American Studies Minor

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21 Credit Hours

Required History Courses - 12 Credit Hours

HIS 2103 - Introduction to American Studies
HIS 2213 - U.S. History I
HIS 2223 - U.S. History II
HIS 4133 - The History of Christianity in America

Note:

For history majors, HIS 2213 and HIS 2223 count only toward the major. For the American Studies minor, six credits will have to be obtained by taking other approved courses that will not count toward the history major.

English Elective - 3 Credit Hours

(Select One)

ENG 2133 - Foundations of American Literature
ENG 3413 - Literature of the American Renaissance
ENG 3423 - American Literary Realism & Naturalism
ENG 3433 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENG 3443 - Literature of American Minorities
ENG 4113 - Topics in Major Literary Figures

Note:

For English majors, any selected course must count only toward the minor in American Studies.

Politics Elective - 3 Credit Hours

(Select one)

PLS 2113 - American Federal Government
PLS 3023 - American Political Thought
PLS 3033 - The Founder’s Constitution
PLS 4123 - U.S. Parties, Campaigns and Elections
PLS 4133 - American Constitutionalism: Structures of Government
PLS 4143 - American Constitutionalism: Rights and Liberties
PLS 4413 - United States Foreign Policy

Note:

For politics majors, any selected course must count only toward the minor in American Studies.

Other Elective - 3 Credit Hours

(Select one)

MLS 4063 - Church in Society
HIS 3073 - History of the American Presidents
HIS 3123 - American Minorities
HIS 3143 - History of the American South
HIS 3223 - Colonial American History
HIS 4033 - United States and the Cold War
HIS 4333 - Civil War & Reconstruction
CIN 2144 - History of American Cinema
MLS 3783 - Life and Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.
MUS 3133 - American Popular Music

Note:

For history majors, any selected course must count only toward the minor in American Studies.