into today's global society. Students are prepared for an extensive range of careers such as law, journalism, public affairs, politics...
Background Course: COMM 270 Media and History
COMM 327 The PR Presidency
COMM 534 Race, Gender, and the Media
COMM 558 Survey of American Cinema
Internship/Independent Study
Background course: AMST 240 Poverty and Culture
Choose any four:
ECON 319 US Economic History
ECON 383 Washington Economic Policy Seminar
ECON 358 Economics of World Regions: North America
SIS 396 Economics of North America
GOVT 423 Rich and Poor: Income Distribution Policy
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