American Studies Minor

24 Credit Hours

Required Courses: 12 credit hours

HIST 120	Becoming a Nation: America's Story to 1877 (US)	3
HIST 121	America Engages the World: US History Since 1877 (US)	3
ENGL 240	Introduction to American Literary History (US)	3
GOVT 200	American Government (US)	3

At least one course from each of the following areas: 12 credit hours

American Cultures: 3 credit hours

ART 313	Art Since 1945 (W)(US)	3
MDST 220	History of Electronic Media (US)	3
ENGL 150	American Cinema (US)	3
ENGL 320	Seminar in Earlier American Literature	3
ENGL 330	Seminar in Later American Literature	3
ENGL 340	Seminar in Global Literature (NW)	3
JOUR 290/HIST 290	History of The American Press (W)	3
PHIL 280	American Philosophy (E) (US)	3
PHIL 282	Ethics in America (E) (US)	3

American Histories: 3 credit hours

ANTH 376	Prehistory of the Northern Plains	3
HIST 218	The Search for Equality: The United States since World War II (US)	3
HIST 300	Revolutionary America (W)	3
HIST 303	History of The American West (US) (W)	3

American Politics and Society: 3 credit hours

GOVT 210	Congress	3
GOVT 220	The American Presidency	3
GOVT 235	American Foreign Policy	3
GOVT 305	Theories of American Democracy	3
GOVT 335/COMM 335/JOUR 335	Elections, Public Opinion and The Media	3
SOCI 340	Social Inequality	4

Peoples of the Americas: 3 credit hours

ANTH 371	Mesoamerican Archaeology and Cultural History (PW)	3
HIST 397	Topics:	3
HIST 261	History of Latin America 1450-2010 (PW)	3
HIST 230	Cultural History of Mexico (PW)	3
NAST 180/HIST 180	The People of Early America: Red, White, and Black (PW)	3
NAST 320/SOCI 320	Native American Social Systems (PW)	3
NAST 252/HIST 252	History of the Lakota/Dakota (PW)	3
SPAN 341	Latin American Civilization and Culture	3
SPAN 362	History of the Literature of Latin America (LT)	3
SPAN 370	Modern Latin American Novel	3